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drukqs posted:
I guess you didn't know that plugs will get smashed to no gap like that when you're trying to start it with liquid in the cylinders. It's one of the dead giveaways.
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It really blows my mind that the plugs wouldn't get swapped out when one of the problems that brought the vehicle in was "cylinder filled with gas". Maybe that's just me though.
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Mar 17, 2014 16:11
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Motronic posted:I guess you didn't know that plugs will get smashed to no gap like that when you're trying to start it with liquid in the cylinders. It's one of the dead giveaways. Well two mechanics missed it so it can't be that obvious 
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Mar 17, 2014 16:31
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To be fair the mechanic that missed it told you to just drive your car for a week instead of actually doing anything so he isn't the best guy to reference.
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Mar 17, 2014 16:35
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Yeah i really dont know what to think at this point.. I did not know that gasoline could crush a plug like that. Cold idle is basically the same as in the video i made, but i just took it around the block and it completely smoothed out runs better than the day i bought it... Im gonna have to talk to the mechanic.. I dont want a car that sounds like a Duisenberg on cold starts but at the same time i dont want to be rushed into spending thousands
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Mar 17, 2014 16:49
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Baller Witness Bro posted:To be fair the mechanic that missed it told you to just drive your car for a week instead of actually doing anything so he isn't the best guy to reference. Well I mean it's not like I had any other options... I don't have $4000 sitting in my checking account waiting to be emptied out onto the mechanics desk for a new motor. His logic for not immediately doing testing on the motor was that the type of damage typically caused by hydrolocking wouldn't show up on a compression/leakdown test
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Mar 17, 2014 17:00
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I disagree with that. I'd think performing a leakdown test would be a pretty good diagnostic if you think the cylinder is being washed with gas and loving up the rings. Especially if you're seeing lots of sediment in the oil from worn rings. I suppose you could send the oil to blackstone instead if you wanted to find out the metal content. First thing I'd have asked for is him to check the compression to make sure it didn't wreck that cylinder. Am I wrong in this line of thinking? I totally agree that if the problem is a cylinder flooding with gas that the leak down won't solve that problem but it just seems like a prudent thing to check to make sure the cylinder is ok.
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Mar 17, 2014 17:07
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drukqs posted:Well I mean it's not like I had any other options... I don't have $4000 sitting in my checking account waiting to be emptied out onto the mechanics desk for a new motor. So he's an idiot, and you are out of your depth - because you do have plenty of other options. Find someone reputable. Baller Witness Bro posted:I disagree with that. I'd think performing a leakdown test would be a pretty good diagnostic if you think the cylinder is being washed with gas and loving up the rings. Especially if you're seeing lots of sediment in the oil from worn rings. I suppose you could send the oil to blackstone instead if you wanted to find out the metal content. First thing I'd have asked for is him to check the compression to make sure it didn't wreck that cylinder. You are correct. There are all manner of things that can been seen that are possible effects of hydrolocking in a leakdown or compression test. It's not a confirmatory test, but if you find that the only cylinder(s) that have poo poo numbers are the ones you keep finding gasoline and chewed up plug in it leads you to further testing. How bad those numbers are aids in a decision of whether it's even worth going any further. Motronic fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Mar 17, 2014 |
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Mar 17, 2014 17:08
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I heard through the grape vine that again after going around the block that first time the car idled flawlessly, wasn't rough at all.. Got on it a bit, 6250rpm in 3rd he thinks, he let off then the motor shut off. He did find it strange that he wouldn't run even a simple compression test. (He actually owns he'd just have to dig it out from storage.) But he's going to take the car in later this week and have it done. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Mar 17, 2014 17:32
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You really should be less obvious with your parachute accounts drat dude.
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Mar 17, 2014 17:46
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rscott posted:You really should be less obvious with your parachute accounts drat dude. Post terrible forum poo poo here
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Mar 17, 2014 17:47
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Delivery McGee posted:A reporter I work with is from Fort Worth. Once when he was young and stupid he got thrown out of Dallas -- was clubbing in Deep Ellum, DPD caught him pissing on the outside wall of the bar, stuffed him in his car, and escorted him out of Dallas. Wait so the police took a guy who was presumably drunk (he's pissing on a bar wall, I only do that when drunk), made him get into his car, and then made him drive his car (while drunk) out of town? What the christ.
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Mar 17, 2014 18:02
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rscott posted:You really should be less obvious with your parachute accounts drat dude. Ehhh they got their money... What good is a parachute account if I can't use it.
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Mar 17, 2014 18:48
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Lamar Smith R-TX posted:Ehhh they got their money... What good is a parachute account if I can't use it. Parachute accounts are a lot like fight club: you don't talk about your parachute account. Post with them all day long but generally admitting that an account is just a backup for your main one is a bad idea.
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Mar 17, 2014 19:09
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Lamar Smith R-TX posted:Ehhh they got their money... What good is a parachute account if I can't use it. The point of the parachute account is to have a secret second account ready when your E/N thread goes really far south and you admit to loving your dog or something. Then you start posting exclusively with the parachute account and, this is the important part, you never mention any relation to the dogfucker account.
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Mar 17, 2014 19:23
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Followed a black Nissan Cube with the license plate "ICE KUBE" today. I would not have thought it terrible at all if the car at least had blue paint. I'm still not perfectly sure that it's terrible in the first place.
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Mar 17, 2014 19:39
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Given that the car is extremely terribly rough on a cold start/cold idle but pretty close to normal after a few moments of warming up.. What possible cause does this suggest? The fact that the motor died after boosting hard kind of throws a monkey wrench into the statement "its only bad when it's cold" but still... I'll get the testing done tonight and I'll report back, kind of pointless to theorize I guess. Pham Nuwen posted:The point of the parachute account is to have a secret second account ready when your E/N thread goes really far south and you admit to loving your dog or something. Then you start posting exclusively with the parachute account and, this is the important part, you never mention any relation to the dogfucker account. I did not know this, I apologize in advance to the moderation staff. I thought that I had read that duplicate accounts were kind of "normal" and most people used them freely. I will not be posting anything inflammatory or stupid/rude with this account, I will keep posting to a minimum. I mainly just want to lurk and get advice so that I can get my car running properly again. Lamar Smith R-TX fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Mar 17, 2014 |
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Mar 17, 2014 19:45
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Pham Nuwen posted:The point of the parachute account is to have a secret second account ready when your E/N thread goes really far south and you admit to loving your dog or something. Then you start posting exclusively with the parachute account and, this is the important part, you never mention any relation to the dogfucker account. I called someone out on their literal dogfucking account, and got a revenge AV for it.
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Mar 17, 2014 21:19
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Geirskogul posted:I called someone out on their literal dogfucking account, and got a revenge AV for it. The sad thing about these forums is that I wrote that with multiple literal dogfucker accounts in mind.
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Mar 17, 2014 21:25
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Slavvy posted:"Said drive it it might fix itself." It's pretty dumb but it applies in a few rare situations. 4 days ago the tranny in my z28 starting going crazy and firing up in 2nd and only barely shifting into 3rd. The acceleration was very slow and hesitant and I got a CHECK ENGINE SOON light. I ran the codes and got a "replace transmission shift selenoid B". At this point I ordered the two selenoids and was planning on replacing them in this weekend. At one point, I decided to check my cat converters because the symptoms for a clogged cat are very similar to what my car was going through. I took the car to my friend's muffler shop and installed a straight pipe just to test it out. I drove out of the shop and the car was still doing the same thing. I resigned myself to dropping the transmission pan next weekend and drove home. The next day I try the car and lo and behold the engine light is off and the transmission is shifting like a champ. Turns out a clogged cat sent the car into "fail-safe" mode which locked it into running in one gear. It's stupid that Chevy would wire the codes this way though. I would've taken the tranny apart, replaced the selenoids and the problem would've persisted. It did kind of fix itself by driving around. Lamar Smith R-TX posted:Given that the car is extremely terribly rough on a cold start/cold idle but pretty close to normal after a few moments of warming up.. What possible cause does this suggest? The fact that the motor died after boosting hard kind of throws a monkey wrench into the statement "its only bad when it's cold" but still... Sounds like it's running rich in the open loop when started up. The dude should check everything from the fuel pump, ignition coils, plugs and plug wires, the MAF, O2 sensors and the throttle body. My bet it's the coils and fuel pump. Toymachine fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Mar 17, 2014 |
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Mar 17, 2014 21:26
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Lamar Smith R-TX posted:Given that the car is extremely terribly rough on a cold start/cold idle but pretty close to normal after a few moments of warming up.. What possible cause does this suggest? Leaking injector, leaking coolant into a cylinder. Get it to full temp, let it sit overnight, remove plugs and use a long q-tip to go fishing for what's in what cylinder.
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Mar 17, 2014 21:44
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kastein posted:"Im building a mustang with a bmw front and another car" Terrible Robot posted:Yeah and the mustang/BMW/other car hybrid he mentions is a thing that has been around for a while. '05 Mustang with a 5 series front end and R34 Skyline rear end. Phone posting or I would find a picture of it. HDC posted:The only thing I found was the red E28 with R34 rear and Mustang-"inspired" front. Is this what you all were thinking of?    Found it while looking for another picture and thought of this thread. Pretty sure I got these from AI, but a long time ago.
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Mar 18, 2014 04:28
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I could see a competent bodyworker make that work.
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Mar 18, 2014 04:53
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Uthor posted:Followed a black Nissan Cube with the license plate "ICE KUBE" today. I would not have thought it terrible at all if the car at least had blue paint. I'm still not perfectly sure that it's terrible in the first place. But Ice Cube is black so it's kinda funny.
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Mar 18, 2014 18:07
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heyou posted:Is this what you all were thinking of? It looks like an early 00's Pontiac Grand Prix.
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Mar 18, 2014 18:12
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heyou posted:Is this what you all were thinking of? I love that Daewoo grill.
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Mar 18, 2014 21:06
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subx posted:It looks like an early 00's Pontiac Grand Prix. As a former owner of a 2003 SE, I was wondering why it looked so familiar. 
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Mar 19, 2014 01:37
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PopeOnARope posted:I love that Daewoo grill. And the headlights look vaguely like those on new BMWs. 
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Mar 19, 2014 01:42
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They're definitely e60 5 series headlights.
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Mar 19, 2014 01:52
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And comparing to pictures, that does look like an E60 grille, just canted back at an angle for some reason. I also adore the random GT-R badge on the rear fascia.
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Mar 19, 2014 02:14
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Didn't that thing get dubbed the Nismustang 5 series GT-R or something a while back?
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Mar 19, 2014 02:35
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(edit: mispost)
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heyou posted:Is this what you all were thinking of? How to Knock Thousands Off Your Mustang's Resale Value, Volume One
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Mar 19, 2014 07:26
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It's really easy to spot the car with the sound system when the tail lights dim with the bass.
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So it was windy as hell yesterday. I was driving home as I usually do after work and notice that there's a Jeep Wrangler in front of me. He keeps weaving from line to line, I just assume the wind was battering him around. Nope, cocksucker has an ipad up on his loving steering wheel. poo poo like that should give you cart-blanche to put someone into the guardrail.
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Mar 19, 2014 17:30
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Out of curiosity I looked up my 855T's trade-in value: $375. Original MSRP: $35,800. I have no intentions of trading it in but drat, not every day your car hits 100% depreciation. Only can go up from here, right? 
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Terrible Robot posted:Out of curiosity I looked up my 855T's trade-in value: $375. Original MSRP: $35,800. How hosed is it that the site reported that low of a value? Pretty sure any running car that isn't about to immediately explode could fetch like 1000-1500 on Craigslist.
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Mar 19, 2014 17:42
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Baller Witness Bro posted:How hosed is it that the site reported that low of a value? Pretty sure any running car that isn't about to immediately explode could fetch like 1000-1500 on Craigslist. That's rough condition value, which I figure is fair since it has a burned valve. Flawless it would be around $1,500. It's also trade-in, not retail value or private seller, so it's extra gently caress-you low.
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Terrible Robot posted:Flawless it would be around $1,500. An 855T could be described as a lot of things, but flawless isn't one of them. I actually like the volvo wagon, i just couldn't pass up a good joke Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Mar 19, 2014 |
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Baller Witness Bro posted:How hosed is it that the site reported that low of a value? Pretty sure any running car that isn't about to immediately explode could fetch like 1000-1500 on Craigslist. He said trade in value, not private party. And that's as low as trade in goes, because you can get $375+ for pretty much any car in any condition for scrap.
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