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Darchangel posted:Yeah, that sounds like GM. Well that sounds lovely. Luckily I'm not throwing any codes (yet), and all of the readiness monitors are showing ready, so I don't think there's anything majorly wrong. Still trying to figure out why my mileage is garbage (maybe my 3 mile commute? I know the thing is just barely going into closed loop when I get to work), but there's no longer any fuel smell, and the fuel pressure is where it should be now.
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Elmnt80 posted:
Salt water will gently caress your poo poo up.
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Elmnt80 posted:
I've been working on boats in the salt water for years and years, I have NEVER seen lug nuts get this bad. Sure, i've seen rusty garbage, but holy poo poo, this is a finely curated piece of art.
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That has to be galvanically driven right? There's no way you could get that otherwise unless it was stored on an ocean pier or something.
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Reminds me of hexagons in nature  
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I’d be afraid to push that trailer around with the lugs that bad, let alone tow it with a boat on board.
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Jul 28, 2021 16:35
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Look like castellated nuts....great for trapping moisture
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STR posted:Well that sounds lovely. It's not all that bad - I'm pretty sure mine was original when I bought it 3-4 years ago. It was bad and throwing a code at that time. The aftermarket one took a year or two to fail, and I was able to combine the electronics from the original with the mechanical from the aftermarket, and crutch along another year or so, after which time I bought a Motorcraft, and so far, so good. The gas cap has stopped clicking not, though, so I'm not sure I'm able to get it tight enough. It's thrown the code indicating a loose gas cap at least once since I discovered that. Elmnt80 posted:
Those rust flowers are beautiful and horrifying.
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wontondestruction posted:Look like castellated nuts....great for trapping moisture This.
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"Alfa Romeos look good no matter what they're doing" https://twitter.com/yuyafubukit75/status/1420962373125296132?s=19
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STR posted:Well that sounds lovely. dude ride a loving bike to work
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Jul 30, 2021 14:27
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3 mile commute isn't very great for your vehicle.. like you said it's barely getting into closed loop and is going to be a lot more hungry while you drive that 7 mins. Maybe drive it the long way to work or something?
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Only ever taking short trips is bad for your car. Like others said, ride a bike instead or take a longer route.
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insta posted:dude ride a loving bike to work I’m going to guess that you do not, and never have lived in Texas, much less Austin. Cojawfee posted:Only ever taking short trips is bad for your car. Like others said, ride a bike instead or take a longer route. You either. Counterpoint: gently caress that poo poo with a flaming razordick, unless you have a fetish for sweat and heat exhaustion, and enjoy multiple attempts at vehicular homicide directed at you.
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I've lived in San Antonio which is close enough. If you are going to drive anyway, then you get what you get in regards to gas mileage. Your car's estimated gas mileage wasn't meant to represent trips of less than a few miles. Your car burns more fuel while warming up and then, once it is warmed up and starts using a normal amount of gas, your trip is over and you shut it off. That's just how it's going to be unless you want to experiment with idling your car in your driveway until it runs normally and then driving to work and see if that uses less gas.
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I rode a bike three miles to work every single day for two years in Arizona. You wear light clothes and a helmet with a visor and you carry a lot of water. It's fine
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Sagebrush posted:I rode a bike three miles to work every single day for two years in Arizona. I biked only for a year in Austin, it was pretty easy but did almost get run over a few times.
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LifeSunDeath posted:I biked only for a year in Austin, it was pretty easy but did almost get run over a few times. Post/username combo.
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The biking to work thing is great but doesn't work if you have to wear a suit and don't have a place to clean up and change at the office. I mean I guess you could make it work if you lived in Oxford or something, but it's not tenable in the American Southwest.
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Boss: "hey the new cylinder head arrived can you clean it up and get going on that job?" Tech: "....No"
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How does that even happen? 
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Split mold looks like it shifted. Surprised something like that got out the door.
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I'm the horrible failure. I lived a quarter mile away from work and drove to work. I also drove a couple hundred miles every other weekend so maybe that balances out I just noticed my car has a rust flower too 
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Memento posted:Boss: "hey the new cylinder head arrived can you clean it up and get going on that job?" God, the more I look at it, the more I see. Mismatched/shifted core, gouged mating surface, cross threaded or stripped threads, possible inclusions
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um excuse me posted:Split mold looks like it shifted. Surprised something like that got out the door. I guess I don't know what manufacturer it is, but quality control/fucks given is pretty low at gm Ford and Chrysler. So could easily be one of them.
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Darchangel posted:I’m going to guess that you do not, and never have lived in Texas, much less Austin. Lol I live in Austin and rode a bike as my sole transportation for like 5 years. That being said 3 miles is completely fine for your vehicle. It’s not like you just get in and drive directly to your destination. For instance it’s a 4 mile commute to my old office and coming home took and hour.
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Yeah it feels bad to get nine miles per gallon or whatever, but if you’re only going six miles per day, it’s only really a problem if it’s destroying your vehicle, right?
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 Saw this, thought of this thread. The venerable GDCS in its natural state.
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I was fixated on the brake pad warning. “That’s not the fuel gauge.” 
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AmbassadorofSodomy posted:I guess I don't know what manufacturer it is, but quality control/fucks given is pretty low at gm Ford and Chrysler. So could easily be one of them. Probably a Hyundai theta engine given the theta logo on it. If so then built at the plant in Alabama which has a history of making garbage engines.
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Platystemon posted:I was fixated on the brake pad warning. Jack Handey posted:Don't get your speedometer confused with your clock, like I did once, because the faster you go the later you think you are.
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Platystemon posted:I was fixated on the brake pad warning. Brake pad warning?
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Yeah, I took that light to mean the parking brake was on, but I’ve heard of it also being used as a pad wear light or that the fluid was low
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namlosh posted:Yeah, I took that light to mean the parking brake was on, but I’ve heard of it also being used as a pad wear light or that the fluid was low That circle with the dashed quarter circle arcs to the left and right is the standard warning light for pad wear sensors. It’s separate from the “BRAKE” light.
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insta posted:dude ride a loving bike to work 55 mph highway (where everybody does 70-80) once I'm off my street (which is 45), with no lighting, bike lane, or shoulder, and I go in at 10pm, leave around 6am. No thank you, I'm not suicidal. If I lived inside of Austin, where they believe in bike lanes, I'd consider it. I'm in a suburb that has about 10 miles of bike lane in the entire city. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:22 on Aug 1, 2021 |
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Space Gopher posted:That circle with the dashed quarter circle arcs to the left and right is the standard warning light for pad wear sensors. It’s separate from the “BRAKE” light. Omg, I can’t believe I didn’t see that. Or realize what it was… learned something today thx
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namlosh posted:Omg, I can’t believe I didn’t see that. Or realize what it was… learned something today thx In the hopes of preventing user generated content:   
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lol if you think anyone actually reads that they never do Elmnt80 posted:
If you hadn't left a description, I would have assumed that was wood. 
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I like the rear spoiler warning.
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C-Bangin' it 
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Those are great! Thx for posting. Funny enough, I had just got back from a trip with a rented Hyundai Santa Fe with the active cruise and lane following and all that. Nice car to rent for a road trip. Anyway, it had some new lights on the dash fort the cruise that I didn’t know until trying it, some of which are included on that sheet. The “keep the distance from the car in front of you” indicators were pretty good after realizing what they were saying: A car representing your car and 1-4 dots representing the distance you’ve set as the preferred following distance. Then another light for the car in front, unlit when no car is seen at all, dimly lit when there’s a car but it’s outside the range to follow, and the car turns solidly lit when the systems actively matching speed with it. Pretty cool stuff, thx again
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