Automotive Addicts Lounge V4 - Lube my pistons, baby - General

[QUOTE=danjee;49653143]Anybody had success with Marvel Mystery Oil? I got a quart to put in with my oil next change because I heard it might help my noisy valve lifters. IDK about leaving it in the oil for the full 5k miles though, maybe I'll do two changes in a row.[/QUOTE] I use MMO in my ~250k mile Impreza. I do 3000-3500 mile changes, and add it 500-700 miles before the change. It helps a bit with valves and overall engine running. I wouldn't call it a miracle cure, but it's for sure something that will help safely clean out gunk on an older engine. I prefer it over every other one I have tried, it's been around longer and is known as being safe. [editline]1st February 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=DPKiller;49653897]Its the magic oil of unfreezing a engine. Onlything it does is clean up deposits in the oil, and truly does not provide proficient lubrication property's. If you run it for more than a few hundred miles I'm afraid you would cause more wear on your engine than normal. Buy some. Open the container and see how thin it is, notice how its too thin to do any lubrication of the engine. This same applys to seafoam in oil. Has plenty of cleaning property's just no lubrication property's. I end up keeping more seafoam around than marvel. Because seafoam can treat gas like stabil. [editline]2nd February 2016[/editline] Towed to a dealership for transmission issues? HA. 89% of dealerships are just gonna recommend a brand new trans when they probably overlooked the fact once you heated your radiator up past 240*F than the trans decided to puke its fluid because it overheated too. And this is the lovely issues of having trans coolers built into radiators.[/QUOTE] As long as you aren't adding too much for the planned mileage, there won't be issues. IE more for 500 miles, less for 5000 miles. This has been in use for almost 90 years now in everything from airplanes, to cars.

[QUOTE=EagleEye;49653393]Yooo guess who's 16 year old shitbucket ford decided to overheat and start spewing ATF while I'm out delivering pizzas? Yup me. Just changed the water pump 2 weeks ago when the seal went bad and started burning coolant. Yesterday I'm out delivering and I noticed that the half lit temp gauge is suddenly way in the H. I drove it back to the store and popped the hood. Neither fans are turning on, with or without A/C. While trying to figure out if it's a fuse or a relay I notice fluid on the ground, like a lot of fluid. Red tinge, check the trans dipstick and its dry with red goop dried on the end. Cooling fans I can dick around with and fix, transmission deciding it's trying to kill itself? Nah. Not while I have to work at the hospital 3 days a week. Decided to have it towed to a dealership and see if they can figure it out. Looks like I'm going to have to brave the (thankfully mild) winter in a miata, on summer tires.[/QUOTE] i know the feeling im delivering in a 94 grand marquis with cheap walmart tires in the rear that are much smaller than the firestones up front, all because my accord puked a trans.

[QUOTE=FordLord;49653955]I use MMO in my ~250k mile Impreza. I do 3000-3500 mile changes, and add it 500-700 miles before the change. It helps a bit with valves and overall engine running. I wouldn't call it a miracle cure, but it's for sure something that will help safely clean out gunk on an older engine. I prefer it over every other one I have tried, it's been around longer and is known as being safe. [editline]1st February 2016[/editline] As long as you aren't adding too much for the planned mileage, there won't be issues. IE more for 500 miles, less for 5000 miles. This has been in use for almost 90 years now in everything from airplanes, to cars.[/QUOTE] My car has a regular, full oil level (doesn't burn/leak). Of course you don't want to overfill the oil system but would be okay for me to put some MMO in with the oil? Or do you only add the MMO once your oil is low? The back of the bottle says to do an oil change with 20% MMO, rest oil. But it would sure be nice to do one oil change instead of two.

[QUOTE=FordLord;49653870]As long as you avoid first gens with EJ25D engines (unless they have new headgaskets), they are great cars. That'd be 96-99 years. Newer ones have the Ej251/253 with much less gasket issues, up until brand new ones with the redisigned engines that I habe no experience with.[/QUOTE] EJ251 still had head gasket issues, mine is on its second set. Manuals are fun but check for excessive weight transfer before buying. It can reveal a driveshaft with tight spots (non-serviceable joints) and blown rear diff mounts.

Are they really that bad for headgaskets?Thats not a problem I want to deal with. I just want a daily driver that can seat 5 and has cargo space and is less than 10 years old. [editline]1st February 2016[/editline] Also I think a balljoint in my toyota is completely gone,I blame the horrific roads here.

[QUOTE=Jalcober;49653110]You got to drive an ICON? Tha's awesome! What'd you think of it?[/QUOTE] It was pretty sweet. The interior quality was incredible and even though the thing was huge it was actually pretty easy to back into spots. The engine was pretty gnarly sounding (5.7L supercharged Hemi) and even though the thing probably weighs like 6000 pounds it pulls pretty hard. The only complaints I had were that the stupid thing would stall out if the gear selector wasn't dead on in Drive. It had no notches like most modern column shifters so it could just slip out of Drive if you bumped it up or down. Also, the only original parts are the body and the door handles. The door handles are atrocious. I probably parked that thing at least half a dozen times and I still couldn't fucking figure them out. I usually just rolled the window down and yanked the damn thing in every direction until it somehow opened. I think that one cost like $300k+. [QUOTE=slayer3032;49652932]The off road stuff is by far the coolest, I love Porsches but I just can't get excited about one unless it was mine or something.[/QUOTE] I think my favourite cars to drive were the old things like the 2002tii and the MGB. Really anything with a stick got me giddy since I love driving stick even though I am horrendous since I don't own a manual car. On a good normal day we would see maybe 1 or 2 stick cars. I actually picked it up for the first time when some guy came in a TJ(?) Wrangler with the 4.0L and a 5 speed. Incredibly easy clutch and even though I hate wranglers the fact it was stick distracted me from every other terrible aspect of driving those. The 993 convertible was a nice car. The shifter was so incredibly smooth to operate, compared to the corvette which was a 7-speed manual and very notchy. The 991 Turbo S was probably the closest I have come to shitting myself in the past few years. Now, we didn't fuck around too much with the cars since we parked them in the middle of a giant residential country club but I laid into that Turbo S once and I thought it was fucking fast [I]and then[/I] the turbos started to kick in and I was literally just sucked into the seat. It's a feeling I can't describe and I have been chasing since then.

So I just broke down on my way to work. Fun. The car starts and runs for a second before it dies again

[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;49654085]EJ251 still had head gasket issues, mine is on its second set. Manuals are fun but check for excessive weight transfer before buying. It can reveal a driveshaft with tight spots (non-serviceable joints) and blown rear diff mounts.[/QUOTE] Were they changed with the updated gaskets, or the original style gaskets? Cooling system maintained after the first job? Sounds like there's another issue at play on that car, EJ251/253 engines generally do pretty good on gaskets, and generally never go again when the updated gaskets are installed. [editline]2nd February 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=JesseR92;49654249]Are they really that bad for headgaskets?Thats not a problem I want to deal with. I just want a daily driver that can seat 5 and has cargo space and is less than 10 years old. [editline]1st February 2016[/editline] Also I think a balljoint in my toyota is completely gone,I blame the horrific roads here.[/QUOTE] Honestly, they aren't. Even 25D engines last 150k+ miles on original gaskets. Once they are replaced properly, they last forever. 251/253 engines rarely have the issues. When they do, its at the 200k+ mile range in most cases. The issue is, you have to be aware of it and keep up with maintenance. The 25D, though is a gasket design issue, can be prevented by changing coolant regularly. Doing this is known to possibly prevent the leak all together. 251/253 engines ; change coolant regularly, you will likely never need head gaskets. If you ever do need head gaskets; Get the heads machined flat, even if you think they are flat Get the updated gaskets from a reputable brand In most cases where the gaskets are replaced and fail again, it's one of the two.

[QUOTE=Ldesu;49655740]So I just broke down on my way to work. Fun. The car starts and runs for a second before it dies again[/QUOTE] Do you have enough fuel in ? Also if you rev it to 1000 (and keep) does it make abnormal noises ? You might need a new IACV

Whoah this thread is cursed or something? Today I bought this; [URL=http://s465.photobucket.com/user/isaact1234/media/mytalon_zpsdczqoael.jpg.html][IMG]http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr13/isaact1234/mytalon_zpsdczqoael.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It doesn't start, it's a no crank. Which is always fairly easy.. neutral safety switch, starter, ign cyl, starter relay, or wiring in between. Cake work, usually. So I took the gamble. $600. It was 2.5 hours away and cost me about $90 in gas to go get it. Pulled a couple favors for friends I do a ton of work for an borrowed a car trailer and a pickup ('84 Dodge fullsize!). 10mpg with or without the car on, lol. It was in Milwaukee WI, riiiight on the edge of the hood. But the guy was cool, another DSM fan so we all chatted a bit until it got too cold then we left. About 30 mins out of town I stopped to get gas and noticed one of the trailer wheels was cocked real bad and smelled like burned rubber, come to find out it was rubbing on the trailer itself. Come to find out the axle fucking snapped almost in half! So like 2 hours from home with an almost snapped axle (it was a tandem). Sweet. We used a jack to jack the axle straight again and a clever use of a chain, a ratchet strap, and the webbing of the trailer kept the axle halves in position, instead of letting them sag back into a "V". It worked, got home safe, and that was the adventure. It was also my first time driving a fullsize pickup in city traffic, driving/maneuvering with a fullsize trailer, hauling a car, and securing a car. Gotta jump right in, right? lol Plans are to fix it and sell it to a buddy in town for maybe $100 profit or something.

I bought another Impreza [t]http://puu.sh/mSeFO/a51e2e8025.jpg[/t] Previous owner claims the engine is stock :quotes: but jesus H christ this thing moves.

[QUOTE=Hoffa1337;49656194]I bought another Impreza [t]http://puu.sh/mSeFO/a51e2e8025.jpg[/t] Previous owner claims the engine is stock :quotes: but jesus H christ this thing moves.[/QUOTE] Looks like a decent base that hasn't been too riced out, other than the tail lights. Spoiler, skirts, etc. Look like factory options. What engine does it have?

[QUOTE=FordLord;49656266]Looks like a decent base that hasn't been too riced out, other than the tail lights. Spoiler, skirts, etc. Look like factory options. What engine does it have?[/QUOTE] EJ205

[url]http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/ctd/5381223602.html[/url] I like the looks of this actually my first car was a 02 ford focus,dear lord they changed nothing on them since then.

[QUOTE=cNova;49655789]Do you have enough fuel in ?[/QUOTE] I'm not that stupid. [QUOTE=cNova;49655789] Also if you rev it to 1000 (and keep) does it make abnormal noises ? You might need a new IACV[/QUOTE] It runs for [I]a second, literally a second[/I], not a minute. Also what's an IACV? Also turns out it's the feeder pump, or whatever it's called. The little fuel pump inside the tank which just feeds the fuel to the main fuel pump. Another bill I can't really afford. I already got a service bill + I had to go to the dentist and burn off some money there. I don't think the Beetle's gonna get an overhauled engine this winter. Every time I'm about to buy the last little bits I need, something else happens. [editline]2nd February 2016[/editline] Here it is in its state of misery: [t]http://puu.sh/mT9ec.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=FordLord;49655752]Were they changed with the updated gaskets, or the original style gaskets? Cooling system maintained after the first job? Sounds like there's another issue at play on that car, EJ251/253 engines generally do pretty good on gaskets, and generally never go again when the updated gaskets are installed.[/QUOTE] I didn't do the first set but I'm at 114k miles and the job was definitely done before. When we had the timing cover off to do the timing belt we noticed that it was seeping slightly along the passenger head. I don't know what the previous owner did to it (it lived in Germany apparently for some time and I got it from a dealer) but they're definitely on their way out again (which seems incredibly quick). Proper coolant with Subaru's "coolant conditioner" (aka stopleak with their logo) is in it now.

[QUOTE=Ldesu;49657383]I'm not that stupid. It runs for [I]a second, literally a second[/I], not a minute. Also what's an IACV? Also turns out it's the feeder pump, or whatever it's called. The little fuel pump inside the tank which just feeds the fuel to the main fuel pump. Another bill I can't really afford. I already got a service bill + I had to go to the dentist and burn off some money there. I don't think the Beetle's gonna get an overhauled engine this winter. Every time I'm about to buy the last little bits I need, something else happens. [editline]2nd February 2016[/editline] Here it is in its state of misery: [t]http://puu.sh/mT9ec.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Ah you have been bitten by the dual pump curse. Always be sure to have more than a 1/4 tank of gas in the car at all times to avoid that. Now are you sure it's the feeder pump and not the dreaded fuel pump relay?

[QUOTE=Slithers;49657577]Ah you have been bitten by the dual pump curse. Always be sure to have more than a 1/4 tank of gas in the car at all times to avoid that. Now are you sure it's the feeder pump and not the dreaded fuel pump relay?[/QUOTE] It's got 3/4 in the tank right now at least. Also I'm not the one who checked it out. My boss did while I was doing other work. As I wrote the original post, I was sitting waiting for a colleague to come tow me the rest of the way to work, so right now it's sitting inside the workshop. Tomorrow I'm gonna steal dad's car to get to work, and hopefully drive the Merc back.

[QUOTE=Ldesu;49657383]I'm not that stupid. It runs for [I]a second, literally a second[/I], not a minute. Also what's an IACV? Also turns out it's the feeder pump, or whatever it's called. The little fuel pump inside the tank which just feeds the fuel to the main fuel pump. Another bill I can't really afford. I already got a service bill + I had to go to the dentist and burn off some money there. I don't think the Beetle's gonna get an overhauled engine this winter. Every time I'm about to buy the last little bits I need, something else happens. [editline]2nd February 2016[/editline] Here it is in its state of misery: [t]http://puu.sh/mT9ec.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] IACV = Idle air control valve

OK so I'm thinking of getting a new intercooler for my mk7 cuz performance drops like hell when its warm out. One place offers swaps with an S3 intercooler, so it fits perfectly and is from Audi/VW. Think it'll void the warranty? Sucks not being able to do anything except vag-com tunes.

[QUOTE=Squad1993;49658060]OK so I'm thinking of getting a new intercooler for my mk7 cuz performance drops like hell when its warm out. One place offers swaps with an S3 intercooler, so it fits perfectly and is from Audi/VW. Think it'll void the warranty? Sucks not being able to do anything except vag-com tunes.[/QUOTE] If you want to know the honest and true answer to that, call VW or consult your VW mechanic. If they say it needs to be done by a dealer then do it and don't botch anything.

Ok, i need some emergency help. I got error code p1340 on my Saab. What the fuck is wrong? The mechanic i went to couldn't figure it out for some fucking reason. He told me " Get it to a saab place" Seriously, First my generator dies and i spend 200 euros on a used one but it was in good shape and the car went very smooth when i drove it home but the next day the car felt like its getting "Strangled" like its sufficating, hitting the gaspedal is doing basically nothing and the car just stutters back and forward. I'm calling a proper workshop tomorrow but the repairs there will cost me shit tons of money.

p1340 is usually cam position sensor tripping. I would bet on your timing belt being the culprit

Damn, a lot of breakdowns in this thread lately. I got some sort of thermostat code on the crown vic a couple days ago.

I just noticed my insurance is out of date and I can't find the new card in the mail :suicide:

[QUOTE=butre;49658208]p1340 is usually cam position sensor tripping. I would bet on your timing belt being the culprit[/QUOTE] Ok, i don't even know what to search for in Swedish. I can't seem to find something called like that, except in english. Is Crank shaft the same thing as Cam Shaft?

Nope. Crankshaft runs the pistons (other way around actually), and camshaft runs the valves.

crank and cam are different I think the word for camshaft would be kamaxel

I called customer support on a site i usually order my car parts from and as soon as i told him it's 1340 he told me it's the cam shaft sensor and he helped me with the translation and all. He even opened up his web browser to help me look for the problem. So he told me it could be the sensor or the ignition coils. What a totally shit mechanic, a fucking customer support told me the problem. I know the ignition coil in cylinder 3 broke so i changed it so i guess i will be getting a new sensor and 3 new ignition coils and be done with it. But the site did not have it in storage which was for 499 SEK so the cheapest one i could find in the nearest car part shop is 998 SEK Now i also need to order me some new screenwipers because they were stolen while the car was outside of the workshop lol. That car is fucking my wallet in everyside.

[QUOTE=Hoffa1337;49656372]EJ205[/QUOTE] That's a pretty decent and powerful engine, we didn't get those in the US until the 2002 model year. Lots of options for tuning and upgrades, if you wish. I've always wished we had the EJ205's and other JDM turbo engines of that era available in the US from the factory. [editline]2nd February 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Banana Lord.;49657451]I didn't do the first set but I'm at 114k miles and the job was definitely done before. When we had the timing cover off to do the timing belt we noticed that it was seeping slightly along the passenger head. I don't know what the previous owner did to it (it lived in Germany apparently for some time and I got it from a dealer) but they're definitely on their way out again (which seems incredibly quick). Proper coolant with Subaru's "coolant conditioner" (aka stopleak with their logo) is in it now.[/QUOTE] What signs does it have of being done before? 114k miles is early for a head gasket set failure, if it was already changed out, they would've had to have done something off somewhere - Once it is done, it is usually set for life if done right. I would save up, and be prepared for if it gets worse. Some people drive for years on the external leaks without issues, though it's not the best thing to do. When you do have it done again - don't skimp out on doing it right. Get the heads machined, get the updated gaskets that are much better. If you don't do it yourself, make sure a reputable shop does it.