twinrider1
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- Sep 28, 2003
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Changed the valve cover gasket, VANOS motor gasket, 2 vanos solenoids, oil filter housing gasket, eccentric shaft sensor and seal last Saturday.
Took about 6 hours total and I was being exceptionally cautious.
What prompted me to do all this? 2 broken (original) valve cover bolts which lead to a lot of oil leaking. The rest were preventative considering I was already inside the engine.
1 big mistake was trusting my torque wrench on a new valve cover bolt which snapped. I had to drill it out and replace it with one of the original bolts (even though they are 1 time use), that took a 30 minute chunk out of the work.
Fresh transmission and differential fluids in my 05 M3 the other day. Not sure if it was needed ... the car only has 36k miles but is also 12 years old, so figured I should replace any fluids and filters at this point. Shifting still feels the same ... notchy and not particularly smooth, but precise! :sneaky:
Both of these fluids smell extraordinarily toxic in their own special ways, so I can only imagine what horrible things the combination currently sitting in my oil drain pan would do to the environment. Need to figure out how to recycle this stuff.
Also raised the coilover suspension about 0.4 inches in the rear and 0.6 in the front. The PO had it way too low
Fresh transmission and differential fluids in my 05 M3 the other day. Not sure if it was needed ... the car only has 36k miles but is also 12 years old, so figured I should replace any fluids and filters at this point. Shifting still feels the same ... notchy and not particularly smooth, but precise! :sneaky:
Both of these fluids smell extraordinarily toxic in their own special ways, so I can only imagine what horrible things the combination currently sitting in my oil drain pan would do to the environment. Need to figure out how to recycle this stuff.
Also raised the coilover suspension about 0.4 inches in the rear and 0.6 in the front. The PO had it way too low
Replaced the clutch slave cylinder for the na miata this weekend but realized need to do the master now as well.
Pulled gas tank on my 2003 Intrepid. Fuel pump that I replaced 6 months ago seems to have failed again (15 psi output but should be 48-58 psi) and car barely idles. Putting in new pump once rain subsides.
Update: Car now runs with proper pressure with new fuel pump (not same brand as one that failed). Amazon, even though not responsible, issued a full refund for the pump because the seller would not respond to warranty requests. I love Amazon!!!