the best head gasket failure in history.
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the best head gasket failure in history.
before posting this, i am an asshole and make no excuses
http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthr ... post567408
i did warn you i kinda feel bad, but mostly for his car...
and so discuss,
http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthr ... post567408
i did warn you i kinda feel bad, but mostly for his car...
and so discuss,
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[quote="danetrain"]Fuck wyoming[/quote]
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Re: the best head gasket failure in history.
I knew I had a reason to lurk here...jeffast wrote:...i am an asshole and make no excuses...
Thanks Jeff
...but yeah, you're right... this kid just doesn't seem to get it...
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^ This!
It is kinda mean to flame someone bad for being ignorant, but at the same time, I don't feel bad for people who dive into stuff without doing any homework what so ever.
My friend Derek, who rebuilds trannys for a living had someone tow their own AWD Highlander (or something) in with a two wheel dolly. The customer isn't going to be very happy with the phone call they get tomorrow morning, and he tells them their tranny is even more borked since he towed it in with two wheels on the ground.
I don't feel bad for him at all because it clearly states in the owners manual that the vehicle must be towed on a flatbed or with all four wheels on the ground.
It is kinda mean to flame someone bad for being ignorant, but at the same time, I don't feel bad for people who dive into stuff without doing any homework what so ever.
My friend Derek, who rebuilds trannys for a living had someone tow their own AWD Highlander (or something) in with a two wheel dolly. The customer isn't going to be very happy with the phone call they get tomorrow morning, and he tells them their tranny is even more borked since he towed it in with two wheels on the ground.
I don't feel bad for him at all because it clearly states in the owners manual that the vehicle must be towed on a flatbed or with all four wheels on the ground.
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yeah i don't think i'm going back to nasioc off topic for a while. i know i'm a bit of an asshole. but that place is just malicious.94SS_Canada wrote:Saw this on nasioc, down in history....
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92 turbo touring wagon now also 5-speed swapped
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[quote="danetrain"]Fuck wyoming[/quote]
92 turbo touring wagon now also 5-speed swapped
89 xt6 stock
[quote="danetrain"]Fuck wyoming[/quote]
actually no, we loosened the head bolts and actually torqued them and it seems to have fixed his problem for the time being.jeffast wrote: so his head gaskets are really blown right?
PIA?
and yes, i work at PIA
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yeah, it's not the way we would have gone about fixing it but the kid had no money and thats all he wanted us to try. i think of it as more of a bandaid for a knife wound93forestpearl wrote:Interesting. I've always been under the idea that once the headgaskets have been crushed, they are pretty much junk if you loosen the head again.
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No money, but he's doing a turbo swap. Another potential NASA employee. He'll be back with blown headgaskets soon.
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I KNOW... sheesh! That's like letting a hooker deliver your baby... cause she's had so many of em, she "knows what she's doing."Aussie_in_mo wrote:my sides hurt
it's shat.. er "shade-tree mechanics" like that, who destroy the poor unknowing bastard's enthusiasm in cars... I mean, if the blind guy leads blind guy #2 off a friends cliff... I blame the "friend"... though I dont excuse the cars owner... his greed/cheapness just killed his car...
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He name dropped you guys in the thread, do you mind me quoting this over on the svx board for the official thread.jake15 wrote:actually no, we loosened the head bolts and actually torqued them and it seems to have fixed his problem for the time being.jeffast wrote: so his head gaskets are really blown right?
PIA?
and yes, i work at PIA
also when describing his torque method did he use the phrase "tightened them hella"?
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92 turbo touring wagon now also 5-speed swapped
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[quote="danetrain"]Fuck wyoming[/quote]
92 turbo touring wagon now also 5-speed swapped
89 xt6 stock
[quote="danetrain"]Fuck wyoming[/quote]
go for it.jeffast wrote: He name dropped you guys in the thread, do you mind me quoting this over on the svx board for the official thread.
also when describing his torque method did he use the phrase "tightened them hella"?
i think he actually did say something to that effect
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