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The Dedicated URABUS Thread
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so i got my "new" ebay coil and it showed up with a broken of connector in it and bent pins, although other than that it was shiny new looking. i pulled the broken bits, straightened the pins and installed it, and its completely dead. car would hardly moves itself out of its own way. P0301 at idle.
in an effort to just get this done and over with, i went and offered my *** and a tub of vaseline to the local auto part retailer. $95 later i have a running car again.
it pulls nicely again with no misses anywhere.![wink](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/wink.gif)
vlad i thought i read somewhere you do email tuning?
in an effort to just get this done and over with, i went and offered my *** and a tub of vaseline to the local auto part retailer. $95 later i have a running car again.
it pulls nicely again with no misses anywhere.
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vlad i thought i read somewhere you do email tuning?
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I changed the oil in the WRX today and like a good boy I checked my other fluids. Everything was going well until I discovered an extra inch of lube on the trans dipstick ![eek!](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/eek4.gif)
After loosing my goddamn mind for 15 minutes and checking my invoices to confirm that yes, I did buy 4qts of Amsoil and yes, the 5MT takes 3.8qts, I managed to pump a full quart of very dark gear oil out of the trans dipstick tube. Way way too dark for 3k old Amsoil MTG. The car has not been swimming recently and I'm not loosing any other fluids so I'm at a bit of a loss. I can **** things up with the best of them, but an extra quart? That's a stretch.
The only thing I can come up with is that maybe I drained, refilled and checked the transmission while the car was up on ramps, leaving a full quart of old juice in the trans. This would explain both the extra darkness and the extra fluid.![facepalm](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/facepalm.gif)
Partial change is better than no change at all. I guess its time to order more oil and do it all again.
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After loosing my goddamn mind for 15 minutes and checking my invoices to confirm that yes, I did buy 4qts of Amsoil and yes, the 5MT takes 3.8qts, I managed to pump a full quart of very dark gear oil out of the trans dipstick tube. Way way too dark for 3k old Amsoil MTG. The car has not been swimming recently and I'm not loosing any other fluids so I'm at a bit of a loss. I can **** things up with the best of them, but an extra quart? That's a stretch.
The only thing I can come up with is that maybe I drained, refilled and checked the transmission while the car was up on ramps, leaving a full quart of old juice in the trans. This would explain both the extra darkness and the extra fluid.
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Partial change is better than no change at all. I guess its time to order more oil and do it all again.
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Ahhh forgot I had those. I just put new summer tires on them too. 245's on a legacy wagon chassis FTW. Winter setup has been on the car for the last few months.
EDIT: my best bet is to return it to stock and ask the same amount. I doubt the buyer would notice the fmic undertray cut outs.
I did not receive a package from you, no.
EDIT: my best bet is to return it to stock and ask the same amount. I doubt the buyer would notice the fmic undertray cut outs.
I did not receive a package from you, no.
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Ahhh forgot I had those. I just put new summer tires on them too. 245's on a legacy wagon chassis FTW. Winter setup has been on the car for the last few months.
EDIT: my best bet is to return it to stock and ask the same amount. I doubt the buyer would notice the fmic undertray cut outs.
EDIT: my best bet is to return it to stock and ask the same amount. I doubt the buyer would notice the fmic undertray cut outs.
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Son Of Bitch!
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The transmission sounds different and I swear to god the car accelerates better now
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Lots of the new manufacturer fill colored coolants are not "compatible" with the classic green (German pink, GM orange, etc) so paying attention to those is important. But I have this feeling like after you dump all your coolant at least once, it probably does not matter.
The justification i keep seeing for the "special coolant" is the aluminum block. It supposedly needs a non-silicate, non-phosphate and non-amine type coolant to keep the cast aluminum happy. With more and more aluminum blocks on the market, and with changing environmental regulations, I'm sure its going to get easier to find compatible coolants.
If you believe in such things, of course.
The justification i keep seeing for the "special coolant" is the aluminum block. It supposedly needs a non-silicate, non-phosphate and non-amine type coolant to keep the cast aluminum happy. With more and more aluminum blocks on the market, and with changing environmental regulations, I'm sure its going to get easier to find compatible coolants.
If you believe in such things, of course.
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I use the subaru coolant, it was the same price as prestone at autozone. That way I didnt have to completely flush the cooling system and give it a colon cleanse. I'd be willing to put generic green in the car if it got completely cleaned out first. Maybe my over caution is from the GM nightmare DexCool which turns into pudding if you mix other coolants in.
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Lots of the new manufacturer fill colored coolants are not "compatible" with the classic green (German pink, GM orange, etc) so paying attention to those is important. But I have this feeling like after you dump all your coolant at least once, it probably does not matter.
The justification i keep seeing for the "special coolant" is the aluminum block. It supposedly needs a non-silicate, non-phosphate and non-amine type coolant to keep the cast aluminum happy. With more and more aluminum blocks on the market, and with changing environmental regulations, I'm sure its going to get easier to find compatible coolants.
If you believe in such things, of course.![wink](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/wink.gif)
The justification i keep seeing for the "special coolant" is the aluminum block. It supposedly needs a non-silicate, non-phosphate and non-amine type coolant to keep the cast aluminum happy. With more and more aluminum blocks on the market, and with changing environmental regulations, I'm sure its going to get easier to find compatible coolants.
If you believe in such things, of course.
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and for the record ive mixed gm orange and classic green many times. its never turned to goo. theyre essentially the same thing with the orange supposedly having a more concentrated additive package to last longer. the one thing ive learned is that the orange hates oxygen and when it oxidizes (and it will) it turns to sludge. in my opinion the thousands that have associated that issue with mixing green, or just dexcool in itself, were coming to a false conclusion about the cause because they let air in the system, ran the vehicle and heated it up, whcih accelrates the oxidation, and then topped off with green. then there are those that had 120k on the coolant and couldnt understand why it was breaking down.