12-26-2009, 07:40 PM
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Eggcellent!
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12-26-2009, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan from Ohio
Eggcellent!
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i mean, i know it seems completely retarded... but i happen to LIKE the car... and i have future plans for it... very...very....awesome ones
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12-26-2009, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Nate's Alero
i mean, i know it seems completely retarded... but i happen to LIKE the car... and i have future plans for it... very...very....awesome ones
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like.. having a full year w/o problems.  |
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12-26-2009, 08:34 PM
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Nate we could trade :P
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12-26-2009, 08:48 PM
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like.. having a full year w/o problems. |
thanks..... you make me feel all warm inside...
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12-26-2009, 09:38 PM
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imo bad headgasket...
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12-27-2009, 10:12 AM
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I think this car has future plans for you also.
If you really have a boner for this car I would be looking for a replacement engine for it.
Its obvious the current one has issues and will continue to have them. Its a POS.
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12-27-2009, 10:42 AM
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well, it was planned on a rebuild in April or May.. re-ring, Magnaflux, clean, everything....
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12-27-2009, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan from Ohio
$300 car and how many $100's in repair?
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Nates car is really nice for being only 300 bucks. |
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12-27-2009, 03:07 PM
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Nates car is really nice for being only 300 bucks.
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And how much in repairs to date?
Seems like every few weeks theres a catastrophic failure of some sort or somethings broke/not working right.
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12-27-2009, 03:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan from Ohio
And how much in repairs to date?
Seems like every few weeks theres a catastrophic failure of some sort or somethings broke/not working right.
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haha, usually i over react... but yeah, well
Full brakes...
LIMG
Surge Tank
All New Hoses
Belt
5 sets of sparkplugs (IT EATS THEM)
Wires
A New Coil
and a Hub...... Win?
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12-27-2009, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Nate's Alero
5 sets of sparkplugs (IT EATS THEM)
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don't you think... just maybe... thats a giant freak'n symptom of a HUGE underlying problem THAT NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION!?! |
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12-27-2009, 03:15 PM
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i speed up for corners
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nate's Alero
haha, usually i over react... but yeah, well
Full brakes...
LIMG
Surge Tank
All New Hoses
Belt
5 sets of sparkplugs (IT EATS THEM)
Wires
A New Coil
and a Hub...... Win?
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don not for get about the injectors that you told me about and you have had to change the LIMG like 3 times. |
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12-27-2009, 03:17 PM
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don not for get about the injectors that you told me about and you have had to change the LIMG like 3 times.
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i did the LIMG once.... i had to take it apart three times because the Hydro Lifters were stuck, and not compressing..
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12-27-2009, 03:18 PM
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i speed up for corners
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oh sorry well you have not spent that much money on fixing the alero.
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12-27-2009, 03:22 PM
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How in the hell do the lifters get stuck?
Dude get a replacement motor. Yours is doomed.
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12-27-2009, 03:22 PM
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take it down to the frame and do it right. (yeah, I know, you can't take a unibody down to the frame, but the expression works)
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12-27-2009, 03:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan from Ohio
How in the hell do the lifters get stuck?
Dude get a replacement motor. Yours is doomed.
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coolant thickened the oil, plugged the oil port, and it could not bleed out..
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12-27-2009, 08:20 PM
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I drive a JEEP!
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I think they make vaginal gas caps....LOL!
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12-27-2009, 08:33 PM
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Quote:
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I think they make vaginal gas caps....LOL!
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nate's next mod is totally going to be a fleshlight gas filler neck. |
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