"SPECIAL" Oil Change Procedure and other Horror Stories!
17 April 2005, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Moray
I would assume so otherwise why would you possibly waste time on this forum!
I would imagine you subscribe to the **** Procedure .... being the type you are, am I close??
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17 April 2005, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
OK, thats that out the way ................... have you anything useful to say about the Oil Change Procedure to be used on these cars then?
I would imagine you subscribe to the **** Procedure .... being the type you are, am I close??
Pete
I would imagine you subscribe to the **** Procedure .... being the type you are, am I close??
Pete
17 April 2005, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Moray
Actually if you read back I agree. I change oil same as any other car. I am a qualified mechanic although not practicing it anymore as pay is ****! My last car had 159 000 on clock before I sold it, so must be doing something write as I owned it from 18 000 miles.
And, as a mechanic, would you re-place the MAF Sensor - just in case, or wait until it failed?
My brother was a Ford Mechanic for many years, went out on his own, then got out completely and now leases cars to whoever will pay him.
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17 April 2005, 04:41 PM
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ffs Lewis ......
.......stop wasting your time....get down the rover dealers and px that clapped out old scooby for a Rover V8 ZT...
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.......stop wasting your time....get down the rover dealers and px that clapped out old scooby for a Rover V8 ZT............
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17 April 2005, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Do YOU have an Impreza Turbo then??
And, as a mechanic, would you re-place the MAF Sensor - just in case, or wait until it failed?
My brother was a Ford Mechanic for many years, went out on his own, then got out completely and now leases cars to whoever will pay him.
Pete
And, as a mechanic, would you re-place the MAF Sensor - just in case, or wait until it failed?
My brother was a Ford Mechanic for many years, went out on his own, then got out completely and now leases cars to whoever will pay him.
Pete
17 April 2005, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by GC8
Time on your hands Pete?
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Can't believe everyone had the respect to let me take this corner, thank you!
17 April 2005, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Dark Blue Mark
Pete's also a doorman
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I only did it to slap the '**** Nerds' anyway
17 April 2005, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Subaru Impreza Turbo, Model Year 2000, owned since new.
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17 April 2005, 10:19 PM
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Deep Blue Mica
And, to my mind, PPP is a waste of money ..... £1000 or something, is it?
Real world driving doesn't allow me to use my car to its full potential in any case, why pay for the extra I could only use on a track?
Pete
And, to my mind, PPP is a waste of money ..... £1000 or something, is it?
Real world driving doesn't allow me to use my car to its full potential in any case, why pay for the extra I could only use on a track?
Pete
17 April 2005, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Deep Blue Mica
And, to my mind, PPP is a waste of money ..... £1000 or something, is it?
Real world driving doesn't allow me to use my car to its full potential in any case, why pay for the extra I could only use on a track?
Pete
And, to my mind, PPP is a waste of money ..... £1000 or something, is it?
Real world driving doesn't allow me to use my car to its full potential in any case, why pay for the extra I could only use on a track?
Pete
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17 April 2005, 10:29 PM
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To my mind, the car I buy is the car I want ............
To modify it is saying that you bought the wrong car in the first place and that makes you look especially stupid - buying a car that doesn't do what you want it to do.
If I wanted an Aston Martin I would buy one - I wouldn't buy an XK8 and modify it to try to get it to look like and behave like an Aston
Buy the car that does what you want it to do
Oh, yes, modifying your car destroys its appeal to the market, it costs £££ but makes the car worth £££££££££££ less!!
Ridiculous
Pete
To modify it is saying that you bought the wrong car in the first place and that makes you look especially stupid - buying a car that doesn't do what you want it to do.
If I wanted an Aston Martin I would buy one - I wouldn't buy an XK8 and modify it to try to get it to look like and behave like an Aston
Buy the car that does what you want it to do
Oh, yes, modifying your car destroys its appeal to the market, it costs £££ but makes the car worth £££££££££££ less!!
Ridiculous
Pete
17 April 2005, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
To my mind, the car I buy is the car I want ............
To modify it is saying that you bought the wrong car in the first place and that makes you look especially stupid - buying a car that doesn't do what you want it to do.
If I wanted an Aston Martin I would buy one - I wouldn't buy an XK8 and modify it to try to get it to look like and behave like an Aston
Buy the car that does what you want it to do
Oh, yes, modifying your car destroys its appeal to the market, it costs £££ but makes the car worth £££££££££££ less!!
Ridiculous
Pete
To modify it is saying that you bought the wrong car in the first place and that makes you look especially stupid - buying a car that doesn't do what you want it to do.
If I wanted an Aston Martin I would buy one - I wouldn't buy an XK8 and modify it to try to get it to look like and behave like an Aston
Buy the car that does what you want it to do
Oh, yes, modifying your car destroys its appeal to the market, it costs £££ but makes the car worth £££££££££££ less!!
Ridiculous
Pete
I rest my case. You must have been stupid purchasing a flat pancake standard wrx that turbo diesels can beat lol
17 April 2005, 10:48 PM
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"If I wanted an Aston Martin I would buy one - I wouldn't buy an XK8 and modify it to try to get it to look like and behave like an Aston "
So you wanted a scooby ? wow so why are you so anti scooby and anti modifying mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
So you wanted a scooby ? wow so why are you so anti scooby and anti modifying mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
17 April 2005, 10:53 PM
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So Pete; what are you going to do, pay for the warranty or hope that you can get by without it? I understand your scepticism and I agree that most dealers cut corners (I wonder how many fill the filter even?); but can you afford to be so blase when, if there is something to it, cutting corners might leave you facing a £2,000 rebuild bill?
With regard to the MAF; its a known issue and more people realise that somethings wrong when they burn through number three piston than notice poor running in the knick of time. With this in mind, itd probably be the wisest £75 that youve spent on yor car if you replaced it with the new improved part, especially considering the (lean sounding) MPG figures that youre already getting; didnt you mention 28 MPG? Even if youre driving carefully Id be wary.....
Sorry to bring your thread back onto topic, I realise that you were having a good troll.
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With regard to the MAF; its a known issue and more people realise that somethings wrong when they burn through number three piston than notice poor running in the knick of time. With this in mind, itd probably be the wisest £75 that youve spent on yor car if you replaced it with the new improved part, especially considering the (lean sounding) MPG figures that youre already getting; didnt you mention 28 MPG? Even if youre driving carefully Id be wary.....
Sorry to bring your thread back onto topic, I realise that you were having a good troll.
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17 April 2005, 10:54 PM
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Moray:-
Buying an Impreza does NOT imply you HAVE to modify it
You have a shagged, thrashed Impreza ..... I'm sorry that you find Diesels overtaking you and you cannot respond
I don't think it's pleasant calling the previous owner of your Impreza a Gullible **** (yes, thats right - you cannot even spell Gullible) ..... whoever owned it loved it and cherished it, spent money on it and lost money on it - you have no right to call them a ****.
I bought a new car so I would know how it was run-in ....... the problems you have with your performance could be because it wasn't run-in quite right?
Pete
Buying an Impreza does NOT imply you HAVE to modify it
You have a shagged, thrashed Impreza ..... I'm sorry that you find Diesels overtaking you and you cannot respond
I don't think it's pleasant calling the previous owner of your Impreza a Gullible **** (yes, thats right - you cannot even spell Gullible) ..... whoever owned it loved it and cherished it, spent money on it and lost money on it - you have no right to call them a ****.
I bought a new car so I would know how it was run-in ....... the problems you have with your performance could be because it wasn't run-in quite right?
Pete
17 April 2005, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Moray:-
Buying an Impreza does NOT imply you HAVE to modify it
You have a shagged, thrashed Impreza ..... I'm sorry that you find Diesels overtaking you and you cannot respond
I don't think it's pleasant calling the previous owner of your Impreza a Gullible **** (yes, thats right - you cannot even spell Gullible) ..... whoever owned it loved it and cherished it, spent money on it and lost money on it - you have no right to call them a ****.
I bought a new car so I would know how it was run-in ....... the problems you have with your performance could be because it wasn't run-in quite right?
Pete
Buying an Impreza does NOT imply you HAVE to modify it
You have a shagged, thrashed Impreza ..... I'm sorry that you find Diesels overtaking you and you cannot respond
I don't think it's pleasant calling the previous owner of your Impreza a Gullible **** (yes, thats right - you cannot even spell Gullible) ..... whoever owned it loved it and cherished it, spent money on it and lost money on it - you have no right to call them a ****.
I bought a new car so I would know how it was run-in ....... the problems you have with your performance could be because it wasn't run-in quite right?
Pete
keep trying dumb **** !
17 April 2005, 11:05 PM
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I will NOT be paying Subaru Warranty their requested £1233 for 12 months cover!
It frees me up to use whatever Servicing method I choose - even doing it myself (I do it on my other cars, without dire results) - after all, the Main Dealers put the Apprentice on the Servicing (nowt wrong with that, except that they charge the same extortionate hourly rate as a highly skilled, time served, Mechanic!)
The MAF, well, I reckon it fails as a result of inappropriate Induction Kits ...... having contacted my Main Dealer and mentioned the MAF 'Problem' he laughed and said I had been reading too many internet myths ..... he had NO reason to believe that the standard car suffers in anyway from a sensitive MAF - he laughed at the word 'sensitive' ..... the more sensitive the better he said!
28mpg is what it should be returning at 58,000miles given a carefully run-in engine - driven with sympathy!
Pete
I will NOT be paying Subaru Warranty their requested £1233 for 12 months cover!
It frees me up to use whatever Servicing method I choose - even doing it myself (I do it on my other cars, without dire results) - after all, the Main Dealers put the Apprentice on the Servicing (nowt wrong with that, except that they charge the same extortionate hourly rate as a highly skilled, time served, Mechanic!)
The MAF, well, I reckon it fails as a result of inappropriate Induction Kits ...... having contacted my Main Dealer and mentioned the MAF 'Problem' he laughed and said I had been reading too many internet myths ..... he had NO reason to believe that the standard car suffers in anyway from a sensitive MAF - he laughed at the word 'sensitive' ..... the more sensitive the better he said!
28mpg is what it should be returning at 58,000miles given a carefully run-in engine - driven with sympathy!
Pete