Hooray no car.
Yeah, most antifreezes don't work nearly as well at 100% antifreeze as when they are properly mixed with water (check your cars manual for type and mixture) as water transfers more heat. You can overheat your car easily if you fail to mix that right.
Quote:Original post by Talroth
Yeah, most antifreezes don't work nearly as well at 100% antifreeze as when they are properly mixed with water (check your cars manual for type and mixture) as water transfers more heat. You can overheat your car easily if you fail to mix that right.
Or if you have too much water it will freeze and refuse to come out of the jug. Or maybe that's just because I bought the cheap stuff and left it in my car.
Week ago I leaked antifreeze all over the road with my ford escort. I thought the engine head or the crankcase got split because this happened on my other escort. However it turned out that the waterpump was shot and repairs were $350. I was lucky that I didn't drove the car far from home and could get back before engine melted. Waterpump was also problem on my dodge rampage and what a pain it was to diagnose it since I had multiple problems with that car. Once the pump was replaced it was a new car basically. I used to work on my rampage but nowdays I drive to my trusty car repair shop and let them fix it. Just not worth to mess around with these fuel injection, etc. cars. My dad took apart the wolkswagen wagon engine like nine times to get the bearings installed right and it was funny seeing the engine in pieces and put together. Those were the good old days before all the fancy smancy stuff got added in that made home repairs a pain w/o proper tools.
Well, I figured out what happened:
The water pump simply fell apart. For some reason, this cracked the power steering line. Power steering fluid and coolent were being sprayed all over the place - including the belt drives. Finally, 2 belts slid off/broke.
This adds up to about $400.
The water pump simply fell apart. For some reason, this cracked the power steering line. Power steering fluid and coolent were being sprayed all over the place - including the belt drives. Finally, 2 belts slid off/broke.
This adds up to about $400.
Quote:Original post by Programmer One
Well, I figured out what happened:
The water pump simply fell apart. For some reason, this cracked the power steering line. Power steering fluid and coolent were being sprayed all over the place - including the belt drives. Finally, 2 belts slid off/broke.
This adds up to about $400.
lmao, I got my Kia Sephia for a little under $400.
My starter went out a couple months ago (damn expensive foreign parts) and last month the hydraulic pump for my clutch went out. Do you have any idea how hard it is to shift gears without the pump? [grin]
I hate cars. I am awaiting personal teleportation.
I hate cars. I am awaiting personal teleportation.
Quote:Original post by Kevinator
My starter went out a couple months ago (damn expensive foreign parts) and last month the hydraulic pump for my clutch went out. Do you have any idea how hard it is to shift gears without the pump? [grin]
I hate cars. I am awaiting personal teleportation.
You know, if you know where the rpm is supposed to be you can shift without the clutch. I wouldn't recommend trying to start moving the car without the clutch though, I bet that'd be pretty hard on your car...
Quote:You know, if you know where the rpm is supposed to be you can shift without the clutch.
um, how? (mind you- I'm still talking about without a pump here)
Quote:Original post by KevinatorQuote:You know, if you know where the rpm is supposed to be you can shift without the clutch.
um, how? (mind you- I'm still talking about without a pump here)
Just pull it into gear :).
I didn't know about this either until my brother told me (he'a a mechanic). See, all the clutch is actually doing is getting all the synchros to the same speed (or something like that), which you can do yourself by pulling it out of gear, putting the rpm where it needs to be at the speed you're going, and pull it into the next gear :), easy as with a clutch. Try it from like 3rd to 4th first or something, since you'll be at lower rpm and less change. Downshifting takes a bit more practice (depending on how well you know your car) since you have to rev it up.
Edit: FYI, this isn't something I do on a regular basis, just for fun once in a while, it's way to easy to grind the gears.
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