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They're bricks on wheels
https://youtu.be/rhegFsPp_l0 bricks on wheels :D
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To be honest it hurts on the inside to see cars getting destroyed
I like cars too much
lmao
@fair bronze do you think that this rim would work for my 2006 nissan sentra s special edition?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F292883973920
It's 16x6 6 spoke
Is it possible for a valve cover gasket to be leaky after only 20 years? Read they were supposed to last for at least 30yr or 400k miles.
I think mines developed a decent leak.
If you have a Chevy LS engine, the valve cover gasket is reusable, and rarely go's bad.
On an LS there is no cam cover.
I'm sure there's still a cover that goes over the valves.
Yeah.
But it's tiny.
That would be a garage design of they made the valves inaccessible.
It's a huge pain in the ass in my car, which is unfortunate
Have to take off the whole intake and shit
Cause transverse and it's shoved way up underneath the windshield/plastic stuff
Pulls up the meme with a valve indented into a rotor
the forbidden fruit
Will I be lazy and just order LED license plate lights from a Swedish site?
Or save money ordering from eBay?
save money, they are just as good as the ones you can buy in sweden
only thing is waiting time
"Why yes, I would like to add £99 in shipping costs"
haha e46? Nice choice 😄
If I may believe the grille, it is a 6-cylinder too
is dis sweden
"According to a Reuters report, @BMW is being investigated for a tactic known as sales punching. Essentially, the idea is for a manufacturer to artificially boost its sales figures by 'selling cars' to its own dealers."
157
Oof
@fair bronze Facelift has that grille. It's the 320i, so the small 6 cylinder.
Yes, but the 4-cylinders don't have the chrome strips inside the kidneys
If I am not mistaken
Never thought about that.
This is good
> Imagine having an average consumption meter
Yeah I know BMW's have one in the right gauge xD
Average consumption is currently showing 7.3 L/100 km
so being facelift and a 320i you have the same engine as me, i have the coupe pre-facelift the year that sedans and tourings got the facelift so everything else is facelift in my car exept the look, but mine is slightly modified and tuned, gets an average on "regular" 5,6L/100km and when filling e85 it gets to somewhere around 8L/100km
E85 👀 Nearly impossible to get where I live
same
Literally 2 gas stations in the entire country xD
I'm happy E85 isn't a thing that caught on in my area.
I uhh, don't trust that you only get 5.6 L/100km. That's way too good.
Tbh 100 L/100km or bust @civic spoke
Imagine using more than 100L/100km
Even semi trucks use less fuel
My 1.2L engine still uses 8.13L/100km 😂
aaaaa
It turns out flooring a small engine 24/7 isn't good for the economy, but it's the only way to have some power
What's power?
83 power
power is the rate of doing work or of transferring heat, i.e. the amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time
2.35mpg is 100l/100km
The average Humvee be like ^
I get ~14 l/100km dabs
@civic spoke Its the combo of higher fuel pressure and leaned out when not using much throttle thats getting it, and im going even higher fuel pressure later on too, atm its 5 bar. And more improvement on the tuning too if i want it to go even less 😄
@fallow plover I'm just guessing that you are mixing up US MPG with UK MPG.
I can get like 42 UK MPG. Which would translate to 5.6 L/100 km if you converted from 42 US MPG.
No, living in sweden, so its the average that my car is showing
Huh. 5.6 L/100 km is stupid good, then.
My dad's MK4 Jetta TDI can get right around 4.8l/100km if you drive conservatively.
the 3-cyl renault clio my grandpa had with eco mode on was like 3L/100km mixed but that engine even with the lightweight plastic chassi was soo slow it was almost painful to drive
@carmine summit Yeah, but that's a diesel.
Yeeees
I just burn 10W40 and 2 stroke
idk how well she'd do with 15W50
I'll pass
You sure
recommended oils for me are 10W30, 10W40, or if I live in Hell, 20W50
do you live in a warm place?
Nope
But that's all that Castrol offers
Yesterday a Honda Civic was trying to race me or something
So he launched and spun the tires then bogged
I think the traction control kicked in lmfao
Its great
I need to get brake, turn signal, and running light LEDs
Need to find a way to prevent hyperflash on my turnsignals though
hyperflash?
I'll probably keep halogen headlights tho, they're actually pretty bright all things considered
oh shit, I can literally order LED bulbs on Rockauto
for literally every light
Yeah, the car flashes the turnsignals quickly to let you know a turnsignal is out
oh
I see
I know what you mean now
I think I need a new flasher, cause mine are pretty fast but my signals are all good
Yeah I need resistors to fool the car in thinking everything is good
the fuk is the parking lamp
Probably your front turn signal lol
or front runner, I guess
I have side markers at front and rear
front sides are amber, but rear sides are red
Same as me haha
Yea, next pay check I might splurge on some LEDs
though Rockauto says there's no rear turn signal LEDs 🤔
But I def want to at least get LED tails and brake
The company I went through is quite a bit more expensive but I think its worth
but do they have Mazda bulbs
Rockauto just has everything, except rear turn signals (assuming they are actually different)
lmao
oh god
Meanwhile on Rockauto....... $8 for a two pack of LED reverse
I'll just say they're well worth it imo
But if you don't need the brightest on the market, just go with rockauto or something lol
imo, LEDs are LEDs
All I really want are LED tail lights, brake lights, and maybe side markers
🤷 Every single ebay/amazon one I tried has flickered and blown out in a year
well I won't be going eBay or Amazon
My interior LEDs have been going for 2 years now with no flicker or anything from that company
In the end, its your money haha
yes
oh, so yea I think the "parking" light is my front amber running lights
and Supernova doesn't have LED headlights, lmao
Guess that's what happens when you want something as niche as sealed meme halogen replacements
But at the same time, the halogens on the RX-7 are brighter than the halogens on my Prius, so
How in the world
Are they sealed beams?
yes
the RX-7 has sealed beams
though idk if I can say the Prius haolgens are dimmer, they just "do less" if you know what I mean
Yeah, its kinda hard to like
Make LEDs for sealed beams
There was a company that did it
I can't find em
I see Miata guys running Jeep headlights all the time though
Could do that
I've seen what Jeep headlights look like on these cars
I'd rather sell it and buy a Pontiac Aztek instead
holy fucking hell
lmao
the LED headlights on Rockauto are $100
for the cheap ones
I'll stick to sealed beams
I also feel like LED headlights would look wrong on these cars
Mmmmm projectors yessss
I got LED kit for my car for 49$ on Amazon lol.
No blinding yeeesssss
👀 oops
LED headlamps?
Yes
I wanna get a TSX projector and retrofit them in to go HIDs though
Auxbeam for my headlights
They're decent, not the best, not the worst
The epic results from a projector retrofit
That I want
Oh this isn't my car
This is HIDs and a different projector
But my bulbs do have a fan yes
Yeah that's the part that fails first and then it overheats and dies
I'd rather go with HID on main beam because it's generally way more reliable
Everything else works fine with LED
Yeah, hence why I wanna get a different projector to swap in so I can run HIDs
Which nets those amazing results above
That would be awesome
It is so much better than halogen
Indeed, you can only really do it with projector headlights
Otherwise you'd just be a dick
Yep lol
My dad had a Saab 9-3 with Xenon lights, it was so much nicer at night
Much clearer and brighter
Got halogen low beams, but a led bar as the full beam
Typical Scandinavian lol
@normal temple I just found this post on Reddit, looked really familiar for a second
https://www.reddit.com/r/E30/comments/aji8k7/what_do_you_think_oem_or_hid/
Smol led bar
10/10 installation, I would've ziptied it to the grille
Probs would've installed it without drilling holes into the bumper if this wasn't a 1500€ rust bucket
Oi @normal temple I live in Washington too
yeah
Ahh, Rx-7's, one of the best cars imo.
I really want to get projectors for my E46.
time to order valve cover gasket replacements!
idk what happened, they just decided to start leaking all of a sudden
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they should be, many e46 users have switched from stock hid to the zkw lenses, but no personal opinion since I dont have them
Ugh. I don't know in which order I want to fix my car in. 
I guess I could just go with the more affordable options first.
I'll probably go with the ZKW kit for my car.
It's honestly one of the first things I want to have sorted.
Only issue is that I would want to change out other bulbs to have the same temperature.
In some ways I hope this proves to not be of much use
but with this and the official Mazda Workshop guide, I should be able to do just about anything
assuming I can get replacement parts or alternatives
Boomer tier meme
Yikes my dude
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🎁
I got this for Christmas
Don’t ask me why their is torreto on the box tho 🤦♂️
This is honestly a great picture.
James May has bought two electric cars this year and they're at two very different ends of the EV scale. On one side, we have the incredibly quick Tesla Model S 100D, and on the other we have the Prius-based (and very comfortable) Toyota Mirai. Which one does he think will be...
Of course he's have a Mirai.
New one is good looking.
I wouldn't say fuel cells are failed.
They're still super exotic.
Between storage and infrastructure, they have a ways to go.
yeah, but their car failed to popularize hydrogen or whatever
They weren't meant to.
I don't think they'll displace EVs
Particularly with how quick battery tech is advancing
The Mirai and Clarity are both tech flagships to make people go "ooooooo, ahhhhhh" at the R&D prowess of the Japanese.
Fuel cells are advancing pretty fast as well tbh.
The clarity is hydrogen?
The Clarity is a plug-in, fuel cell, and unironic EV.
If it was my money. I'd go with a plug-in Clarity.
Mind you that thing is up for a redesign/refresh soon.
Honestly... as far as tech powerhousing goes the most recent mass market car ought to do. New Corolla is all new tech. New Sonata is the same I think.
Tbh I'd see a future in which BEV and FCEV's can co-exist next to each other
Both have pro's and con's imho
Fuel Cell is poised to take on larger things.
Then again Nikola's semi is AWOL for the time being.
Nikola expects the truck factory to start construction in 2020, start building trucks in 2021, and be able to build 35-50,000 trucks per year by 2023.
I honestly didn't know the semi-truck market is that big.
50k trucks a year for the entire world isn't that much tbh
Not their entire line-up? I know they announced the Nikola Tre, which is mainly focused on Europe (cab-over) in both fuelcell as BEV trim
Apparently Nikola is taking the Tesla approach to infrastructure. Build it themselves.
Iirc based on a Iveco Semi
One can hope.
Would be ideal for the distribution of supermarkets for example
1200 miles on a tank of fuel would be great.
Imagine the battery you'd need for 1200 miles in a semi 
I'd need to check.
But I imagine classic diesel trucks have the advantage in absolute weight they can haul.
At least the long haul stuff.
Well FC's are much lighter compared to batteries
Idk about the US, but semi's have a max weight limit around here. So you'll want to use as much of that weight to move stuff around, instead of hauling batteries around
right
That being said FCs still use batteries.
All these startups are so damn ballsy.
Yes but a small one
Nikola wants 35k sales a year, Rivian took on a 100k order from Amazon alone, and Lucid is still thinking they're gonna hit the market ever. 😂
I'm forgetting that other automaker that's essentially dead in the water.
What other automaker?
Oof but > Fisker xD
You probably didn't get this one, but Coda.
Built on a Chinese car. It flopped harder than a fat man belly flopping into a kid pool.
It's easy to ignore the other EV offerings.
Which is a shame cause they're quite brilliant values.
People have been giving Bjorn shit over his Thailand videos.
That being said the new MG EV is supposedly pretty solid. Even has active liquid battery cooling.
I haven't seen one yet, but people are buying it 
It's among the cheapest EVs on the market.
But tbh, people here buy every EV they can get their hands on
Goes to show just how bad it is.
Companies are actually importing them to here now 
They are ok as city car, town car, 2nd car etc
You can do so much better under any context.
They have the range of a 3 year old battery degraded Leaf with half the space.
Yes, but the 500 is cute ~people
That's why people are still buying new ones even though it's 13 years old
fair point
I just wouldn't get the EV if I had to get one.
FCA needs to make a real EV... and soon.
Yes 
Yes, but I've given up hope on that.
Oof EV sales this month in 🇳🇱 has been quite good 👀 (left column)
A total of 27.416 cars have been registered so far this month
I keep reminding myself your market is vastly smaller.
So 1/2 is an EV
oh shit, wow
Yes, that's why I added the total figure xD
So 50% of new cars on the road in your area are EV... niiiice
That's what you get when 70% of new car sales are company cars, and company car EVs are nearly free xD
Netherlands... outside of the taxes, sounds like a very nice place to live.
Also December is quite extraordinary since the tax rules are changing next year on EV. So everybody wants them this year
Well it's nice if you're privileged to get a company car, for normal people it's expensive. The Dutch average car age is the highest of any country in Western Europe
Honestly watching the iJustine vs Taran competition...
I'm getting ideas. I might just spring for a real video editing program.
And try to go from there.
real
Who needs more than the Windows Photos app?
And pick up a nice cheap USB mic.
Snowball is a good mic ^^
@stoic ledge Car sales often peak in December. Out with the old, in with the new.
Here it usually goes down, since 12/2019 cars are worth less in resale than 1/2020 cars
Because 12/2019 is 1 month year older
But company car EVs are getting twice as expensive next year (still cheap af) so everybody needs their EV (which are all bought for environmental reasons, and not money reasons) to get delivered this year
If techlinked is a valid concept, maybe I should do something similar. Weekly car news in a few minutes.
Gathering subscribers is a tough job tho
meh, this is for fun.
I'm still working on just practicing... or should be practicing editing.
@indigo coral uh oh, creeping in
Guess I'll be washing my car tomorrow.
If only that worked.
It does if you are like ceramic coated 😂
Problem is the rear end will only pick up dirst twice as fast.
And I'm not paying a grand for ceramic coating.
and that will be when u get a flat tire?
also nice pfp
Just a few more hours to go before I change it out.
u can still loose controll of ure car when u get a flat
I could, but that's not really a fear of mine.
ok
I can loose control in regular driving
then u shouldnt be driving XD
Keep calm, don't swerve and don't slam the brakes.
Yeah I shouldn't be driving
still, what he ( or she ) said, dont slam the brakes, that will make it worse
What tie rods coming loose?
Its just how my rear suspension is setup
oh in your case
if u do slam the brakes, do NOT turn ure wheel sharply, u can still turn it, but not sharply, unless u want to go sideways
Don't lift mid turn and you'll be fine. 😂
The yuppie killer suspension.
Semi rear trailing arm life
lol
soft suspension is the best suspension XD
Lift mid corner and you die
In the case of Nani. Snap oversteer if you aren't careful.
pfffft
lol
I've driven FWD my entire life, and I've mastered that.
Pair the snap overteer ability with a mildly wet road
i prefer RWD or AWD cars
And you'll be in for a FUN time
not a big fan of FWD
Roll on the throttle mid turn and slide out the end.
Bro, you can just floor it in a FWD and you'll be mostly fine
If by fine you mean understeer off the road.
Yes
uhhh. then yes.
Cause understeer is safer than oversteer according to manufacturers
It is.
Yeees
What did you say Monte, are you going to wash my car tomorrow? Thnx!
For most people understeer is easier to deal with than suddenly going sideways.
if u dont mind me asking, how old are u?
1
. . .
I'm middle aged at this point.
ok, im still under 18, not by too much tho
WebMD is beginning to give me age related issues when I see what's ailing me for fun.
I'll wash your car if y'all buy me a wheel brush, car soap, and a new hose.
ill try to get the drivers license ( the one where u need to have a grownup next to u to be allowed to drive ) next summer
nice
nah, I've been fine with a generic garden hose foam thingie.
XD
I can bring the pressure washer
a question, any of u grew up in a farm?
nope
And like spray it 2 inches away from the paint
Suburban childhood here.
@normal temple yes, I'll put it on a plane to the US to get it cleaned ASAP
Yep
well, i lived my first 13 years or so in a farm
There you go
or was it 12
Wait why a plane
A ship takes too long
Just drive across the pacific ez
🤔
Opel's can do everything
^
lol
Magical boxes
Especially when one day the CEL comes on then the other day it just turns off randomly
Wait that's my VW
R I P
anyway
this will be off topic, but do any of u know how to change a mouse RGB color without any software?
u can see more detail if u go to #tech-support and look for my post
Depends on the mouse, some have dedicated buttons to do so
mine doesnt
uhhhhhh..... right some have a dedicated button.
If not -> R I P
errrr... you might not have a way to change it without software.
I'm not aware of any stock MS drivers that allow for it.
Rainbow ftw
not for me
doesnt for me
😂
could be cuz im on an HP Notebook
i want it to look good
and for me that means black and red combo
mouse itself is black so i want red light
HP notebooks can't look good
Damn, said it before I could
who cares about the notebook, i want my cristmas present to look good
I just rock an MX Master every day
Nah I'm a poor student
Me too
trust me, i have less then u
Two poors =/= make a rich
Asians are cheaper
well, i have £0.00
Aliexpress are cheaper
Taobao
Ok no I have infinite more than railgun
lmao
0*infinite = ...
infinite
0
Maybe I should buy a Mac.
It's 0
XD
Everything *0 = 0
Editing might be easier that way.
Uhhh gimme a million so I can make my car faster than @dense shard's
lol
Lend me a million.
why would I help you surpass my car?
XD
Only one car is allowed to surpass that of even metal gear.
well, ill keep looking on internet for a way to change my colors
My 1.2 Corsa is faster than any of your cars*
* while driving at 80mph when y'all are doing 70mph
And no wait wrong item.
I'm only able to do 60 😢
btw, do any of u know how to crack a mouse software? if i could get in there i might be able to change the colors in the mouse itslef
Brake fluid.
So mine is faster than a 3.0 V6 falcon 👀
I imagine DOT 3 will be enough.
It's mainly just pads, fluid, and tires.
well, cya
laterz
3L v6 is slow as hell mk
Is it slower than my 2.5L i6
Slow car fast.
Imagine a 3.0 V6 Corsa 
Get a prius
I want to hear more of the Aston Valkyrie.
6.5 Liter NA V12
I'd get an Aston if I was filthy rich
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Drag Races...
Oof that top comment
"How ironic, a roadcar that sounds better then a F1 car."
Is that the sound you hear when going to heaven?
@normal temple I bet it is
Damn
Current F1 engines are 1.6 L V6 engines.
My car is a porker with a 4 speed and only 130whp
it's way lighter
Lol
The Valkyrie is one of the highest revving engines out there, right?
Could very well be
Isn't the project 1 14k rpm?
Redline just over 11,000
Ah ok
I can rev my car to 11000, whether it works or not after is a different story
Lol
Lol probably same xD
https://youtu.be/HD2QZk9p_cw I mean I can go to 8000 from 6500 stock
Maybe I should
🤔
I love how this car is on the list of one of the highest revving cars.
Yyeeeees
9,500 rpm wroom, wroom.
3600lbs / 220hp = 16.36lbs/hp
2800lbs / 130hp = 21.5 lbs/hp
2300lbs / 83hp = 27.7 lbs/hp
Falcon won the game xD
I think I can beat it with my parents mini-van xD
My car doesn't top that list.
2950 lbs / 170hp = 17.35lbs/hp
Nope, falcon still won
3200 lbs / 170 hp
OOF
I should actually put my car on a pair of scales.
I know plenty of locations. Since I'm driving a dumper truck. xD
And all the places where we pick up/dump at have scales.
So I could probably just drive up, check the weight. And drive off again.
Oh no I was wrong, my parents Opel is 2850lbs instead of 2950lbs
2850lbs / 170hp = 16.76lbs/hp
Still more than falcon :/
^ yeah weight platforms for trucks etc work
Your car will probably weigh more than the empty weight, since fuel, oil, brake fuild, stuff in the car etc
Unless the car rusted 100kg of metal of over the years xD
lmao
We're all losing
To a Lexus RX300
3650 lbs / 302 hp, my parents Mercedes
YEAAAAH BUDDY
FINALLY BEAT THE SUV
It says that my car is 1470 kg with fluids and driver.
They always count a driver/passenger as 75 kg.
For busses it's 75 for the passengers, and 25 kg for their cargo.
wow
I'll see if I can check my cars weight on Friday after work.
no offense, but if you are 300kg, that's probably why Corollas gaps you.
This place should be open until 3 pm
Want to know the kerb weight of the truck I use for work? xD
11,000 kg
damn
Just enough to carry someone's mother in law.
Vikt = weight
TIL
Tomvikt = Empty Weight
So tom = empty I assume?
Yeah
Truck is rated for a total weight of 30 tonnes. Actually.
But laws and everything limit you to 28 tonnes.
I was just about to say, laws linit probably
Btw. Concrete is a pain to transport.
The payout is rock solid tho
Not actually the truck I'm driving. But it's the same model truck and axles.
The stuff that I have driven mostly as of late is just mud.
So like... 80 kilos.
Might just go for a roof rack.
oof
Came to a stop and the car started shuddering and sounds like it's knocking for whatever reason
Was running perfectly fine earlier
(yes there's oil in it)
Oh no
But are you sure it was the engine
Dad's coming to look at it
My RX-7 shuttered like a bitch when it was misfiring
and by misfiring, I mean it was barely firing at all
Idk, it only happened when I stopped at the sign. Before that it was running no problem at all
btw, 500rpm is the lowest bar on the tach
and the car is supposed to idle at 750
and even at 500, it shouldn't be shuttering like that
Oof, a rotary shouldn't really be shuttering at all
I hope that wasn't the wrong thing to do
You don't want it to break down even more
^
Glad I started to go home the way I did
better it be stuck at McDonalds than in the middle of an intersection
Mhm
Otherwise it would have conked out on a 55mph 3 lane road
Pushing an RX300 can't be fun
And this vid was taken about 5 hours before the last one I posted:
https://streamable.com/ncq0v
Instead of a 25mph road littered with parking spots on each side
I think its a mother of all misfire tbh
do misfires sound like tapping/thunking/tractor diesel?
they can
can't drive home misfiring tho.
What would be really dumb is the spark plugs falling apart and puking its guts into the engine causing mucho damage
Thankfully my dad cam go get trailer and pickup
yea, spark plugs and wires and/or coils (all depending on how the ignition works)
https://streamable.com/pvnia
this is what rotary girl sounded like with fucked ignition
though, even with fixed ignition and retuned carb, it still misfires
#just-rotary-things
https://streamable.com/g8z0q
each "gap" in the sound is a misfire
It sounds like the engine is quite literally dying
Very hard to miss
It could also be pinging from bad gas
But idk
This 4runner with the 3VZE 3.0L V6 has some pretty serious rod knock. A lot of times people try to pass off rod knock as lifter tick, belt tension issues, timing chain slap, or piston slap. But in my experience it's usually rod knock, even if the oil is fairly clean.
toyota 3VZE 3L V6 with rod knock
That's a great sign
it's weird, because if you give it gas it will go away once it drops back to idle, but only for a few seconds
but then if you restart the car, it goes away completely
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Dad said it's rod knock. Fuck me sideways.
F
That's a F.
Big F
Is it a real loud tacking and the car has very little power @indigo coral ?
Called grandpa (good with cars) said it could be a 'sticking valve'
It kinda quieted down so we carefully drove it home and it seems to run ok now, and you can't have itnermittent rod knock so I don't fuckin know
Hmmmmm
I'd check your spark plugs and see.
idk. I guess worst case = new engine
This is what it sounded like. It happened once before (in the video) but then was gone in a few seconds so we didn't worry much about it
This time it hung around longer, and started with shaking and stuff at the stop sign.
What kind of car do you drive Falconhand? (the one that's acting up / shuddering on you)
Oh phooey, OK. Despite my first car being a trusty reliable 2003 Corolla and our family actually liking Toyota, Lexus, and Scion for their reliability, I'm not familiar with Lexus' engine platform.
However, yours has the 1MZ-FE engine, so if you googly search that along with "shuddering", "misfire", or "hesitation" there are quite a few decent sources out there to help you start troubleshooting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlfqoGEECYQ
https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/highway-hesitation-and-engine-shudder.1516626/
how to diagnose and repair your lexus misfire but this will help you understand any cars misfire as well. watch and learn..
Hey all, so this issue has been happening for the past 3 years, in the hot summers (95 degrees +). Basically I when I am at highway speeds for more than 30 minutes, sometimes when I release the throttle, I get some small vibrations coming through the chassis. When I exit and ...
Could be any number of issues.
Probably time for new plugs or maybe timing is an issue?
Yup, it really could be. If you suspect it's a misfiring cylinder caused by a bad coil or otherwise, it's easy to check that. Although, that'd be more of something that doesn't just come and go, so yeah. I had code P000B in my Crosstrek last spring.
The Subaru internal diagnostic PDF stated it could have been numerous things related to the CAM timing system, but between myself and our trusted mechanic, we ruled out the need to perform timing chain work (would have been very expensive in my model year) and just replaced the faulty OCV unit.
just a sec lemme get laptop
alrighty. so
when it started stubmling/shuddering at the stop sign, I turned and flipped into a parking spot.
I turned it off, and then turned it back on
sounded like rod knock
then I called my dad to come take a look at it, and he agreed it sounded like knocking. He called his dad, who has loads of experience, and he listened to it and said it could be knock, could be a sticky valve, etc etc. Either way its a problem. Prior to turning it off again, we revved it just a tiny bit (1500 rpm ) and it calmed down, so we drove it home and it drove okay
it never had a light / threw a code
last time it made the noise in the video it didn't throw a code either
Ah, gotcha - do you have an OSBII scanner? Asking because many times it may not have thrown a code yet, but will have a pending code stored in memory - most ODB scanners will show you pending codes in addition to actual real codes.
I don't have a high end - dealer type one but we have a bluetooth obd2 dongle
Me either 😛 My ELM327 clone unit from eBay shows pending codes in the Torque Android app though, so yours might if you give it a scan after you've done a drive cycle.
It's gonna be a pain in the ass if I have to do an engine swap lol
Me? Or Falconhand? (I drive a Subaru Crosstrek now, Falcon's is a Lexus RX 300)
yeah, I hope my engine isn't fucked because I did something wrong lol.
It didn't run out of oil or overheat or anything
nor have I overrevved it etc
(literally can't)
thats what my grandpa said, could be a sticking valve
Its too high pitched to be a rod imo
which is still big work
Eh, I mean, normally a car that old I'd say get it checked, however, Toyota + Subaru put a lot of tech into their cars even back then, so I'd like to think you'd get a CEL before the engine asploded...
Yeah, sticking/dropped valve could be it
wouldn't you have to take like... the top half of the engine off to fix that?
Dropped valve would probably be bad especially if its an interference engine
yeah I really don't know if its interference or not
If you dropped a valve into an interference engine, it would have exploded.
Sticking valve more likely.
Yeah the engine would be gone if its an interference engine with a dropped valve
the 1MZ-FE w/o VVTi is for sure non-interference, but some places claim the 1mz-fe WITH vvti is interference, while other places say it isn't
Spooky
even different opinions by toyota techs, and their website
the updated 3mz-fe in newer RX's is for sure interference
Its not gonna be cheap though, I can tell you that
No seriously. A dropped valve would have grenaded your engine. That or you have a magic engine.
And you should contact Lexus ASAP.
If its a sticking valve, you would probably rebuild the heads so they don't do it again
if something's actually wrong, its getting fixed at home.
New heads maybe/rebuild the heads
But then again, dunno if its a sticking valve until you guys open it up
valve cover gaskets need to be replaced anyways, could you see if somethings amiss while we're doing that?
You'll see the rocker arms
If you spin the engine by hand, you might be able to see the valve that's sticking
Its gonna be ass visibility wise especially if its the head by the firewall
But you should be able to get an idea by opening the valve covers up though
alright
they're getting quite leaky so thats something that has to be done
is rockauto safe?
they've got the gasket kit for like 9$
If it helps
Under the rockers are the valves if you needed the pic
You probably can see it, I just don't know how bad the visibility is
Gaskets should be decently cheap at the dealer actually, but generally the more expensive part on rockauto is pretty good
our local lexus dealer has a tendency to screw people
Ooooof yikes
out of morbid curiosity, I emailed them to ask how much a trans replacement would be
and they said 7k PLUS labor
yeah lmao nope.
can get a nicely rebuilt unit for like 1k
yeah, the dealer has terrible reviews
The Mercedes dealer quoted us 1500 for the rear main seal
yikes
Which really isn't that bad tbh
We still did it ourselves
Kinda wished we just let them do it
Because that trans was HEAVY
I wonder what I'd end up getting if I had to replace my car? just hypothetically.
the 2nd gen RX is nice but the steering makes me want to drive it straight off a cliff
need? probably not. but it certainly is nice, and I routinely carry 5 people + shit
whats going on in the pic/car?
Some form of engine failure, probably a sticking valve but unconfirmed
we're trying to figure it out lol
oh gotcha thought you were having some kind of trouble unless someone else is
Really sucks though, not the Christmas present that you were looking for huh lul @indigo coral
I know right lol
is the video the noise you are having?
https://youtu.be/SbdJLvVHtig this one is the one we're talking about
Yep
Still the most mint condition RX I've ever seen though lol @indigo coral
does it go away when the engine is warmed up? or constant all the time?
Not constant. That vid was a few months ago.
Came back again today.
Then went away enough that I could drive home
it will its permanent sadly
I like your thinking
from the sounds its on the crank to rod bearing from one of the cylinders
that would be a consistent problem
Not disappearing for months and randomly coming back
lol if it were me that could last the life of the vehicle or die tomorrow but if memory serves me correctly those take 5w20 oil?
5w30
If it was shitty gas, it would probably be pinging, which is higher pitched than your noise
It sounds literally like a ping lmao
dont change from 5w30 and put heavier oil in it but would recommend trying a bottle of lucas oil stabilizer in your next oil change
Or just misfiring 🤷
bad gas kinda sounds like popcorn
aight, it just occurred to me cause I filled up today
those engines are designed pretty good and used in a bunch of lexus/toyotas for many years
and further after a slight redesign still to this day
Could be wrong
Sounds like hella loud lifter tick.
Yep
Could be your car needs a tune up.
How much would a lifter adjustment cost? I know that s something I can't do at home
but i wouldnt change out the motor but would do as little as you can without adding a mechanic in a bottle cause it could make it worse and save money for another vehicle/engine. rebuilding any modern engine is more cost than replacing it entirely and new/reman engines usually have a warranty. depending where you live if you have high temps in your area and its getting worse maybe a thicker 10w30 but no thicker or the oil wont be able to make it through the oil journals and lubricate correctly
It kinda ticks while running but not abnormal sounding at all
I live in a very moderate area
and people wonder why I avoid high piston count engines
i do not believe those valves are adjustable and would be indicated on a sticker under the hood of the car
they're super complex to rebuild
The RX-7 is gonna be painless to rebuild, cause rotary
The Prius has the invincible Toyota 4 banger, so it should never have to get rebuilt; barring any type of freak incident
We're gonna look into what needs to actually be done tomorrow. It's late tonight.
Just drive it down to me and I'll blast a can of WD40 on it
lmao
EVERYONE RUUUUNNNNNN
yet
if anything, I'd slap a standalone and a turbo on it
yet
cause why not stop there i mean nos it too
yet
lol
on PSA's CMP platform