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First sentence was sarcasm.
Its a 13 year old Subaru, of course it going to use oil. My point is that with the T6 it generally uses LESS oil than it did when I tried offerings from Mobil/Castrol/Valvoline. I'm curious to see if that remains consistent now that its been reformulated. This isn't the BITOG forum, I'm not going to waste my time sending samples to Blackstone to quantify wear rates. My goalpost is simply consumption.
Its a 13 year old Subaru, of course it going to use oil. My point is that with the T6 it generally uses LESS oil than it did when I tried offerings from Mobil/Castrol/Valvoline. I'm curious to see if that remains consistent now that its been reformulated. This isn't the BITOG forum, I'm not going to waste my time sending samples to Blackstone to quantify wear rates. My goalpost is simply consumption.
#2764
So I did a ton of touch up. I hate paint touch up and suck at it, but actually came out ok'ish after the detail.
Then got the paint cleaned up and polished.
Almost done cleaning and re-assembling the interior. I took THE WHOLE INTERIOR out, literally every single part aside from the dashboard, washed everything, then washed/cleaned the tub of the car.
It's an absurd amount of work, and I very frequently question my sanity for doing things like this, but the previous owner was a sloppy pig and I just cannot drive a car with coffee infused carpet as well as all sorts of nastiness from never really cleaning it for 8 years.
Bought Sonax alcantara cleaner for the seats, smells amazing, and used oxy-clean for the carpet.
I really should have taken a "before" picture of the interior
After that's all done I will be putting the car on a lift and pressure washing/cleaning the wheel wells, underbelly, and basically every single crevice. Then finishing all the maint.
After this much work, I'm gonna keep the car for a while. LOL
Then got the paint cleaned up and polished.
Almost done cleaning and re-assembling the interior. I took THE WHOLE INTERIOR out, literally every single part aside from the dashboard, washed everything, then washed/cleaned the tub of the car.
It's an absurd amount of work, and I very frequently question my sanity for doing things like this, but the previous owner was a sloppy pig and I just cannot drive a car with coffee infused carpet as well as all sorts of nastiness from never really cleaning it for 8 years.
Bought Sonax alcantara cleaner for the seats, smells amazing, and used oxy-clean for the carpet.
I really should have taken a "before" picture of the interior
After that's all done I will be putting the car on a lift and pressure washing/cleaning the wheel wells, underbelly, and basically every single crevice. Then finishing all the maint.
After this much work, I'm gonna keep the car for a while. LOL
#2768
I got the tub of powder, not the spray on stuff. Literally sprinkled the powder all over the carpet after vacuuming it.
Then sprayed with water from hose. Let sink in for 10-15 min. Then bucket of water and brush just like you, scrubbing the daylights out of it. Then, and I think this is the important part: 3100psi of pressure washer fury. Very slowly and thoroughly. Then hung it to dry for a couple hours in 100F heat. Then vacuumed it one last time. Let dry overnight, voila.
Basically wayyyy too much work, but I'm a glutton for punishment like that.
Then sprayed with water from hose. Let sink in for 10-15 min. Then bucket of water and brush just like you, scrubbing the daylights out of it. Then, and I think this is the important part: 3100psi of pressure washer fury. Very slowly and thoroughly. Then hung it to dry for a couple hours in 100F heat. Then vacuumed it one last time. Let dry overnight, voila.
Basically wayyyy too much work, but I'm a glutton for punishment like that.
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I think you may have inadvertently identified the flaw in my process
But I hadn't tried that with the powder. Definitely going to give this a shot with my dinky pressure washer the next time we expect some actual heat. I appreciate the tips
But I hadn't tried that with the powder. Definitely going to give this a shot with my dinky pressure washer the next time we expect some actual heat. I appreciate the tips
#2772
Factory fill for the Twins is Mobil 1 0w-20. 6k intervals. The first few model years they were using a 7500 mile interval.
The dealership has done all my oil changes, including switching the Trans and Diff over to Motul............which are about to be due again. And now that I've crested 30k miles, I need to let them flush the brakes and clutch.
The dealership has done all my oil changes, including switching the Trans and Diff over to Motul............which are about to be due again. And now that I've crested 30k miles, I need to let them flush the brakes and clutch.
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So, uh, what exactly would make my lil' EJ intermittently idle at like, 1200~1500 rpm when it gets hot sitting in traffic, but then drop back down later.
(please don't say vacuum leak..)
(please don't say vacuum leak..)
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I mean, I assumed sorcery would be involved. That's generally how things work.
But really, is this a super heatsoak thing because top mounted intercooler or something I should actually be worried about?
But really, is this a super heatsoak thing because top mounted intercooler or something I should actually be worried about?
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Boogers. It only happens when its super duper heatsoaked, like stuck in traffic and I can see heat lines boiling out of the hood scoop. So I guess there is that. Maybe I'll look around for a replacement IACV and see if its worth worrying about.
If I ever figure out what to do with the Tactrix, what should I look for that would indicate its the IACV?
If I ever figure out what to do with the Tactrix, what should I look for that would indicate its the IACV?
#2778
That's just weird behavior from a subaru, imo. Even ones that were overheating in front of me never had the idle jump up. Maybe faulty water temperature sensor ? That would certainly explain why it would go up like that if it was telling the car that it's cold, then the warmup idle table would bump up idle speed.
If you (finally) started logging, yes it would help diagnose.
In other news, here's the cabin filter from the Sti to perfectly represent how rarely it was cleaned
If you (finally) started logging, yes it would help diagnose.
In other news, here's the cabin filter from the Sti to perfectly represent how rarely it was cleaned