Overheated EJ20H

[Guest boostin]

I know the hose they're talking about. More than an hour and you're being ripped.

[aim]

 boostin said:

I know the hose they're talking about. More than an hour and you're being ripped.

Seriously? If they over charge me, what can I do?

[Guest boostin]

Bitch and moan?? They're not that hard to do. Just gotta take the airbox and black box out.

[aim]

Ok cheers boostin, I'll ask them exactly the steps they took to replace it. and if they mention solenoid box, airbox and 4 hours in the same sentence, I'll moan.

[aim]

$475 to replace the metal pipe that runs from the cylinder heads to the turbo...

[Guest boostin]

Oh, the steel pipe. Bugger. I was thinking it was the rubber hose.

[aim]

Does that sound right though? $475?

[Guest boostin]

How much was the pipe and how much labour?

[Guest keltik]

Well it IS in a cunt of a place to get to. To be honest, as an unemployed man - id be upset paying that. But now im in full time work again and cant be arsed messing with the car when i get home - it doesnt seem so bad.

[aim]

I'm not totally sure but it was at $65 p/hr and they also filled the coolant system with antifreeze... they were hazy on the details over the phone

Yeeeeah,

i'm unempployed...

[swiftbrad]

getta job

[aim]

I've been trying, but entry level IT jobs are hard to come by that suit my Uni timetable... come to think of it, any job that fits my uni schedule is hard to come by

[swiftbrad]

ahh yes, Uni... Hard to find a job when you're there and just as hard once you've left, all the best my good man

[Guest huff3r]

 aim said:

I've been trying, but entry level IT jobs are hard to come by that suit my Uni timetable... come to think of it, any job that fits my uni schedule is hard to come by

Deliver pizza. Its a piss-easy job and fits uni time-tables perfectly. And its nowhere near as dangerous or embarassing as people make it out. You drive for a living, couldnt be cruisier!

[aim]

 CUDDAS said:

that looks like the we garage in Kaniere;)

That's because it is

Delivering Pizza is an option, might apply at the pizza hut around the corner

[aim]

I don't live in Kaniere! Just broke down there! I was staying at a mates batch at the Lake near there. I'm a student at UoC, I live in Ilam, they have a pizza hut here... across the road from Spags.

[aim]

Food fest was awesome aye. Ate a whole bunch of crap that I wouldn't usually. I've had better sheeps balls though - these ones were distinctly average Huhu grubs don't taste like peanut butter, they taste like sawdust! Someone lied.

Nah I'm looking for some part time work to fund the car... I think I might buy a SOHC. Or a Tea-ess-arr. They're less prone to issues Guess I've come to the realisation that I can't afford the bills the turbo'd versions bring

[Guest huff3r]

 aim said:

Food fest was awesome aye. Ate a whole bunch of crap that I wouldn't usually. I've had better sheeps balls though - these ones were distinctly average Huhu grubs don't taste like peanut butter, they taste like sawdust! Someone lied.

Nah I'm looking for some part time work to fund the car... I think I might buy a SOHC. Or a Tea-ess-arr. They're less prone to issues Guess I've come to the realisation that I can't afford the bills the turbo'd versions bring

Just be thankful yours is auto so you wont need to get a clutch! They stung me $1300 for mine, and $1100 for a cambelt. And im stupid enough to do 500kms a week in it for work ;D

But would a non-turbo be fun enough?

[aim]

Thankful mines auto? I'd prefer a manual... but $1300 for a new clutch! Wow! Thats incredible, last car I had, (mitsi galant) the clutch only cost me $600 to do. I guess the thing that pisses me off most, is that I'd do this kind of thing my self. The only thing I'd pay a mechanic for would probably be cambelt etc. I'd even do that myself if I had an experienced hand to watch over what I was doing.

[aim]

I've got my eye on this - friggen practical, not as powerful as I'd like but comfortable and pretty reliable. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Subaru/TS-R/auction-275815088.htm

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The hose -