09-24-2015, 05:54 PM
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I am my own mechanic....
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Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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I thought the profanity filter was broken for a minute.
I don't want to hear about that s hit.
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09-24-2015, 06:02 PM
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Location: North Alabama
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OMG Jay
That post made my wife laugh out loud
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09-24-2015, 06:13 PM
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On the slippery slope
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Austin and Palm Springs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pdwight
That post made my wife laugh out loud
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virgin unicorn sperm ???
The Porsche coolant at $40/gal is stupidly expensive. At least you can get the distilled water from wallyworld for .88/gal to dilute it to 50/50
or of course buy it online for $4.00 /gal
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Last edited by JayG; 09-24-2015 at 06:16 PM.
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09-24-2015, 08:50 PM
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when i do my pump, i probably won't use any of the snob parts listed in this post. I put a $75 starter in two months ago, I put $215 ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors a year ago. I don't expect them to perform any less than factory. I might be wrong. but then again, i might be right.
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09-25-2015, 04:15 AM
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I am my own mechanic....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jdlmodelt
when i do my pump, i probably won't use any of the snob parts listed in this post. I put a $75 starter in two months ago, I put $215 ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors a year ago. I don't expect them to perform any less than factory. I might be wrong. but then again, i might be right.
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For someone who drives a 'snob' brand to begin with, shaming those of us who bought name brand parts seems really lame. My starter was $150 or so (rebuilt, lifetime) but since my old WP had been scraping the sides of it's recess the impeller fits into, I went composite and Porsche water pump.
Tires and shocks from K-Mart? Only the cheapest gas?
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'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
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09-25-2015, 04:24 AM
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Location: North Alabama
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I would not use a metal impeller water pump, the Gates I was looking at has a composite . We used a lot of Gates products in large scale Printing and Photo processing back in the 80's and early 90's and always had good luck with their products.
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09-25-2015, 04:52 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Buffalo NY
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lol @ snob parts
When I do my own wrenching I prefer to dress like the banker from Monopoly, and look down upon the lower classes while I buy snob water pumps for my 15 year old boxster.
Kidding aside, fear of a metal impeller boring my engine block is why I went with a composite impeller.
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09-25-2015, 06:58 AM
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On the slippery slope
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Austin and Palm Springs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jdlmodelt
when i do my pump, i probably won't use any of the snob parts listed in this post. I put a $75 starter in two months ago, I put $215 ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors a year ago. I don't expect them to perform any less than factory. I might be wrong. but then again, i might be right.
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A starter won't grenade the engine
pads and rotors won't grenade the engine, though the do effect stopping ability
yes, other coolant can be used safely
a bad or failing or cheap water pump can cause lots of damage. Is saving maybe $100 worth it?
It's your car, do what you want
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2020 BMW X3, 2013 Ram 1500, 2016 Cmax, 2004 F-150 "Big Red"
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09-25-2015, 07:16 AM
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Location: New Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Timco
I thought the profanity filter was broken for a minute.
I don't want to hear about that s hit.
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I read it that way too.
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