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PurpleFender posted:Type 4 VW? If you ever own an ACVW, you get to look at the motor. A lot Spot on. If you look closer one is an 1800 and the other is a 2L. The 2L has smaller valves. No I didn't get that backwards, to those who are unfamiliar.
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InterceptorV8 posted:Don't. Rigged it to happen??? 'splain!
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Nov 25, 2009 22:01
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DiscoDickTease posted:Rigged it to happen??? 'splain! He worked with the guys widow - he would have rigged it to happen = she was a beast.
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Nov 25, 2009 22:53
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Gotcha.
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Nov 26, 2009 06:14
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http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1281659  Guy with a BMW doesn't change his oil for 60,000 miles. Pictures include aftermath.
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Nov 27, 2009 04:02
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ijustam posted:http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1281659 Holy poo poo, I literally gasped at the amount of sludge.
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Nov 27, 2009 04:10
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ijustam posted:http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1281659  
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Nov 27, 2009 04:13
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I bet the engine in my work truck looks very similar to that BMW. The oil filter is rusty if that is any indication of when the oil was last changed.
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Nov 27, 2009 04:43
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I wonder what blackstone would have to say on that... Supposedly one of my uncles bought a used accord in the 80s with 150k on it, changed the oil once when he got it, and sold it 2 years later with 275k, and the same oil... (He was a sales rep for an eyeglass frame maker, so he had to travel his rear end off...)
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Nov 27, 2009 05:13
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Sponge! posted:I wonder what blackstone would have to say on that... well, 125,000 miles is about 117,500 more than you would want to go on one oil change, but if he was only driving for 10 hr stretches non-stop, the engine might not be ruined. Engines love to run forever, it's the starting and stopping they hate.
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Nov 27, 2009 05:16
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The Third Man posted:That's amazing. Left side: delicious chocolate pudding Right side: huge pile of poo poo Camshafts in the background: tar
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Nov 27, 2009 05:26
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orange lime posted:That's amazing. I'm going to go outside and hug my BMW
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Nov 27, 2009 05:45
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chem42 posted:I'm going to go outside and change my oil
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Nov 27, 2009 05:49
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I just did the valve cover gasket, and it was spotless in there with about 200k miles on the clock. Regular oil changes with synthetic make a difference.
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Nov 27, 2009 05:53
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The Third Man posted:How is it even possible that this car still works.
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Nov 27, 2009 06:03
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primitive posted:How is it even possible that this car still works. Superior german
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Nov 27, 2009 06:04
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primitive posted:How is it even possible that this car still works. My bet is that he kept topping it up with enough "liquid" oil so that it could at least stay a bit lubricated
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Nov 27, 2009 06:06
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 Aw poo poo, a nail in a nearly new tire..  Wait.. 
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Nov 27, 2009 07:10
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Ok, what?
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Nov 27, 2009 07:13
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Assuming that was left inside when the tire was mounted to the wheel. Also wow.
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Nov 27, 2009 07:16
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Ericadia posted:Assuming that was left inside when the tire was mounted to the wheel. Also wow. Yeah, I mean I use small combo wrenches all the time to mount tires.
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Nov 27, 2009 07:18
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ab0z posted:Yeah, I mean I use small combo wrenches all the time to mount tires. Well, I doubt a small combo wrench could puncture a tire, especially not the box end.
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Ericadia posted:Well, I doubt a small combo wrench could puncture a tire, especially not the box end. What I'm saying is, yeah it appears the wrench was left in there, but loving WHY
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ab0z posted:What I'm saying is, yeah it appears the wrench was left in there, but loving WHY Maybe an impromptu (and highly ineffective) tire iron? I don't know! 
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Nov 27, 2009 07:35
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Owner didn't report any noise prior to the puncture. It's a 12mm which is like.. 7/16ths?
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Nov 27, 2009 07:42
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Whitey Ford posted:
Hmm, you're supposed to use BBs to balance tires internally. Right?
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Nov 27, 2009 07:44
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What brand is the wrench?
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Nov 27, 2009 07:45
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Whitey Ford posted:Owner didn't report any noise prior to the puncture. Does the car have TPMS? Could have been forgotten after a sensor was installed/removed. (Although I'm not sure if that is a common size for the retention nuts on those)
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Nov 27, 2009 07:58
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ab0z posted:Superior german 
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Magnum1371 posted:_______________________/ If I can do it with one finger, you can do it with your whole hand!
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Nov 27, 2009 08:23
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I have a half inch combo wrench I pulled out of my tire that did exactly that.
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Nov 27, 2009 09:07
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I once had a 1/2" drill bit go into a tire. The rapid deflation still haunts me... But hey, free box wrench!
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Nov 27, 2009 09:13
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I'd bet the wrench was put on or in the tire "just for a minute" while working on something else, then got forgotten and the tire monkey wasn't paying any attention while mounting it. One time the body shop where I work broke the band that holds the TPMS sensor to the wheel and decided that instead of walking over to parts and eating the $4 for another band they could substitute masking tape. Yeah. Customer came into service within a few days complaining that the TPMS light was on and there was a noise in the wheel. The tech that found the pressure sensor bouncing around loose in a snarl of blue painter's tape inside was very  .
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Nov 27, 2009 12:48
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ab0z posted:What brand is the wrench? I think it's a Craftsman.
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pienipple posted:I'd bet the wrench was put on or in the tire "just for a minute" while working on something else, then got forgotten and the tire monkey wasn't paying any attention while mounting it. Haha, not even a tape with decent adhesive, but a kind designed to come off. Nice.
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I could take a picture, but words should suffice for this. I am 500 miles from home with a 99 Camry. On our way to meet my girlfriend's parents for dinner, I go to leave a stop light and hear a BANG and the car starts running really rough. I pull into the gas station at the corner and pop the hood. No belts off, fan shroud looks good, nothing really obvious. I have the girlfriend start the car and I realize what's wrong: the spark plug wire is hanging off the motor. I have her shut it down and peer with a flashlight into the cylinder and realize that the spark plug is missing! The damned thing backed out over the past few years and finally let go, leaving a sizable dent in the hood. We get her parents to pick us up and the restaurant was right next to Autozone so I picked up a set of plugs, not knowing if the threads were stripped or not. I couldn't get the plug to tighten down, and I couldn't get it out so I feared the worst. For shits and giggles I tried to start it again, and BANG the new plug shot out also! We found the plug and then realized it had the rubber boot from the spark plug lead on it. After removing the rubber it snugged down just fine. Another trip to the auto parts store for a new set of wires and the car is running like new again. Craziest thing I've ever seen. I can't believe that it didn't strip the threads, and I also can't believe the size of dent in my hood. The second hit wasn't nearly as violent as it was just compression shooting it out and not combustion, but now my Camry has nipples.
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One of my friends just shot a plug out of his 99 Crown Vic. Threads are gone though, you got lucky.
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My dad's F150 did that too. It was a lovely spark plug so it just separated from the ground/threaded portion. Easy fix, but damned if it didn't shake us up a bit when it blew. 
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I've only heard of sparkplug explosions when someone changed the plugs a few days before, but didn't tighten them enough.
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The Ford 4.6 hates spark plugs for no apparent reason.
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