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It was all vented out. The video doesn't show the time lag until I popped the hood. There's a 2 minute cut between when I set the cam down and remounted it to the windshield. Notice you don't see the hood pop up. That's because I'd popped it and hopped out and listened for venting then remembered to hop in and clip the camera back up. Trust me, I'm familiar with the whole 'vent cap deciding to fail while your head is in close proximity' thing. I don't want to do that again.
Kill-9 fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Dec 11, 2013 |
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Or, like me, you are in such a blind fury that your only means of getting to work is leaking and overheating again after you replaced the radiator (hooray for EJ25 head gaskets) that you immediately uncork the pressure cap after shutting off the car. I don't think I've ever moved so loving fast in my life and have no idea how I didn't get my hand scalded. The geyser must have been 15ft high and covered the engine bay, roof, and soaked my hair in coolant. The only excuse I have for myself is that the cap was completely cool to the touch and in my rage that meant it was totally safe, never mind the pegged temperature gauge or the steam coming from under the engine. Grabbed the hose next to the gas station I was at, filled it with I've cold water, rinsed out my hair, and kept driving that fucker for 3 more months before the gaskets finally failed entirely.
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EightBit posted:The steam itself can cause pretty nasty burns on contact, not to mention that there is coolant going everywhere; you absorb ethylene glycol through your skin and lungs, if you can smell it you are slowly being poisoned. But it's soo sweet and delicious!
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Real men use propylene glycol coolant, because real men have dogges and cattes they don't want to accidentally kill.
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Real men drive air cooled. Full disclosure: I haven't owned a classic VW for 8 years now so I guess I'm not a real man anymore.
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Geirskogul posted:Real men use propylene glycol coolant, because real men have dogges and cattes they don't want to accidentally kill. poo poo, I didn't know one kind was safer for dogs and cats. I'm gonna definitely look for that next time I buy coolant (which is often because I own a Subaru).
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EightBit posted:The steam itself can cause pretty nasty burns on contact, not to mention that there is coolant going everywhere; you absorb ethylene glycol through your skin and lungs, if you can smell it you are slowly being poisoned.
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xzzy posted:Real men drive air cooled. I'll gladly pay you tuesday never to have to deal with a corvair motor again.
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Geirskogul posted:Real men use propylene glycol coolant, because real men have dogges and cattes they don't want to accidentally kill. 420 vape PG e-cigarette "smoke" everyday.
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Geirskogul posted:Real men use propylene glycol coolant, because real men have dogges and cattes they don't want to accidentally kill. It's only the dogs (and deer and other wildlife) that you have to worry about. Cats don't give a gently caress about it because they have literally zero taste or smell receptors for "sweet".
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Splizwarf posted:It's only the dogs (and deer and other wildlife) that you have to worry about. Cats don't give a gently caress about it because they have literally zero taste or smell receptors for "sweet". Not true. I've witnessed at least one EG poisoning in a cat, and it is distinctly not good.
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Terrible Robot posted:Or, like me, you are in such a blind fury that your only means of getting to work is leaking and overheating again after you replaced the radiator (hooray for EJ25 head gaskets) that you immediately uncork the pressure cap after shutting off the car. My experience was trying to slowly uncork an overheated Rover only to have the cheap plastic overflow cap literally disintegrate in my hand. *BOOM* Coolant everywhere. How I remained unscalded I have no clue. I was covered in that sweet tasting poo poo as was my entire car and driveway. It happened in front of my wife and now she's scared shitless any time I open the hood of a warmed up vehicle.
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EightBit posted:The steam itself can cause pretty nasty burns on contact, not to mention that there is coolant going everywhere; you absorb ethylene glycol through your skin and lungs, if you can smell it you are slowly being poisoned. I am a mechanic in a lovely neighborhood. So that means smoking cars all the time, and if it was that bad I am sure we would have heard more about it. I mean I see mechanics all the time with there face in the engine bay as steam or smoke slowly rises. How else are you going to smell it and know what is going on?
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Splizwarf posted:It's only the dogs (and deer and other wildlife) that you have to worry about. Cats don't give a gently caress about it because they have literally zero taste or smell receptors for "sweet". My girlfriend's cat showing up begging every time one of us has ice cream, pie, cake, candy, etc, would like to call bullshit on this.
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SouthsideSaint posted:I am a mechanic in a lovely neighborhood. So that means smoking cars all the time, and if it was that bad I am sure we would have heard more about it. I mean I see mechanics all the time with there face in the engine bay as steam or smoke slowly rises. How else are you going to smell it and know what is going on? Pro mechanics use all their senses, including taste, to identify leaks that aren't immediately obvious. Except for gear oil, never taste gear oil.
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Terrible Robot posted:Pro mechanics use all their senses, including taste, to identify leaks. What has been tasted... Cannot be untasted.
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Terrible Robot posted:Pro mechanics use all their senses, including taste, to identify leaks that aren't immediately obvious. yeah...I didn't want to taste it....someone just was being a fucktard and started the jeep with me flushing the differential . Glad I don't work for jiffy lube anymore. Jiffy lube is the place were I got to taste almost every fluid, and each one was worse then the last. Except windshield washer fluid I mean I would never want to drink it but for all the horrible car chemicals I have tasted it was the least gross. ATF has a horrible unique taste I will never forget either.
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Terrible Robot posted:Except for gear oil, never taste gear oil. Gear oil smells so terrible that I can't possibly imagine what it must taste like. Fresh ATF smells great though. Go figure.
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thylacine posted:420 vape PG e-cigarette "smoke" everyday. Haha, I developed an allergy to PG after smoking high PG blends for a couple of months. Deodorant with PG in it gives me a big rash/itches, PG juice will make my throat close up, etc. So I quit.
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Terrible Robot posted:
I don't think anyone sets out to intentionally taste gear oil. It just drips into their mouth right at the moment they open it to ask for another wrench. Cue spitting/coughing/cursing fit for the next 5 minutes.
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Terrible Robot posted:Except for gear oil, never taste gear oil. Ugh, don't remind me.
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BlackMK4 posted:Haha, I developed an allergy to PG after smoking high PG blends for a couple of months. Deodorant with PG in it gives me a big rash/itches, PG juice will make my throat close up, etc. Oh gently caress me that's what probably happened. Smoked analogs for years and years. Made a cold switch to e-cigs and it went great for like 6 months. Had a nasty head cold for a week and didn't smoke anything. Going back to e-cigs instantly closed my throat. And now that I think about it that's about the same time I noticed my tried and true Old Spice burning the gently caress out of my armpits. Edit: vvvvv Maker Of Shoes fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Dec 11, 2013 |
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You need to ask your transmission to drink more pineapple juice.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Had a nasty head cold for a week and didn't smoke anything. Going back to e-cigs instantly closed my throat. And now that I think about it that's about the same time I noticed my tried and true Old Spice burning the gently caress out of my armpits. -Exactly- the same thing for me.
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# ? Dec 11, 2013 23:35 |
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From imgur.
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# ? Dec 11, 2013 23:49 |
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Chinatown posted:From imgur. How the hell? Slid sideways and broke the struts?
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Control arms in the front probably bent or snapped (if it's an actual STI they're aluminum). The rear would be lateral links. e: He definitely hit a curb. You can see a grate under the right front wheel.
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# ? Dec 11, 2013 23:58 |
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I am guessing a curb was hiding beneath the snow. Waiting.
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# ? Dec 11, 2013 23:58 |
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Chinatown posted:From imgur. I bet he was about to hit 88mph.
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Chinatown posted:From imgur. It's like hellaflush on opposite day.
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Little too much positive camber if you ask me.
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Swing axle is back in style now. Yesssssssssssssssss
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For them to be that far out I would expect the upright and/or strut to be broken.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Swing axle is back in style now. Well someone has to rock the obsolete suspension setups now that the Mustang is going to IRS.
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Chinatown posted:From imgur. Heh, a guy I went to college with did this to a brand new Chevy Impala rental car (while his '08 WRX was in the shop ). Turns out foot-operated parking brakes aren't so good for "drifting". Unsurprisingly he did not graduate.
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KennyLoggins posted:I bet he was about to hit 88mph. There's a BTTF video game?
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# ? Dec 12, 2013 04:59 |
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Pretty sure that's Vice City. E: Yup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsEuTTop6ms
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# ? Dec 12, 2013 05:04 |
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Oh hey, a cat c12!
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Powershift posted:Oh hey, a cat c12! Thats a big crankcase breather hole!
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CommieGIR posted:Thats a big crankcase breather hole! It's a window to monitor engine function.
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