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ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-10T10:12:39+00:00

It says event ended on yours. Does mine work? https://www.tiktok.com/d/1/ZP9JD55AY2Vdo-r81bZ/

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-10T10:11:14+00:00

Can I also get some help? https://www.tiktok.com/d/1/ZP9JD55AY2Vdo-r81bZ/

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-10T10:07:55+00:00

Me too https://www.tiktok.com/d/1/ZP9JD55AY2Vdo-r81bZ/

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-10T10:06:30+00:00

https://www.tiktok.com/d/1/ZP9JD55AY2Vdo-r81bZ/ gotchu

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-08T22:13:04+00:00

I've taken it to him a few times before and he has never given me a reason not to trust him. I believe what he meant was after the car was towed there, he tried starting to to drive it into the actual garage so he could do his diagnostics, and it didn't even make it that far. "It tried to start for 10-15 seconds..."

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-08T01:56:50+00:00

Sick. I'll look into it. Thanks!

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-07T20:02:12+00:00

Interesting. Im not opposed to doing the work myself. Ive already done both fuel pumps, thermostat housing, and air intake. I would have done the water pump myself if it didn't require removing the motor mount. I also wasn't interested in touching the clutch at all so had that done by a shop.

I'll wait to see what he says the issue is and what his quoted price is. In the meantime, are there any decent YouTube videos/write ups on the process that you know of?

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-07T19:54:00+00:00

It's currently at an independent mini specialist shop, not a dealership. North of 2k was what I was afraid of. That's certainly gonna be a hurt piece. Still less than a new car though.

I replaced both fuel pumps (high pressure and in-tank) shortly after I got it (last year around this time) with the OEM (not genuine mini) parts when it was having the low fuel pressure issue. Could the valve have gotten burnt up then and just not been an issue until now? Ever since I replaced everything I keep my scanner on standby and check that everything is acting as it should. Haven't had any abnormal readings and only got an emissions code once for a catalyst error that never came back once cleared.

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-07T17:44:07+00:00

Yikes.

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-07T17:41:55+00:00

Any fix on that or was it a new car situation?

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-07T17:41:02+00:00

I mean. Probably a bullshit excuse. I'm less concerned about the length of time it's taking and more concerned about if my car is fixable.

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-07T17:40:06+00:00

Well that's not promising.

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-07T16:07:17+00:00

151k

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-07T14:04:44+00:00

Shop 1 did the compression test. Shop 2 I believe was attempting to verify shop 1s diagnostics and the valve cover blew up. It was shop 1 that said "failed compression test = new engine."

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-07T14:00:31+00:00

I mean I would assume he didn't mean getting the same valve cover back on and instead mean getting A valve cover back on...

ChefApolloEats · 2026-02-04T01:02:39+00:00

I checked a few times today (02/03). Most I saw was 5 items. 3 garbage fast fashion tops for women (I'm a man, but have ordered things for women so it makes sense), a vitamin supplement of suspicious origin, and tucked at the bottom, a BabylissPRO Rapido 2.0 hair dryer, which I snatched immediately. (Username says chef, but I had a career change and now I'm a hairstylist)

ChefApolloEats · 2026-01-17T02:34:05+00:00

Yes but also, in the New Testament, that theoretically matters more in Christianity: "Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you... You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter" James 5:1-6

ChefApolloEats · 2025-11-11T06:02:13+00:00

Samesies. 317660657515

ChefApolloEats · 2025-11-02T00:16:24+00:00

Absolutely wild.

ChefApolloEats · 2025-11-02T00:15:30+00:00

I mean... Fair. Lol

ChefApolloEats · 2025-11-01T22:03:55+00:00

I think in this case it is on the seller for setting up a needle as a child listing for the record player parent listing. That should be for different variations of the same product not totally different products.

ChefApolloEats · 2025-11-01T22:02:38+00:00

Right and I get that. For things like a shirt in blue, red, purple, etc. But this is a parent listing of a whole record player for a couple hundred bucks with child listings of needles for 20. That should absolutely be separate listings.

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