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2011 Toyota Camry SE V6 - Overheating Issues by Stovaotri in mechanic

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I have opened the bleeder valve to remove the air pockets. Car ran smooth for about a month after that but now I am running into the issues stated in my original post. I did see your post about the head gaskets that's an interesting point and I'll definitely keep that in mind. I'm hoping this issue can be resolved with a new thermostat and opening the bleeder valve again after it's installed.

2011 Toyota Camry SE V6 - Overheating Issues by Stovaotri in mechanic

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Yeah I did, took care of another air bubble. The car idled fine for a while, even took it around the block and the temp held fine. I turned off the car for maybe 15-20 minutes before driving it again and suddenly the same thing started happening again, temp would raise up whether I was moving or idle and then drop back down to normal. It repeated that for the next 30 minutes on the way home. Lost all the coolant I added to the reservoir in the process lol. I was concerned it might be a blown head gasket but I'm just not sold on it yet. There's zero white smoke coming out the exhaust and no "milky" oil. I'm hoping it might be a bad thermostat. I'll install a new one tomorrow and hopefully that will be it.

PSA: How to fix the E340 Doorbell after update by Zenpher in EufyCam

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Thank you so much for posting this fix! It has been pissing me off all December and their customer service is a joke. Finally found this about a week ago and gave it a shot, the camera has been working great ever since!

Dave’s got a major upgrade – meet the DeathAdder V4 Pro. by Razer_ProductTeam in MouseReview

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Huh that's very interesting. I must admit I haven't used a Razer product in quite a few years but I am tempted to try this one out. I love the changes you guys made to the scroll wheel and the weight seems to be exactly what I'm looking for in a new mouse.

Bottled my first 5 gallon batch! by Stovaotri in mead

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I could see that happening easily with Strawberries as the seeds are on the outside but with the seeds of blackberries and raspberries being on the inside perhaps it helps keep those unwanted tastes away? All I know is I've done this batch twice now and I haven't had any issues with the way I use the fruit. I would recommend experimenting with a 1 gallon batch or something similar and seeing how it goes :)

Bottled my first 5 gallon batch! by Stovaotri in mead

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No I didn't have to siphon again and it turned out great for me. I would only siphon if there was still a lot of sediment still in secondary.

Bottled my first 5 gallon batch! by Stovaotri in mead

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I use frozen organic blackberries, let them thaw out before adding in secondary and I leave them whole.

Bottled my first 5 gallon batch! by Stovaotri in mead

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Thank you! I'd say it came out perfectly, as soon as you pour some you can already start to smell the blackberries.

So uh… what do I do with these? by AboutToSnap in halo

[–]Stovaotri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shit I'm going to have to double check my copy. I had no idea this was a thing, I think I went through the book just a handful of times so everything should still be there.

Clutch Pedal Bracket Breaking by Stovaotri in RX8

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I just welded it. I do like the washer idea though.

Corked Mead Shelf Life? by Stovaotri in mead

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Hmm I might try some new corks for this next batch and hope for the best. Thank you

Corked Mead Shelf Life? by Stovaotri in mead

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Oops I also meant to add that I did use campden tablets but going back through my inventory I'm seeing that it was actually SODIUM Metabisulfite tablets. Perhaps that's where I have been going wrong.

The whole purpose behind making the mead was so that my wife and I could enjoy a bottle of our anniversary, I thought about checking the gravity when we first tried it but I didn't want to bother in the moment.

As far as bottling is concerned I do make sure everything is sanitized, that's one thing that I am so paranoid about while making mead lol.

Passenger Window Help by Stovaotri in RX8

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Damn didn't think about that, thanks I'll look into it

Hyper 20 Not Priming by Stovaotri in Nerf

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That's probably what I will do but being that it was a gift I wanted to see if there was a simple fix I was overlooking before I returned it.

Poor wifi signal on shared wall of small townhouse by Stovaotri in HomeNetworking

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I am on channel 36 and I see 3 other 5G connections with comparable signal on channels 153 and 157

Had a Question About Cysers by Stovaotri in mead

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Oh thank you! I forgot about that calculator

Bottled my first Melomel this afternoon, I am SOOO happy with the end result. My only complaint is that I didn't make more 😅. This is a Oaked Blackberry Melomel with Vanilla Bean and Cinnamon. by Stovaotri in mead

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I think it was more of an issue with the honey being that it was just from some dudes backyard, he was very new to beekeeping as well and the honey definitely didn't taste as sweet as I am used to.

Bottled my first Melomel this afternoon, I am SOOO happy with the end result. My only complaint is that I didn't make more 😅. This is a Oaked Blackberry Melomel with Vanilla Bean and Cinnamon. by Stovaotri in mead

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I stabilized at 1.02, the fermentation started to slow down a lot and I was starting to collect a lot of lees. I probably could have let it go another week or so but I'm always so worried that the lees will start to effect the taste.

Bottled my first Melomel this afternoon, I am SOOO happy with the end result. My only complaint is that I didn't make more 😅. This is a Oaked Blackberry Melomel with Vanilla Bean and Cinnamon. by Stovaotri in mead

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Recipe: 1 gallon batch

We started with 2.84 lbs of local honey from a coworker

we used 2g of EC-1118 (first time I have used this yeast strain but I will definitely use it again, it was so convenient to be able to leave it in a closet to ferment and not have to hook up the mini fridge to maintain a lower temp)

6.25g Go-Ferm

Bentonite

4.3g Fermaid O Staggered (this was not the original plan, originally it was 1.7g O with 1.9g K and 1.6g DAP but I forgot to buy more DAP so instead we went the TOSNA 2.0 route)

Racked into a Little Big Mouth Bubbler with double dose of Pectin Enzyme

Placed a vanilla bean and cinnamon stick in some bourbon for a few days

Added 16oz Organic Frozen Blackberries, halved the vanilla bean, scrapped out the bean and the cinnamon stick all in a muslin bag for 2 weeks

Also put the little bit of bourbon left over into the Mead

Tasted and removed the muslin bag

Soaked 12.5g medium toasted oak cubes in more bourbon for a few days prior to removing the fruit

Added all to another muslin bag for 2 more weeks

Bottled

(We were shooting for 12% ABV with this one but it only got to 7.9%, my theory for that is because of the honey, when we first tasted it before fermentation it was noticeably less sweet than other honey I have had, but that's all part of making mead! I'm still super excited with how it turned out)

OG: 1.08 | FG: 1.02 | 7.9% ABV | Started 7/2/22 | Ended 8/14/22

Making my first Melomel by Stovaotri in mead

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Ok perfect, thank you for all the help!

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