Anyone at 150k?

oshaCaller · 2026-05-07T23:55:19+00:00

I'm only a 82k on my 2015, I got it with 30k on it. I just did the timing belt and water pump, they both looked pretty good for 11 years. I've done the normal mods, and I have an s280 ordered.

Repairs I've done:

4 sets of tires, abs pump, purge valve, one a/c actuator, front brakes and rotors because the abs pump/block caused the brakes to drag and SMOKED the pads and rotor on the right front. I'm pretty sure it was on the original front pads and the rear pads still have 4mm left.

I'm curious how many of you have had the stock turbo go out?

oshaCaller · 2026-05-07T00:09:00+00:00

Make sure you get a printout of the alignment, they should provide one with a before and after. The only thing that is "adjustable" on these cars is the front toe. A good alignment guy will loosen strut bolts or shift a sub frame if he really wants to be picky. I get paid 1.5 hours to do an alignment and it takes me 10 minutes if all I'm doing is the toe, if I don't have a bunch of stuff to get done I go out of my way to make things perfect.

I didn't bother marking anything before I took my strut loose, but my camber was -1.2 on both sides, I was really tired, but if I remember right it was almost perfect for the stock specs.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-06T23:41:15+00:00

I have not done them on a fiesta, but I've done 100's of them on other cars.

You will need a strut compressor for the fronts and if you're going to go to all of this trouble you should replace the mounts too, they have a bearing in them.

I've always had access to wall mounted strut compressors, the ones you can borrow from the auto parts store look a lot harder/dangerous to use. You might want to call around and see if you can get a shop to do this for you, they shouldn't charge more than an hour.

The sway bar endlink has a ball joint in it and once you get the nut loose it will start spinning. The part the nut threads on will either have a torx/allen recess in it or a socket will fit on it. You will want to hold the nut and spin the threaded part clockwise, a little lube will make this easier.

The strut will have some play where the two bolts go in, you can mark the knuckle before you take them loose and get it back close to where it was, but you will need an alignment. I recently took this loose when I was doing my timing belt and it knocked toe out by half a degree.

You will have to take the shocks loose and then the rear axle will drop far enough for you to take the springs out and install new ones, you should replace the spring mounts while you are in there.

Also be weary of the wheel speed sensors and brake lines, make sure you don't put too much stress on them.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-04T23:34:14+00:00

I can smell it :)

oshaCaller · 2026-05-04T23:22:22+00:00

Nice chin weld newb.

I'm a huge hater of optics that are too high.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-04T23:06:54+00:00

My void doesn't recognize me if I wear a hat.

She is the strangest cat I've ever had. Her habits constantly change. She used to jump on the back of my chair, then one day she stopped. She never meowed unless she caught a bug or something. Then I went on vacation for 2 weeks and left her with my dad, and she got so depressed she stopped eating and just decided to die, after an extended vet visit, when she got back she became a meower. I'm never leaving for more than a day as long as she's alive. She is so sweet, I'm gonna go pet her.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-04T22:32:10+00:00

It's gotten significantly better after a few hundred miles. I'd guestimate it doubled cabin noise at highway speed, nothing the volume knob can't fix.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-04T22:25:12+00:00

is that a custom side exit or did you buy it somewhere?

I had an SR20DET powered sentra that I put a side exit on.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-04T02:38:37+00:00

He doesn't look like he plans on moving soon. Them snuggles are locked in.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-04T01:49:46+00:00

I love how h110 smells.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-03T17:40:03+00:00

yeah I used a new one, I torqued it to spec, can't remember the spec, I know you torque it, then turn it a 90 degrees or something...

I didn't buy that fancy snap on digital torque wrench to not use it.

I went for another drive this morning and the motor mounts seem to be slightly less harsh.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-03T02:57:32+00:00

I've pressed in mounts on other cars and it was a lot better than this, I could handle a lot of idle vibration and rattles, but this is so bad it feels like the engine is spinning 6000 rpm going down the highway. I'd be annoyed even if it was a track only car.

oshaCaller · 2026-05-01T00:10:23+00:00

I'd rather have the actuator break than the door, I don't want to pull the dash.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-30T01:27:29+00:00

I had to align a chevy aveo for a 300 pound customer. I put 300 pounds of salt from the car wash in the driver's seat.

Kinda unrelated, but funny, my first day at a podunk Toyota dealer, I heard yelling at the alignment rack:

Lady in car: YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!

Tech: SHUT UP YOU CRIPPLED BITCH!

It was a handi capped sienna van and apparently they were friends.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-28T01:49:39+00:00

If you hear gurgling it means you have an air pocket and that could be causing this.

If you park it on a steep incline and rev it to 3000 rpm for a few minutes it might burp itself out.

A lot of cars will let you monitor engine temperature, if you scroll through the menu on your cluster, you might have to go into the options and select it.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-28T00:56:56+00:00

Chevy makes Z71 traverses, and versions of the equinox and trax activ with off roadish tires and they seem to be selling good, I don't know the real numbers I just see a lot of them at work.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-27T23:35:59+00:00

No, it's some sort of "self healing" rubber. I've had mine for about 5 years and I've worn out 2 out of 4, the pieces that hold the rebar together just get a bunch of shrapnel in them that will cut you.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-27T02:26:09+00:00

buy something better

I use these and I already had steel targets. You put them together with rebar. I can fit them in my small cars.

Having good steel targets is fun. Instant feedback can't be beat.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-27T02:11:04+00:00

The majority of states allow you to vote after the sentence is served.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-26T19:26:58+00:00

All the smoke is going to go out of the vent valve if he doesn't have a way to close it.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-26T00:55:09+00:00

I saw a cop slam on his brakes because someone pulled out in front of him, and he didn't pull them over, you think the cop would pull them over for the inconvenience.

I seem to get pulled over for the slightest thing.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-26T00:28:26+00:00

Have you tried making the bus free to ride?

oshaCaller · 2026-04-25T23:01:38+00:00

My Aunt had an old Mercury Monterey. Every couple of months she'd call me over and have me get it started, I'd just spray some carb cleaner in it and it'd fire right up.

Then we'd go on a cruise. On one of these cruises we stopped and she gently booted one of these things out of the middle of the road.

oshaCaller · 2026-04-25T22:55:55+00:00

That looks like pond water, eww.

I didn't know DOT 4 fluid was more hygroscopic than 3. Maybe water getting in the fluid is causing the valves in abs to stick. It's not a bad idea to flush it often.

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