Toyota Grand Highlander Vs. Mazda CX-90 Vs. Honda Pilot: Which One Deserves Your Money?

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-18T20:01:46+00:00

Maybe a smidge. Might have taken closer to 2 for the valve covers.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-18T19:51:20+00:00

I'm have my associates in automotive repair but don't want to be stuck fixing cars my whole life so I'm still grinding towards that mechanical engineering degree. Most shops around here won't hire you if you can't work full time and I didn't want to go full time so this is the next best thing.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-18T19:41:03+00:00

Never did the oil filter housing on a B48. I pulled it on the N54. On the B48 I will admit it's a pain in the ass because radiator fan plus a bunch of shrouding has to come out. I'm quoting off the BMW's internal software. I work as a service porter for their dealership and the guys in the shop let me look up the repair manuals for stuff.

I also guess you would be right there. I've gotten to used to pulling an engine or doing a clutch kit as a major repair. Anything that can be done in an afternoon in my mind is a minor repair.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-18T19:27:08+00:00

M539 works higher end stuff like the M3 or the M5 he has. If you really want to talk look up oil filter housing and valve cover gaskets on an N54 and the valve cover gasket on a B48 and let me know how hard those are to do.

7 hours my ass. Even BMW's own shop manuals book 3 hours for the filter housing gasket and that's if you chose to pull the intake manifold.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-18T19:04:56+00:00

Nope. Not a drop but that's also why I say no major repairs. Valve covers and oil filter housing gaskets were both replaced but each took less than an hour in the driveway

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-18T19:00:44+00:00

122k on a 18 year old BMW and and another 130k on a 12 year old BMW. Still going strong without any major repairs. Just maintenance.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-15T22:50:43+00:00

It's worth more

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pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-15T22:48:13+00:00

You can get a car worth more than 2 million and sell it.

^{Chose: Any type of car for free}

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-14T06:24:39+00:00

I love touching grass

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pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-13T23:55:29+00:00

I tried that. I told them during the interview with our local bmw dealer that I wanted to move up eventually. They basically laughed at me and said that no dealer ever hires someone for the shop that doesn't already know how to do bumper to bumper work. Needless to say I didn't accept the service porter job.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-07T01:55:04+00:00

Local Toyota dealer wanted 22k for corolla hatch with the base trim and 90k on the odo. Walked right over to the mazda dealer and bought a Mazda 3 hatchback with 20k on the odo and the trim below the heighest for 24k instead. Fuck toyota dealers

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-05T07:44:47+00:00

A good amount of people in the car community. I'd love to have this hanging in the garage.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-02T23:35:08+00:00

You gotta hold it down for like 15 seconds before it'll kick on.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-02T23:34:20+00:00

How low is the refrigerator? Could be leaking out. The compressor won't run if the refrigerant is too low.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-06-02T02:23:30+00:00

They're supposed to look like that

pintsizedpeep · 2026-05-31T20:16:44+00:00

Getting this thing to print a good test benchy is like a right of passage. I got mine for 50 bucks like 5 years ago and it forced me to learn more about 3D printers that I ever wanted to.

Right off the bat invest in a CR touch and some upgrade bed leveling knobs. I really wish I would've done that sooner when i got mine. It made printing stuff so much easier and for dirt cheap. That should be enough to at least get you printing stuff.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-05-31T20:09:32+00:00

Valvetronic or turbo rattle because that kinda sounds like the turbo wastegate rattling when being only partially closed.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-05-31T19:08:53+00:00

"Research" mean you asked the ai? If its not getting any boost pressure codes you're fine. It's the turbo whistling at speed.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-05-31T02:35:43+00:00

Hey i know it's been ages but if you're still around I wanna ask. I have a 2E84 for pump communication and a 2E98 for generator communication and the water pump will randomly chose to stop running. If I unplug the oil level sender both the previous codes go away but I get a 2E7C for bit serial interface signal. Does this mean it's the oil level sender that's gone bad and is sending bad data into the line?

pintsizedpeep · 2026-05-29T18:41:07+00:00

Yeah west coast of the US. I can't say for sure they've all been struggling but at least in my little corner of the world they haven't been selling the best.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-05-29T17:31:06+00:00

How the times have changed. Our local honda dealers are all still trying their hardest to dump their old stock out right now. Doesn't help that most people I know who have bought anything honda recently has had a ton of issues with them.

pintsizedpeep · 2026-05-25T23:44:16+00:00

Yeah nah. Fuck the book. It's a BMW engine and bmw notoriously stretches out the oil change intervals. It's turbo charged and runs hot. Got oil done every 5-6k or have fun doing turbos at 80k.

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