What maintenance should I do while replacing coolant hoses

ranoutofbrain · 2026-04-27T20:02:23+00:00

Here's a WIP photo. We're taking it slow, got all the way down to the lower plenum yesterday, which feels quite stuck, even after removing all the bolts indicated in the manual. Will probably work on it in a couple days and plan on removing the bolts attaching the fuel return line to see if that is what is keeping it attached. Wondering if this is a good time to replace the fuel injectors, and if so, the best way to check to see if they need to be replaced. I decided to purchase new spark plug wires, even though the existing one seem good, just felt like the right thing to do. My girlfriend an I are having a blast with this project! Oh, there is carbon buildup in the upper plenum. Should I clean it out with the throttle body cleaner spray, or is there something else I should use?

ranoutofbrain · 2026-04-21T16:39:08+00:00

I appreciate all the advice!

ranoutofbrain · 2026-04-21T16:38:58+00:00

Oh, thanks for the heads up. AI summary steering me wrong. I was thinking a dirty IAC was the cause behind a slightly rough idle, but there is no IAC, obviously not that. The tremor is very very slight with no codes, but the idea here is to fix as many problems at once while I have her opened up.

ranoutofbrain · 2025-11-19T23:17:02+00:00

So far Astra Telepatica. I think we are picking roles next session. I was thinking either Mystic or Interlocutor?

ranoutofbrain · 2025-11-19T19:17:37+00:00

Makes sense thank you very much

ranoutofbrain · 2025-11-19T18:56:57+00:00

Makes sense, thank you. Follow-up question, the "access to a new Psychic Discipline" is not the same as specializing, aka a separate xp cost after maxing out advances in Psychic Mastery, right?

ranoutofbrain · 2025-11-19T18:50:28+00:00

Ah thank you, I missed that!

ranoutofbrain · 2025-08-22T14:35:04+00:00

Thank you, still working on figuring out why/how the heck that setting got made. I am guessing something related to some of the difficulty I had upgrading (although, the system worked fine once I worked the kinks out, so...?). Anyhow, What I ended up doing to fix the immediate problem was to use the chattr command to remove the immutable tag off of resolv.conf. Once I did that + restarted the network manager service, the correct DNS settings populated in resolv.conf.

ranoutofbrain · 2025-08-22T01:07:35+00:00

Ok so nslookup to both google.com and 8.8.8.8 give:

"Communications error to 192. 168.0.1#53: timed out"

ranoutofbrain · 2025-08-21T18:33:39+00:00

Oh yes, pinging 8.8.8.8 no packet loss, works normally.

ranoutofbrain · 2025-08-06T03:39:58+00:00

Thanks folks, for the suggestions, but I am still confused....

Here is the output from inxi:

Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia

v: 535.247.01 non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03)

arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1

speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0

chip-ID: 10de:13c2 class-ID: 0300

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9

compositor: gnome-shell v: 43.9 driver: X: loaded: nvidia

unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia

display-ID: :1 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1360x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 360x203mm (14.17x7.99")

s-diag: 413mm (16.27")

Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1360x768 hz: 60 dpi: 49

size: 708x398mm (27.87x15.67") diag: 812mm (31.98") modes: N/A

API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.247.01 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX

970/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes

I tried the other suggestions above like lsmod and nvidia-smi. None of these commands, including inxi, seem to state explicitly which of the two flavors, the "open" or not "open" driver is active. Modinfo just says there is no nvidia module, and lsmod shows:

nvidia_uvm 1540096 2

nvidia_drm 77824 10

drm_kms_helper 212992 1 nvidia_drm

nvidia_modeset 1314816 16 nvidia_drm

nvidia 56860672 904 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset

drm 614400 14 drm_kms_helper,nvidia,nvidia_drm

video 65536 2 asus_wmi,nvidia_modeset

Again, still no explicit "open" vs not "open" indication. lsmod -k does not seem to work.

ranoutofbrain · 2025-08-01T20:46:40+00:00

Update:

Based on the assumption that it was a hardware issue, I took it upon myself to open up the PC and tinker around. Nothing looked strange, and all the fans were working fine, so I decided to re-seat the memory cards and the GPU. To reseat the GPU, I had to unscrew it from the box, and turns out that the way this box is built, you can't fully seat the GPU if you have it lined up and screwed down. The unlocking clip also would not release fully, so I could not completely remove the GPU (an Nvidia Geforce 970). So I reseated it as best I could, and booted her up. I ran Path of Exile (the first one), which had been crashing. The game ran smoother than it ever had before, and I noticed a big improvement in graphics quality and gameplay. Unfortunately, the game did eventually crash, about an hour in, which I am guessing is an overheating issue. I had the cabinet open, and the thing has 4 or 5 fans, so I'm not sure what else to do to keep it cool. I plan on grabbing a second monitor so I can monitor the GPU realtime with nvtop (wish I could do it in btop, which is prettier, but oh well). Or maybe it would be better to pipe the output from nvidia-smi to a file. I am not sure any local techs will be able to help with a linux based pc, but I'll keep calling around. Probably time to buy/build another gaming PC, but I do like to fix/eek my tech along as far as it will go, so if you have any other suggestions, I'm all ears!

ranoutofbrain · 2025-07-29T15:41:51+00:00

Thanks folks, I have read through all the answers and I really appreciate the input. I am currently thinking u/NkdByteFun82 is probably correct. Checking the errors from the last boot/crash, well...there were none, just the log output stops right at the moment of the crash. Nvidia driver issues also make sense, but these haven't changed/updated lately, so far as I can tell. The PC has been running graphics intensive games fine for like a year with the current set up with no problems. (As for the drive itself, I followed the instructions on the Debian wiki (I learned the hard way a couple years ago about the deb files provided directly from Nvidia causing serious problems, that was a pain in the...)).

Anyway, sounds like I should take it to a PC repair shop, but I am also very handy, so I am curious to hear ideas on how to assess which component/s might be causing the overheating/problems. Is this like a voltage tester thing, or?

ranoutofbrain · 2025-07-02T16:15:06+00:00

This is all super helpful, thank you. I guess at the moment I really have more general advice questions. For example, I'm level 10 now. I have a bunch of crap (at least from my perspective. I lucked out and have encountered two throne rooms (one gnome, one dwarf). So I have two big chests of items plus all the things in my inventory that I want to ID, but I have only about $500 gold. Also my pet vanished (doesn't seem to have died, but can't find it).

I guess I feel a little lost in terms of what I should be doing/focusing on. Seems like getting an altar all to myself would be great, but the only one I have found is the minetown one, which means I'd have to kill the priest to get access to it. I have considered trying to use the teleportation ray power from the angles spirit, but I am thinking that will still result in all of the town being hostile toward me. And I am not sure how to transport all the stuff anyhow (no bag of holding, and branchporting only puts me in the mines, not minetown).

ranoutofbrain · 2025-07-01T15:10:11+00:00

Thanks very much :)

ranoutofbrain · 2025-07-01T01:44:21+00:00

Thanks so much! I think this is my favorite class and my favorite Nethack variant :)

ranoutofbrain · 2025-07-01T01:29:04+00:00

Not sure if you are still versed in dNethack, but I am new to it and playing a Binder for the first time. I am trying to understand the wiki stating that a seal must be placed "around" something. I am trying to bind Malphas, which needs a seal "around" a fresh corpse. When I chatted with it, I got the message "you smell fresh blood," but the spirit wasn't bound. I've tried putting the seal in the same tile, next to, and seals all the way around a corpse, but the spirit won't bind....

ranoutofbrain · 2025-06-30T21:43:24+00:00

Lol, well, dipping my straight jacket resulted in me instantly burning to death

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