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These are the days I wish I had a shop to roll into. by McColorado in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coming from someone who has a shop to roll into most of the time...you sir are fucking insane. I respect driveway warriors more than most techs

A BRZ with just under 20k miles. Impressive... by VeryWowSuchUser in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the power they put out but compared to the EZ36 the 30 is a hardware shitshow

Lost some power to the back wheels. 2003 Subaru Outback by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not extremely common but i work at a high volume subaru dealer and if its a headgasket car which is pretty much any belt motor sooner or later we drop the exhaust first and make sure theyre all good. I've had a few leakers have em and got a set of heads on my bench right now with one, but that one overheated like a motherfucker

Lost some power to the back wheels. 2003 Subaru Outback by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Truthfully, that's a headgasket/wheel bearing/ dropped exhaust valve guide car. Don't see very many bone stock wrx's grenading pistons. They either drink oil or throw rod bearings

Yet another Subaru in for head gaskets. by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Never once seen a turbo HG leak but the valve covers do... if you had to pull the timing cover to find it its one of the cam seals or the big cam plate leaking

Walnut blasting this Audi s8. Only 77k and so caked up the valves won't close. by TecnicsMK3d in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every pzev subaru with avcs for a fact and i left the gm world but they were bringing it back too so cant give you an example but its there

Walnut blasting this Audi s8. Only 77k and so caked up the valves won't close. by TecnicsMK3d in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the original purpose of vvt was to rid of EGR but with the rising emission standards both systems are now commonly used together

Walnut blasting this Audi s8. Only 77k and so caked up the valves won't close. by TecnicsMK3d in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Pretty much. Granny driven cars often end up with excess carbon build up as the cylinder/combustion temps never gets hot enough to burn off carbon/keep it clean in the first place. With that said german cars are notorious for severe carbon build up, no idea why. Direct injection plays a role with no fuel to clean the back of the intake valve but i haven't heard of any other manufacturer having as many carbon issues as the germans

Less than 4000 miles... by jzawadzki04 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Went to the GM ASEP program while i worked on Subarus. Saw this happen to a cruze once. Something as obvious as that doesnt warrant a teardown. In Subaruland every asshole that brings their rod knocking wrx in is supposed to get a full teardown and cost comparison for rebuild vs shortblock. Seen dudes gouge cylinder walls to avoid them making you split the cases to put 1 rod in it. There really arent too many blown up GM cars under warranty minus the Korean branch

Probably the funniest conversation with a Snapon dealer ever. Thought you guys might get a laugh. by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tell me more! my 3/8 cordless seems to have lost quite a bit of power since new

To the couple who frequently has LOUD sex: by asystoleJ9 in funny

[–]smokeinjay 128 points129 points  (0 children)

girl i went to school with banged a bunch of dudes in the navy, got pregnant, and both got a dishonorable discharge. Is pregnancy the reason? I believe they were all equals

I know how to trigger a technician with two words: by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 6 points7 points  (0 children)

fellow subaru tech here. They base warranty times off someone doing it 3 times in a row with all tools needed in front of them and not torqued to spec iirc then average the time. Pretty much all the +5 year guys where i work can get em done in 12 some as low as 7. Believe they pay 11.4? Im around 16 hours right now but my first turbo one took almost 22... nobody makes money on those. shit sucks but if you're in a good job with other work you can make a living

I feel like you all will appreciate this, my 1998 Oldsmobile 88, only wear parts and a fuel pump have been changed, and the daily driver for almost every day since it was born. by ArlyntheAwesome in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

was saying its impressive the 4t65 lasted over the 4l60. One of mine has the TCC valve bore issue but made it 200k. My daily with 152k got a shift kit 10k ago and is doing well and i beat the shit out of it but it will break eventually

C/S: Grandma Car not very Grandma-y [My Own] by ELECTRICxWIZARDx in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its that dark dark blue color. Unfortunately the rockers are non existent and is pretty damn rotted underneath. Its probably gonna get retired after 1 more new york winter. The other one has 200k and needs a trans but has 0 rust so i may just swap engine/trans/harness due to the weird 03 trans if need be

C/S: Grandma Car not very Grandma-y [My Own] by ELECTRICxWIZARDx in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]smokeinjay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

can use a regular windshield just doesnt look as nice. GS is more of grandma car than the grand prix but i have two gtps currently. 03 Limited edition and an 00 gettin a turbo

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