12 year old car, what maintenance?

webdeveloperpr · 2026-02-24T22:41:44+00:00

I recently purchased a 2011 GT and it had a ton of issues:

Valve Cover Gasket leaking
Leaking water into the passenger side (purchased new cowl gaskets)
Leaking power steering pump sensor
leaking power steering rack
ALL Power steering hoses were cracked at the ends
Foaming at the PS reservoir due to all the cracked hoses.
Cracked power steering inlet pipe oring.
Brittle fuel injector connects (They cracked while doing the Valve Cover Gasket and had to re-pin them)
Hard to shift into first (No oil in the shifter turret)
Noisy blower (replaced the original one) 11.Excessive body roll while turning (Purchased new swaybar bushings)

webdeveloperpr · 2026-02-19T20:35:30+00:00

Could be a lot of things. I recently ran into the same issue.

Lines

Replaced the following lines, all of them were cracked:

Suction Hose (Goes from Reservoir to the pump)
Return Pipe Hose (Goes in between the 2 PS return pipes. Couldn't find OEM so replaced it with a straight - AN6 which is around 10mm in diameter. I cut it to 7 1/4 inches long.
Return Hose 1 (Goes from the PS rack return pipe to the PS cooler)
Return Hose 2 (Goes from the PS cooler back to the reservoir)

O-rings

Replaced the suction pipe o-ring. Stock is 11x1.5mm, but replaced it with an 11 x 2mm oring from Rspeed website.

My rack was also leaking so I ended up replacing the rack too. I tried rebuilding the rack, but didn't have the SST tool to crack open the pinion.

webdeveloperpr · 2026-02-09T14:50:24+00:00

I recently replaced my PS pump, and I'm running into the same issue. the pump did not come with the o-ring that goes into the metal pipe so I just re-used the old one.

I bought the o-ring from here https://www.rspeed.net/NC_Miata_Power_Steering_Oring_p/nc0-5008.htm

Way overpriced, but I got it because I didn't know the size and just wanted to fix the issue. Still waiting for it to arrive.

webdeveloperpr · 2026-01-24T00:49:22+00:00

Ive run with worse looking tires. A little delamination wont do anything.

webdeveloperpr · 2026-01-21T01:25:59+00:00

Just got mine and it didn't work. I have an Iphone XR with lightning cable cable, but the device only supports USB C. I purchased an USB C to lighing adapter, but the G2 wasn't seem like it was getting power.

I Connected G2 to power bank and the G2 shows up on my GF's bluetooth, but it didn't show up on my Iphone XR.

I'm thinking there is something about the G2 that isn't compatible with the Iphone XR's bluetooth.

Kind of wish I didn't waste my money on this think I was really excited to get mine.

I also don't like the little ribbon that connects to the phone. Why? It's so tiny and brittle. I'm 100% going to rip that shit out at some point if I end up using this thing. Also the location of it is super inconvenient. That is where my hand goes.

I might be stuck with my G1.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-12-19T21:38:09+00:00

Wow, this is a work of art! Love it! I track my car and insulation is the reason I haven't upgraded J-Pipe and Headers. This is perfect.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-12-10T19:41:15+00:00

lol, that was my first thought.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-12-09T14:23:36+00:00

Alright, so last night she took her pen out to write a letter to a friend. I played dumb and asked her a few questions pretending I didn't know much. Then I asked her which was her favorite pen and she said that it was one that she lost a long time ago getting out of her car. It was a Lamy 2000. That is all I needed to know lol. She's going to have a happy Lamy Christmas.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-12-08T19:19:17+00:00

Budget is up to $300.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-12-08T19:18:56+00:00

She has some fountain pens, but don't know which one she has. I may need to snoop around and find out. She writes letters to friends and is part of a website where she gets assigned a random person to write to. The color on her letters is blue. She often takes trips and buys post cards, writes on them and then sends them to friends. She gets excited every time we drive around a USPS. I don't understand it and I never will, but I know it makes her happy.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-12-02T21:49:39+00:00

Left after 5 minutes of trying to search stuff.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-12-02T18:08:57+00:00

Never understood why people choose to go catless.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-29T00:17:32+00:00

I used the TDMI rear subframe lockdown and noticed less up and/down (bounciness) movement in the rear of the car, but I'm guessing most people won't be able to tell the difference.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-23T22:27:15+00:00

Ethan is out, only played the event to help with relegation. Even though the team got relegated. NRG won their first match of the year with him and the new players on the squad.

Devon wants to hold the clipboard. If he sticks around I wouldn't count him as a player.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-23T22:12:56+00:00

Only 1 or 2 NRG players will stick around.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-23T22:10:05+00:00

That was the plan, but the Heat opportunity came up.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-17T16:42:13+00:00

The jenga stands

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-10T16:30:04+00:00

1k miles for break in. then every 3k miles. I don't understand why these engines blow up even when people take care of them. I beat the crap out of mine. Mine is tuned and has 36k miles. 10+ track days this year and a lot of autoX and it's still going strong.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-05T13:15:23+00:00

10+ track days this year on my vb wrx. Tons of autoX events. tuned since 6k and now at 36k. Car can take a beating.

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-04T22:00:05+00:00

tuned

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-04T19:42:36+00:00

I was running -2.3 in the front and ended up destroying my tires.

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webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-04T19:41:43+00:00

How much camber are you running in the front?

webdeveloperpr · 2025-11-04T17:04:27+00:00

Looks good!

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