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Hello. My name is Dan, and today I doomsday prepped

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  • B
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    #209

    Verifying the cooling system is bled is a legit reason to put a couple miles on the car.

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      Daggerty
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      #210

      If it was a rusted out Chevy cruze LTZ+ do you think they would've taken it for a test drive?

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      • JdesignJ
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        Jdesign
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        #211

        Looks great. White cars rule. If there was no damage done in the 3 miles it moved I wouldn't question it, probably just stoked to have an E30 in their shop. 😄

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        • straight6pwrS
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          straight6pwr
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          #212

          uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy

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          Dan
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          • KaiserRollsK
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            straight6pwr said:

            uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy

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            Ask Ben if you can borrow his temp gun

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            • EarlE
              EarlE
              Earl
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              #214

              Is that coolant spritzed all over there? Heater hose spring a leak?

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                Can you at least pinpoint the source of the leak? Or does the manifold have to come off

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                • GunMetalGreyG
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                  straight6pwr said:

                  uh oh. just got home, smelled some coolant in the last mile and the temp gauge was above half. #saturdayinjeapardy

                  KaiserRolls said:

                  Ask Ben if you can borrow his temp gun

                  Yeah, you need to make sure that it's actually overheating and not just the cluster. Chances are it's not actually overheating. Did you check the temp with a gun yet to make sure it's overheating? Because it may be a loose nut on the cluster. Did you verify the temp yet? I would probably hit it with a temp gun to ensure that it's actually overheating.

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                  • m42b32M
                    m42b32M
                    m42b32
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                    #217

                    Nooooo, maybe it wasn't bled properly and got hot?

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                    • KaiserRollsK
                      KaiserRollsK
                      KaiserRolls
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                      #218

                      Pretty much anytime you want to do something on these cars the manifold has to come off

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                      • KaiserRollsK
                        KaiserRollsK
                        KaiserRolls
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                        #219

                        That spray pattern is odd. Coolant spider hose dealio may have split?

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                        • straight6pwrS
                          straight6pwrS
                          straight6pwr
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                          #220

                          lol @ temp gun. the car did not overheat at all. was between 1/2 and 3/4 mark when I got home.

                          got up early and looked at it before work today.

                          KaiserRolls said:

                          That spray pattern is odd. Coolant spider hose dealio may have split?

                          correct.  spider hose split @ the heater core inlet pipe.

                          i ordered one (and intake mani gaskets) with overnight shipping, but i don't think I'll have time to dive in and get the manifold off to replace it.  without removing the manifold, i SHOULD be able to pull both heater core hoses from below and just connect them together (temporarily bypassing the heater core) to get me by for Saturday. i was able to pull them when I replaced my heater core, I just don't know how much room/slack they have for connecting them together.

                          if anyone knows what internal size those hoses are off the top of their head, it would help on my lunch time quest for a fitting at the hardware store. 5/8" or 3/4" is my guess.

                          Dan
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                          • KaiserRollsK
                            KaiserRollsK
                            KaiserRolls
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                            #221

                            If you have the tiniest hands in the history of the universe you could probably do it with the manifold on lol. I am not that sneaky.

                            I can try and sneak home for lunch and take some pics

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                              Daggerty
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                              Just take the manifold off it's not that bad.

                              I have a car that can be cannibalized for parts by your car lmk if you need anything.

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                                Daggerty
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                                #223

                                This was probably because of the body shop driving it around.

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                                • B
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                                  B C
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                                  #224

                                  E30 Heater Core is 3/4" Heater hose

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                                  • KaiserRollsK
                                    KaiserRollsK
                                    KaiserRolls
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                                    #225

                                    Snap saves my lunch plans hooray. Also contributes to the type2 epidemic

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                                    • straight6pwrS
                                      straight6pwrS
                                      straight6pwr
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                                      #226

                                      Daggerty said:

                                      Just take the manifold off it's not that bad.

                                      I have a car that can be cannibalized for parts by your car lmk if you need anything.

                                      i have literally 2.5 hours of day light when I get home on Thursday to get this fixed. i've never pulled an m50/s50 manifold, so I know it will be slower than that the first time around.

                                      Snap said:

                                      E30 Heater Core is 3/4" Heater hose

                                      thank you sir!!!!!

                                      KaiserRolls said:

                                      If you have the tiniest hands in the history of the universe you could probably do it with the manifold on lol. I am not that sneaky.

                                      I can try and sneak home for lunch and take some pics

                                      like i said, i got the heater hoses on/off when I did the heater core from underneath so i'm crossing my fingers (i have big hands, btw)

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                                      Dan
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                                      • KaiserRollsK
                                        KaiserRollsK
                                        KaiserRolls
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                                        #227

                                        Manifold is super easy job Dan

                                        A few manifold nuts

                                        Fuel lines

                                        Throttle body

                                        Vac line for FPR

                                        ICV line to bottom of manifold

                                        Bosh style connector on back of mani

                                        That's about all I can think of

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                                        • GunMetalGreyG
                                          GunMetalGreyG
                                          GunMetalGrey
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                                          #228

                                          KaiserRolls said:

                                          Manifold is super easy job Dan

                                          A few manifold nuts

                                          Fuel lines

                                          Throttle body

                                          Vac line for FPR

                                          ICV line to bottom of manifold

                                          Bosh style connector on back of mani

                                          That's about all I can think of

                                          Notes:
                                          You can also just remove the two nuts that hold the injector rail in place and wedge that out of the way. No fuel anywhere.
                                          You can remove the throttle cable from the throttle body instead of removing the whole thing. I think that's about a horse a piece. 

                                          It is quite easy though, pending your wiring harness cover setup you may have to remove the cover.

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