Kennykid2002

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Just thought I'd share, cos im bored

I finaly hit 60K right when I got to my house and driving into my garage
Not an achievement or anything, but I thought it was cool lol




Recently done:
New Tires
New oil pan
Spark Plugs
Oil Change
Transmission Fluid
Windshield Fluid? LOL
Big 3

Recent problems:
Driver side window motor
SRS Light went off

To be done:
SRI Install
Brake pads
Fix window motor


Dad bought this in 2003 brand new, gave it to me in summer 2008 with 39K miles on it
This car is so high maintenance
I wanna get rid of it and get a 2009 Scion TC in manual

lazlong

Yuck, a Volvo! At least your safe. lol. At least they won't pull you over for being rice in that thing.

xRiCeBoYx

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60K? That's it?

I was mad that I forgot to snap a pic of my 100,000 mark, as well as hitting 111,111

What did you do to your oil pan that warranted a new one? just curious.

lazlong

Didn't even see that but, interested minds want to know.

Kennykid2002

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Volvo's my dads....because he gave me the civic, he bought a crappy car for $1500 since all he does is drive to work and back

Lol, yeah, it's super low mileage, would have been lower if it was never handed down to me though XD

Oil pan....man that was a big mess
So, before the car was handed down to me, oil change was done at a shop (Dont know who, or which shop)
After checking the oil, it was dark and nasty, and my dad told me it was done at 35k miles. It was changed by me at 45k miles. When i changed it, bolt was stripped, and there was a tiny crack below the bolt.
I bought a new bolt, put it in and left it alone, didnt over torque it no drips
At 50k miles i get mail from local honda dealer saying "$15 dollars for oil change, including oil"
I go "Why not? the change is cheaper than the oil I buy"

So, I go to dealer, long story short, crack turned into a broken metal piece, so they tightened it back up and would not proceed with oil change and gave me a $650 replacement cost
I said "No, it never dripped before I came" they come back at me with a 20% off, $550
I drove off, with a minor drip, went home to check it out, became a leak, drove to my friend's shop had it replaced for $400

Morale of story? Change your own dam oil

Kennykid2002

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Btw, I just remembered

Don't overlook these volvo's the turbo'd ones are pretty dam fast :P

xRiCeBoYx

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Lol, ain't that some ****. I woulda just told them to sell me the oil pan for $200 ($50 below list price), stopped by autozone for a tube of RTV, and did it myself in my driveway.

Kennykid2002

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Yeah, cept i didnt have a lift, or any jack that could put my car high enough to drain all the oil, remove the downpipe, and get to the oil pan, and it was dripping like mad all over my drive way, so whatever :X

xRiCeBoYx

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I don't recall having to take the downpipe off when I de-turbo'd my car. I had to swap the oil pan and turbo manifold for a non-tapped pan and header.. I did that in my driveway with jack stands

oh well, it's all in the past now, right?

lazlong

Word to the wise: Was at Wal-mart one time and watched the lube tech put the drain plug back in with the air gun and totally stripped it out. I turned to the guy next to me and said, "I'd be mad if that was my Benz." He said,"HOLY S**T! That's mine!" Manager said your just gonna have to sue us and we'll put it behind the other 3M lawsuits.

xRiCeBoYx

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drain plug with an impact wrench!?? w..t...f........

Thank JEEBUS I know what the hell I'm doing around a car...

Kennykid2002

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Dayum talk about FML LOL

Yeah, you should never use power tools on a drain plug

Mine was so stripped i could barely fit the socket in :S

Kennykid2002

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Time to revive my uber old thread!

Just hit 68k! (and remembered to take a pic) lol

So, 10 months for me to get 8k mileage, which is not bad at all



I still havent fixed my driver side window lmfao
SRS light has yet to be fixed :P

iSharix

I SEE DoMOooOO !

CiviStang

Yo if all you need is the motor and not the entire regulator, i got one laying in the garage . not to hard of a fix man.. why so lazy? i mean 8000 miles and you seriously still have to open the door at the drivethru.. really.. LULZ

Kennykid2002

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To be honest, I'm not sure what exactly is the problem
I'm just lazy because I got other priorities before it.

I'm going by:
If it aint broke, don't fix it.

Window still goes up and down, just driver side takes maybe 10 seconds slower than the passenger side. I can deal with that

Therefore, my laziness is justified

jono237

i got the 111111 im way past that now tho