"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
05/25/2020 at 21:05 • Filed to: The Hot Mess
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"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
05/25/2020 at 21:05 • Filed to: The Hot Mess | 9
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I took 0 pictures so here is a dog.
The parking brake doesn’t work yet. I need to pull the battery so it “forgets” its calibration and recalibrates.
The cooling system is empty because I don’t have any distilled water. Also apparently I’m going to have to do a lot of dicking around to get it because everywhere I’ve checked has limits on how much water you can buy. Apparently there is some pandemic or something?
New intake was a bit of a pain to get on, but it is on.
Spark plugs looked varying shades of gross. Two had oil ingress from the valve cover gasket, but I’m not dealing with it now.
Brake pedal went to the floor for... some reason. The calipers aren’t leaking, so my guess it is them filling/re-extending. This is my first ever 4-corner brake job so... don’t really know what to expect there.
Overall: GREAT SUCCESS. It doesn’t feel like one becau se I’m tired, but I’ll be happy tomorrow once I get some coolant and water and sleep.
MM54
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 21:12 |
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Good to hear!
If you pushed the pistons back in while changing brakes, the first pump or two of the pedal will go to the floor as they fill back up (taking up the slack between piston/pad/rotor)
as you suspect
. If it keeps it up then something is awry.
PyramidHat
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 21:13 |
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So, with the 25 feet of coolant line, are you facing issues with bleeding air from the system?
dogisbadob
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 21:13 |
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You can’t get 50/50
coolant?
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> dogisbadob
05/25/2020 at 21:21 |
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Unless the jag takes something special, I would recommend this too.
Chariotoflove
> dogisbadob
05/25/2020 at 21:27 |
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First thing I thought of too. Hopefully no one is drinking all that.
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Chariotoflove
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 21:28 |
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More productive holiday than anyone’s I know. Good job.
Noodles
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 21:32 |
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Your dog looks like our dog.
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> dogisbadob
05/25/2020 at 21:53 |
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Yes but I don’t want to because reasons.
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> Noodles
05/25/2020 at 21:55 |
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baaaw let that doggo out
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 21:59 |
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Because you want to save 9 bucks?
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Noodles
05/25/2020 at 22:00 |
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A dog that stays IN the crate? This cannot be
BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 22:10 |
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Dude, that seems really rough for a not that old Jag.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 22:12 |
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$9/gallon, yes. Also because I’m not confidant I can get all of the water out of the system, the best way to get a 50/50 mix is to flush with distilled water, drain it, then add 1/2 the total cooling system volume in pure coolant and top off with water.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 22:24 |
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I just put the pink stuff in my wife's car and the green stuff in my pickup, both premix. Of course I don't own a supercharged large(r) displacement Jag so I suppose it's more critical on your vehicle than a Corolla
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Noodles
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 22:41 |
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He feels safe in the crate because George Lucas will fuck him up.
That's George. She's a freaking panther.
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Noodles
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 22:43 |
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The cat hates him. It's better this way. He has a perimeter collar so he's only in the crate at night
jminer
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 22:54 |
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4 corner brake jobs I’ve done in the past the pedal always goes to the floor the first time after you start the car. Pump it slowly a few times to let it build up pressure hopefully without creating any bubbling in the lines and then check fluid. From there everything has always been fine for me (unless there was an underlying issue).
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> PyramidHat
05/25/2020 at 23:03 |
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Haven’t gotten that far yet haha
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
05/25/2020 at 23:23 |
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Ehh just a lot of deferred maintenance plus some preventative
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PyramidHat
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/25/2020 at 23:52 |
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When I redid the cooling system on the Z3, I was introduced to this concept. Up to this point, it was full unti it doesn’t take water anymore...now it’s,”it must be a 50/50 mix and burped....complicated.
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> PyramidHat
05/26/2020 at 00:44 |
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Haha yeah the cooling system on the Land Rover were infamously complicated so I was somewhat indoctrinated in the world of silly cooling systems back then. I have a vacuum filler thing, although I’ve never had great luck with it, so I’ll probably give that a go.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/26/2020 at 11:56 |
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d og - is good
cat - TBD