Evo X upgrades

[mlomker]

My beater just overheated. I suppose it's most likely the water pump but in the past when that was the issue the belt would break...it didn't in this case. After work I'll check the fluid level then maybe try pulling the thermostat? Of course I don't keep SAE tools in the car.

It just figures...

[Kracka]

Are any of us X guys driving our cars right now? LOL Yours is down, Murlo's is down, Scheides' is in his garage missing body panels, and mine is in today for warranty work...

[simulatedwood]

Are any of us X guys driving our cars right now? LOL Yours is down, Murlo's is down, Scheides' is in his garage missing body panels, and mine is in today for warranty work...

LOL, Mine is being driven..but the having a new Baby in the fam, has restricted it's driving duties to getting groceries, and baby things. It will be resuming it normal flogging on the 24th when I start going back to work. Ha!

[Murlo26]

Are any of us X guys driving our cars right now? LOL Yours is down, Murlo's is down, Scheides' is in his garage missing body panels, and mine is in today for warranty work...

Sigh, tell me about it, X's are newer but are down more than the 8/9's right now it seems, lol.

[mlomker]

After some reflection, I realize that I started hearing pulley noise under the hood a good week ago. I figured it was A/C (that I know doesn't work) so I ignored it. Same sort of thing happened with my BMW a few years ago...ignored that sound and it got me.

I'm going to try to limp it a mile to a garage in Eagan. More money that I didn't need to be spending. Ugh. I own two cars but I'm calling around for a rental. Somewhat amusing, but only a little bit.

[Murlo26]

As soon as i get my evo running correctly and "reliably" and recoup the costs of the motor build...I am buying a good DD, something relatively new, 2000 and up at least.

Sure my car was just fully overhauled and is working great...but it is still old, so it is a matter of time before something else goes.

Your luck continues, just like mine ;) At least your neck doesn't hurt.

[mlomker]

At least your neck doesn't hurt.

What sucks is that water pumps are like $29 (on Internet parts sites). The problem is that I don't know how to replace one and even if I did I probably couldn't do it in some random parking lot here.

It should cost a lot less to fix an American car anyway. It ended up being $800 on the BMW for a water pump, belt, and fluids.

[FattyBoomBatty]

Just do it yourself and learn how as you go. That's how I learned. Keep it up and pretty soon you'll have a low paying physical labor job like me too!

[mlomker]

Just do it yourself and learn how as you go. That's how I learned.

This would be the perfect car to learn on, too. If I had a garage (or even a driveway), a second car to run for parts in, and a way to trailer it home then I would. The reality is that I'm stranded at home right now and don't have the other two things.

I just got the $800 estimate. Holy shit. Between this bill and the stereo I've doubled the price of the car.

[Murlo26]

This would be the perfect car to learn on, too. If I had a garage (or even a driveway), a second car to run for parts in, and a way to trailer it home then I would. The reality is that I'm stranded at home right now and don't have the other two things.

I just got the $800 estimate. Holy shit. Between this bill and the stereo I've doubled the price of the car.

This is the shitty part about owning a cheap car...things are just waiting to break.

i hope i luck out on mine...the body damage from the accident is ghetto fixed and i spent 400 on parts to fix all the maintenance stuff.

Why is it so much to fix? Seems awfully high. Just labor?