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1:02 AM
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 damn - that sucks. Sorry.
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 I’m 550 miles into an 840 mile road trip to Black Hawk, CO for a Solstice owners meetup. It’s gorgeous. And the GXP is doing great.
I assume you did a compression test and checked the plugs. (Ducks)
 
 
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1:51 PM
What are car wheels called that are borderline spokeless? The car was debadged so I don't have much to work with.
 
 
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2:56 PM
@William Can you post a photo?
I went to a local WW2 re-enactment thing yesterday. At which there were several lovely pre-war cars. I now want a pre-war car...
 
I went back for a picture and well it was gone :(
This is really close
 
3:57 PM
@3Dave - You better duck, Mister! ... (yah, didn't compression test didn't happen ... but a good reminder)
 
 
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5:24 PM
@William That's slick.
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 But, if you've got oil coming out of the front there's not a lot of possibilities. Did the engine come with a warranty? (A lot of places offer a 30 or 90 day warranty on pulls.)
I am now in Castle Rock, CO. Made it ~630 miles yesterday, stopped at a restaurant to grab a beer and some food. Lessons learned:
1. A beer at 5800 feet is significantly more potent than the same beer at 500 feet (Dallas).
2. If you are from, or have lived in, Texas, do not order a steak at a restaurant attached to a Holiday Inn Express.
3. It was a good thing the restaurant was attached to said Holiday Inn Express. See #1.
 
 
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8:09 PM
@3Dave - There is a 30 day warranty ... BUT ... there's also the stipulation the installer must be ASE certified.
@3Dave - Lightweight.
 
Does the "Holiday Inn Express" has a certain reputation?
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Do you have perhaps a ASE certified friend at hand?
@3Dave I once opened a bottle of wine with my father-in-law at some low mountain-peak (~2900 m). My blood pressure was not amused.
 
8:28 PM
@Myself - Actually, not that I'm aware of ... I'm not overly worried about it. I'll check the crank. If there's runout, then I will. If there isn't, I'll just replace the seal. If that indeed is where it's leaking. I'm getting some UV dye tonight so I can throw it in there and see if I can pin it down better.
I cannot see much of anything with the timing belt covers on there.
The real reason it's hard to figure out is, where the leak is exhibiting itself is off of the lower A-Arm ... I see it drip, but have no idea from where. I know there isn't oil in the A-Arm, so have to look somewhere else ... ;-)
 
 
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9:44 PM
@Myself Sounds fun. :)
I hadn't even thought about blood pressure. That would explain quite a bit. :/
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Do you have one of the UV dye kits? they work VERY well. I got one off of Amazon for around $30, I think - it came with the dye, the UV flashlight, and the filter goggles. I've used it several times. Makes finding an oil or AC leak pretty trivial.
 
@3Dave - I'm going over to AutoZone this evening to get one.
 
10:04 PM
@Myself 2900m is "low?"
 
@3Dave - He's in Northern Italy ... thar be a few mountains there, I think ;-)
 
10:31 PM
@BobCross - Thanks for the suggestion on the Fix-A-Flat question ... I think that's what you were suggesting.
 

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