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Old 06-17-2022, 02:45 AM   #21 (permalink)
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I watched the Engineering Explained video he shared first.

How would the catch can help my driveway?
If the engine is consuming oil then it is fouling all kinds of things, including the atmosphere.
If the engine is leaking oil the can wouldn't make a difference.
People with turbos can use catch cans because they can have pressure in the wrong places, causing leaks, and blowing seals.

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Old 06-17-2022, 07:38 AM   #22 (permalink)
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I have a 2018 Honda CRV with 1.5L turbo direct injection. I put an oil catch can on it "just in case". In 6 months, there wasn't enough oil in the can to cover the bottom of the can, so I took it off. The new engines don't seem to need a catch can. The catch can is to stop oil from fouling the back of the intake valves. I don't see the help in your case.
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Old 07-01-2022, 02:48 AM   #24 (permalink)
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All three of his or her posts are exactly the same.

He or she is 3 different people's biggest fan?
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I quoted that expecting the post to have lost it's place in the queue this morning.
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Old 07-14-2022, 10:16 PM   #26 (permalink)
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AutoZone allegedly didn't have a UV leak detection kit.

Their site shows otherwise, but their monkey said they only had refrigerant systems, which was all that I found going up and down every aisle in the store 3 times.

People say that you can find leaks just by cleaning the component, but this is easier--especially since you don't need to clean it first!

I spent hours cleaning!

I had really hoped to put dye in the engine and transmission, crank up the heater, turn on the defroster, and help dry and air out my car while telling the leaks "Warriors, come out to play!"

Edit! I ordered it off of Amazon because I couldn't find a decent deal that shipped faster elsewhere, but it won't be here for at least a week.

My brother's new recliner was supposed to be here yesterday, but is still processing.

Walmart claimed that the last popcorn that I ordered for my brother's birthday arrived today, but we never saw it, and nobody walked up that hour. Walmart says that if you cannot find it ask your neighbors and wait 2 days. Sometimes there is premature annotation.

If my neighbors received it they ate it before I saw the notification.

If their deliverer reported it delivered before actually delivering it then that is their problem. I requested a refund, but since it is third-party, Walmart requested a refund, and the vendor has 48 hours to consider it.

Great.

I complained extensively and they gave me a $10 credit.

I ordered the Reece's Pieces popcorn off of eBay for 57% more, but it is supposed to arrive sooner than Amazon.

I ordered epsom salts for my brother and they are delayed, but those were just one-pound bags for when we visit my sister, so that doesn't matter.

My carpet cleaner is somewhere in Arizona.

Supposedly both of my sisters received the cookies and cream popcorn that I sent them, but neither of them mentioned it, even when I brought it up.

Why do I do nice things for them?

My brother likes to collect sports stuff. He keeps asking for baseball bats (and toy guns), but considering how messy his room is, I hate the idea of getting a baseball bat in the shin.

He periodically pulls out a flat ball and a hand pump, but the hand pump doesn't work. I took it apart and the gasket was broken. I couldn't find any of my gasket kits. It was too late to buy another gasket, so I asked him to leave it out, and he immediately put it away.

He tried again tonight, so I tried to pull up hand pumps on Amazon, but of course, most of those are Chinese and\or false positives.

I opened 4 windows with name brands, deleted everything else from the windows, tried to move each tab to one window, but they just disappeared, and I couldn't get them back.

One brand I found was Wilson, but Wilson wasn't an option, so I didn't specify brands.

I just deleted all of the false positives and Chinese products.

With 25 results per page, I only had 1-4 left, so I tiled those, and had my brother pick.

I sure hope he likes it (and that it lasts for a long time), I spent too long presenting his options!

I received my saw guide last night. Amazon claims that it delivered my timing belt kit on July 6th and my head gasket kit July 3rd.

I opened the timing-belt-kit-shaped box that weighed as much as a timing belt kit that has been next to me since July 6th and guess what? It was a timing belt kit!

I found the head gasket kit on my work table in the garage. I absolutely do not remember receiving it. Clearly someone else picked up the package and put it there.

My evil twin?!

Or am I the evil one?!

When I find the wingnut tool I will put everything in the trunk of the 2002 Civic.

I need to finish going through the replacement thread and try to track down that weird tool.

I washed dishes for 4 hours on Wednesday and ordered an anti-fatigue mat.
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Old 07-20-2022, 11:21 PM   #27 (permalink)
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The ebay popcorn arrived, but we never saw it, so I requested a refund.
I haven't heard back.

My brother's recliner supposedly arrived yesterday--in Benton, Mississippi.

They are supposed to refund me.

Mom interrupted me shampooing her car and had me drive us to Dairy Queen.

I don't allow anyone to eat in my Camry, but Mom dripped their sundaes all over herself and my car.

An employee apologized and informed us that her coworker gave our burgers to someone else, so I told my family to eat their ice cream.

It would probably make less of a mess than letting them drip.

When we got home I used the shampooer, wrapped their seatbelts around the door, and hosed them off.

I spent hours finding a recliner for my brote--for the fourth time.

I ordered a Lazy Boy, which has a lifetime warranty, so hopefully I don't need to deal with this again anytime soon.

I desperately wanted to use the dye, run my car for ten minutes, and finally track down the leaks, but I wanted to know how much to use.

I read that you are supposed to use an ounce for every gallon or something, so I bought a big bottle, but it just says one ounce per system.

I should have 1.1 quarts of power steering fluid, 4.5 quarts of oil, and 6.4 quarts of ATF.

How do those use the same amount of dye?

Sure, it will work, but wouldn't power steering leaks show up 5.5 times as brightly as ATF leaks?

I pulled the numbers out of the owner's and factory service manuals, grabbed my stuff, and left to see my second client.

A beige F150 cut me off and maintained 51 MPH in a 65 until I passed him.

Six vehicles passed both of us before the passing lane ended.

Then I got stuck behind a Jeep maintaining 41 MPH.

I finally passed him and got stuck behind a house.

A freaking house!

I saw my client and Mom had me stop for a single solitary tomato that she won't even use tonight.

It was hours to late to shampoo her car.

The UV dye would probably fluoresce better at night, but I see better during the day!

I trimmed the damaged piece of hood insulation. I bought insulation from a junkyard, but I need to buy the clip tool.

I sanded where I repaired the bumper corner and put a screw, washers, and a nut in there.

Now it doesn't look worse than the rest of the car!
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Old 07-21-2022, 12:44 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Thank you for oversharing.

I sat in a nice white leather office chair at Goodwill today. IIRC $50-ish. The one I sit in all day was $8.
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Old 07-21-2022, 01:52 AM   #29 (permalink)
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It's aggravating. I work two jobs, but between them they are absolutely part-time. How did I only see 2 clients and fix a few odds and ends on my car today?!

This was right-side-up on my laptop!


Mom opened the anti-fatigue mat, had my brother hide it in the garage, and then told him to throw it away when I brought it out.


Can you see my engine insulation's bald spot?


The battery strap, bolts, and nuts were corroded, so I used a wire cup attachment and my cordless screwdriver, and then soaked it in Ospho.

I need to sand and repaint my front bumper--and my back bumper--and the roof.

Steam and my power brush sanded the paint a bit. At least there is less Gorilla Tape adhesive!
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Old 07-21-2022, 03:24 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Lots of non-sequiturs I'm not following here.

Something about a used recliner.

The anti-fatigue mat was to fill in gaps in the engine insulation, and your mom wanted to sabotage that effort by telling your brother to throw it away?

The partially disassembled lawnmower in the kitchen played what role in that story?

A 1999 Accord doesn't need anything except to run reasonably well. Adhesive residue is the lowest concern a 1999 Accord has, but can easily be remedied with adhesive remover. Perhaps even gasoline, though I've never tried such a thing. I only know gasoline dissolves many things, some of which you'd rather didn't dissolve.

Speaking of which, I currently have too much styrofoam and no convenient way to dispose of it...

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