I changed my own engine oil for the first time.

[Meaker]

I've always had a service plan and had someone else do it but today I changed it myself for the first time 🙂

[kojack]

15 hours ago, Meaker said:

I've always had a service plan and had someone else do it but today I changed it myself for the first time 🙂

Careful it's a slippery slope. Next up you will be doing supercharger installs etc. ha ha.  That's what happened to me.  At 10 I started tinkering with my ATV's and snowmobiles.  By 14, I was tuing my clutches and gearing etc.  By 20 I was building JDM hotrods to blow the doors of the "fast" mustangs, cameros etc.  They used to say there is no replacement for displacement,  I said sure there is knowledge and forced induction. ha ha.  

[raptorddd]

On 8/22/2024 at 9:50 AM, Meaker said:

I've always had a service plan and had someone else do it but today I changed it myself for the first time 🙂

congratulations. there is easy to do things on a car but at times you need someone else to do the job. i for one suck as a mechanic every time i am down working on it i get nausea.

[incendery]

good on you 🙂 always a bit nerve wracking doing it for the first time

seconding what kojack said with the slippery slope 😂

[Meaker]

Well I replaced the cluster, took off the steering wheel to be sent off for re-wrapping, fitted a new centre computer, fixed the speakers inside. Then I replaced the fuel pump, fit a front strut brace and gapped/fitted the spark plugs with a new set of coils where I replaced the connectors on teh harness. So I think I am further down this slope already! I need help 😄

[ryan]

Some people have the brains others the beauty. Luckily I have neither..good job meaker I would have done something wrong and had to of cross referenced youtube..I just replaced my rear disc brakes on my bike...2 bolts lol, even an idiot can do it...hence why I succeeded 

[Eban]

4 hours ago, Meaker said:

 gapped/fitted the spark plugs with a new set of coils 

 

Spark plugs AND coils?....what car you driving?

[kojack]

Could be a jeep, VW or bmw product.  They all have coil packs and spark plugs. My audi has nice red coil packs on top of it's plugs.  Look legit.  ha ha.  

[Meaker]

10 hours ago, Eban said:

 

Spark plugs AND coils?....what car you driving?

 

Hyundai veloster turbo.

[kojack]

I always thought those were cool cars.  Anything done or completely stock?

[Meaker]

2 hours ago, kojack said:

I always thought those were cool cars.  Anything done or completely stock?

 

Engine mods:

Bored out 0.5mm

10:1 compression

forged pistons and rods

beehive valve springs

ported exhaust ports and turbo inlet on manifold

Hybrid/stuffed turbo

 

Performance parts:

 

Front mount horizontal intercooler with GFB blow off valve/recirc (can choose percentage of each)

Sports cat downpipe

Borla touring exhaust

K&N intake with cold air coming in from where the intercooler used to be

DW300c fuel pump

M45XL spark plugs

 

Over 250 BHP and 300Ft/lbs in a 1250kg car.

[aldarxt]

22 hours ago, Meaker said:

 

Engine mods:

Bored out 0.5mm

10:1 compression

forged pistons and rods

beehive valve springs

ported exhaust ports and turbo inlet on manifold

Hybrid/stuffed turbo

 

Performance parts:

 

Front mount horizontal intercooler with GFB blow off valve/recirc (can choose percentage of each)

Sports cat downpipe

Borla touring exhaust

K&N intake with cold air coming in from where the intercooler used to be

DW300c fuel pump

M45XL spark plugs

 

Over 250 BHP and 300Ft/lbs in a 1250kg car.

Do you ever get the feeling you are in a slingshot? Pedal to the Metal!

[raptorddd]

i always take picture before i remove anything . and download a 1A auto video from you tube. follow step by step. technology here is helpimg alot 

[6730b]

Just another small 'first time' car story, the windscreen on my van over the years severely worn by microscopic traces from the wiper blades. 100% impossible to see them in normal use, but when a low sun shines from a certain direction I get ***completely*** blinded by a million of minuscule stripes, literally lethally dangerous.

Long ago windscreen repairshops offered polishing service, but no longer, they rahther sell a 1500 $ new glass. Alternative would be to throw a stone and claim damage from insurance (new screen with just a small % to pay personally), but nope, am staying legit in life.
 

The windscreen otherwise fine, decided to try glass polishing at home. Initial tests seemed that at least the special polish compound did no damage, so gave it some hours of repeated polish\clean\re-polish etc. Zero experience in polishing work, so will see in the coming days if it was worth it.

[Meaker]

On 8/25/2024 at 8:40 PM, 6730b said:

Just another small 'first time' car story, the windscreen on my van over the years severely worn by microscopic traces from the wiper blades. 100% impossible to see them in normal use, but when a low sun shines from a certain direction I get ***completely*** blinded by a million of minuscule stripes, literally lethally dangerous.

Long ago windscreen repairshops offered polishing service, but no longer, they rahther sell a 1500 $ new glass. Alternative would be to throw a stone and claim damage from insurance (new screen with just a small % to pay personally), but nope, am staying legit in life.
 

The windscreen otherwise fine, decided to try glass polishing at home. Initial tests seemed that at least the special polish compound did no damage, so gave it some hours of repeated polish\clean\re-polish etc. Zero experience in polishing work, so will see in the coming days if it was worth it.

Let us know, mine is not great either to be fair.

[kojack]

On 8/24/2024 at 11:09 AM, Meaker said:

 

Engine mods:

Bored out 0.5mm

10:1 compression

forged pistons and rods

beehive valve springs

ported exhaust ports and turbo inlet on manifold

Hybrid/stuffed turbo

 

Performance parts:

 

Front mount horizontal intercooler with GFB blow off valve/recirc (can choose percentage of each)

Sports cat downpipe

Borla touring exhaust

K&N intake with cold air coming in from where the intercooler used to be

DW300c fuel pump

M45XL spark plugs

 

Over 250 BHP and 300Ft/lbs in a 1250kg car.

4 cyl are so much fun.  I had a 2000 integra. I pulled the b18b got a crv 2.0 block, used endyn / eagle internals, endyn modified jackon racing supercharger 25 psi from the SC and JDM type R exhaust/intake. Used Hondata for tuning.  I had 400 plus WHP on pump gas. Needless to say that v8 some boosted were not an issue for me.  After that I had a Subaru Legacy GT (RSK conversion) with a twin turbo setup with a turbo on each bank of cyls.  was a wild setup.  Had 500whp on that one.  Crazy fun.  AWD automatic 4 door.  Nobody suspected that one.  These days I am SLOWED considerably. 

[raptorddd]

On 8/25/2024 at 12:40 PM, 6730b said:

Just another small 'first time' car story, the windscreen on my van over the years severely worn by microscopic traces from the wiper blades. 100% impossible to see them in normal use, but when a low sun shines from a certain direction I get ***completely*** blinded by a million of minuscule stripes, literally lethally dangerous.

Long ago windscreen repairshops offered polishing service, but no longer, they rahther sell a 1500 $ new glass. Alternative would be to throw a stone and claim damage from insurance (new screen with just a small % to pay personally), but nope, am staying legit in life.
 

The windscreen otherwise fine, decided to try glass polishing at home. Initial tests seemed that at least the special polish compound did no damage, so gave it some hours of repeated polish\clean\re-polish etc. Zero experience in polishing work, so will see in the coming days if it was worth it.

i didnt know they had glass polish. 

our car has that same scratches on windshield. 

lets see if it worked or maybe it depends of how deep the scratches are.

[kojack]

On 8/27/2024 at 3:38 PM, raptorddd said:

i didnt know they had glass polish. 

our car has that same scratches on windshield. 

lets see if it worked or maybe it depends of how deep the scratches are.

If you can hook your fingernail in them, no polish is taking them out.  if they are light swirls, you have a chance. 

[6730b]

 

12 hours ago, kojack said:

f you can hook your fingernail in them, no polish is taking them out. 

Correct, it's for microscopic lines from wiper use. As mentionned, they are totally invisible and un-fealeable ...until a low sun hits from front. The compound's polishing material\particles says size 3 μ, if I get it right = 0,003 mm = polishing to restore clear surface, not remove 'real' scratches, never meant to take a away 1\2 mm of glass :O) Well, maybe if one used 100 liters and polished daily for a few months :O) btw, tested the stuff on some (plastic) protection googles (angle grinder work etc), gave them a second life.

1st impression after windscreen polish is positive, very good amelioration and no ill effects. But have yet to drive into the exact problematic strong low-sun condition, will see if needing a few more rounds of polish.

[incendery]

7 hours ago, 6730b said:

 

Correct, it's for microscopic lines from wiper use. As mentionned, they are totally invisible and un-fealeable ...until a low sun hits from front. The compound's polishing material\particles says size 3 μ, if I get it right = 0,003 mm = polishing to restore clear surface, not remove 'real' scratches, never meant to take a away 1\2 mm of glass :O) Well, maybe if one used 100 liters and polished daily for a few months :O) btw, tested the stuff on some (plastic) protection googles (angle grinder work etc), gave them a second life.

1st impression after windscreen polish is positive, very good amelioration and no ill effects. But have yet to drive into the exact problematic strong low-sun condition, will see if needing a few more rounds of polish.

interested to hear how this goes, I have some terrible scratches on the rear window that make it impossible to see through in the right lighting.

[6730b]

18 hours ago, incendery said:

interested to hear how this goes, I have some terrible scratches on the rear window that make it impossible to see through in the right lighting.

Interesting to see that this polish thing gets interest. If these are scratches you cannot see (or very, very faint) in normal daylight nor feel but gets matte\dull with the sun at certain, special angles, it's definitively a candidate for polish. There may be many brands \ types of polish liquids available, only one I could find in my country was the 'Mirka' stuff. Others may be better or worse. Will report back as soon as I have used the car more and met with the known 'dangerous sun angle' a few times. It's strange, many years ago one could book 1\2 hour at any car glass repair shop and they did polishing, done it many times with 1st class results, felt like driving off with a brand new car! Now nobody have ever heard about it, impossible, or serves big stories about how the screen will be destroyed, crack etc.

My screen was bad indeed, especially at the overlapping of the 2 wipers (a little left of the screen middle). 4x 20 minutes polish rounds so far, used 125ml polish liquid. Things do look brighter no doubt! And feeling secure there is zero damage done to windscreen. My end results will only be specific to the type of polishing machine used, the type of polish, the way I did the polish, and how long\how many times :O)

ps, sorry to hijack the oil topic, but got relationship, as a 1st time job (on car) surmounting doubts about how to do it, fear of failure, make matters worse with wrong tools etc. But yes, I've done my own car service for dozens of years (had 5 cars at the top of the car hobby\madness). Oil, fluids, all filters, brakes, calipers, electrical, sensors, regular safety inspections etc. Apart from the satisfaction of being able to do important \ necessary work, over many years this has no doubt saved me a 'small quite large' fortune.

[Eban]

I used to use toothpaste to try get rid of scratches...the kind with baking soda not the gel   (on the cheap).

 

Also to clean outside use 00 grade steel wool and water...the really fine stuff that rusts after 1 use not the swarf looking stuff

and inside the car, news paper with windex and then pure alcohol

 

 

yes ok

 

 

 

 

NOT this one

[Jarhead]

Personally I've used rubbing alcohol first, then window cleaner, all with microfiber cloth. Works pretty well.

 

Have done some car stuff on my own too, just filters, but looking forward to doing my own oil change soon-ish.

[kojack]

Any car/truck/SUV that I have owned and was driven in the winter here had it's windshield replaced before it gets any swirls.  They use boulders here for ice control, so sure as there is S*@T in a cat, my glass gets cracked, chipped, stoneshot every winter. 

[Meaker]

As an update to mine I've been keeping an eye on the level, I got it just below max on the dipstick and it has not been dropping much 🙂