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I don't think Rockauto have a © on this subject do they? I think my biggest blunder this w3ek originated as a bright idea. I am an engine out to get gearbox out kinda guy and this time I was not going soak my boots or clothes or floor with valuable heavy metal laden coolant I had blank off plugs for the heater hose connections and found a neat bung plug for the EA82 water pipe. Job done ( now got full-time push-me-pull-you 5MT) Initial test drive was to be shared with a mate, but he no home so I push on. After 3 km my 100°C engine temp goes off so I pull over...fan not cut In a's I forgot to connect earthing switch at radiator. Hooked up fans still not pull temp down At 104°C I park and cool it down. Fire her up again to run home suspecting thermostat stuck ...just coincidentally. Go around a corner and got a hiccough thennext corner a backfire intake side -propane - then engine died. See why it is important to lay down the sequence of events before asking on a forum, or worse - Facebook ! I checked my vapour gear - all ok. Tried to fire up but just crank crank crank Hmmmm...pulled dizzy cap wondering if spilt coolant - yeah plugs not water tight in the heater hoses while engine was out.... Dizzy cap dry as a dead dingo's donger (silent g by the way , pronounced g is a family name !) Cap innards so dusty from rotor scrape top of those 22200AA390 dizzy module covers aaaand the carbon brush dust. Cap and rotor less than 20,000 km old and brush has disintegrated back into its spring housing and black arced mark on the rotor. Luckily I keep spare dizzy in tool box and said box just got put back in car....and I also had a spare new cap as well..the things you find !!! The blunder ??? Suddenly dawned on me I did not recall taking water pump pipe plug out before hose back on Pipe was hot, hose was cold, so too the radiator !! Stupid found the bung plug had travelled against the waters natural flow and got stuck in the bottom radiator hose. Removal was a good thing

Too much difficult with the window seals, etc. Probably rip everything to shreds trying to get them off. The window/door seals are glued in, and the rails are sealed to the body, etc. Just cover them with black vinyl (automotive decal vinyl). That's what we do. GD

Not that expensive. Couple hours of work I am sure. Here is the part https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112690923300

I have the performance Bridgestone Potenza "reverse pole" tires on my Subaru and they are confusing on an AWD vehicle to rotate and it's taken me a bit to figure things out. I was so confused initially that I contacted my expert tire friend to confirm that they had been installed correctly because they didn't look like I'd expected in direction yet they were. I'd definitely call/contact the manufacturer for information.

1stSubie95FwdLegacyWagon First generation subie OB's had the piston slap exactly as you describe, loud at startup, but disappearing almost entirely after warm up. The general train of thought is that it will not hurt the engine or its longevity. My 97 OBW had it starting at about 20 000 kms and five years later when I traded it for another subie it was still going strong with no adverse effects.

I'd give them a chance to fix the issue I think. If there's more to the story than just the flipped tires and you want to avoid PepBoys,, take your car to a Discount Tire. Great folks. They might get a chuckle out of 'one-upping' the competition.

Hi everyone.. An update on my Aussie XT (Vortex): it's been registered and on the road for half a year now, after some body work (rust around boot/trunk, respray to bumper).. and bypasses to hidden heater hoses to stop another coolant leak (as suggested by el_Freddo). At one stage It started running a little rough, but I found that whatever the issue was (injectors?) passed after some 'determined' driving to car shows etc. Just using it, basically. After quite a while out of the dashboard, the original radio has been fixed (some dry joints re-soldered I believe).. but the passenger side electric window isn't working. I'll take off the door card again and check out the roller. Plus, some time soon I will replace the front and rear shocks (got to save up for that!). Then it's new velour & padding for the front seats..

Have a mess of fuel filters too. I’ll post cool stuff as it comes out.