February Check-In

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February Check-In
Topic Started: Feb 2 2010, 04:31 PM (463 Views)
WhiteT5	Feb 18 2010, 01:46 PM Post #41
Mr. Prime Minister Posts: 663 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 10, 2006 Origin Board VPTuning Name Sean Location Denton	WhiteT5 Feb 15 2010, 10:43 PM FAIL Just a quick update on this. I e-mailed ATP Turbo about it and expected them to say "too bad, so sad" and give me an RMA number for it. I just got an e-mail from them saying that they are going to make a custom clamp for me and send it to me, free of charge . If they follow through on this, I will almost certainly be a repeat customer at some point in the future if I need something turbo-related.



Mogatu'R	Feb 18 2010, 02:07 PM Post #42
No habla la engrish!!!! Posts: 936 Group: OH Moderator Member #3 Joined: May 10, 2006 Origin Board VPTuning	WhiteT5 Feb 18 2010, 01:39 PM White stuff on the dipstick is fairly normal in the winter time, especially if the car is used for only short trips. I'm curious what the shop has to say about it as well. This I was told to be normal as well, my 850R I had the same exact question. But Aaron indicated that everything is fine!
	'00 Volvo V70RM - the slow car, some mods, breaking stuff, more mods still coming... lol...the weekender '96 Volvo 854R soon to be M, and 2.5t with 19t '96 Volvo 855 T5 "michaela" Drew's old Gf, daily '95 Volvo 855 T5 the grandma mobile, or Sebastien ride lol, HID's and new hoses soon.. S70 5sp na.. idk soon '99 V70R, mebe 5sp, track car... More to come...


Tetsu	Feb 18 2010, 03:27 PM Post #43
Member with nothing better to do Posts: 147 Group: Members Member #1,827 Joined: March 8, 2009	WhiteT5 Feb 18 2010, 01:39 PM Tetsu Feb 18 2010, 12:23 PM WhiteT5 Feb 18 2010, 12:08 PM Tetsu Feb 17 2010, 11:42 PM Car's back in the shop again. Sigh. Why? I think we need to work on getting rid of that car's bad juju. The only time the 850 ever left me stranded (with no fault of my own) was when the throttle position sensor went bad the first time. Other times it needed work, it was usually my own fault to a degree. Example: The MSD coil dying after 8 or 9 months. Of course, I did do a lot of preventative maintenance on it just so I could be sure that there wouldn't be any problems. Examples: New t-belt tensioner and rollers despite the fact that the old ones were probably ok. To be fair, she's never left me stranded either. This car has never even had a single hiccup in how it ran or drove. But now there's white goop on the dipstick, there is still an oil leak, and it smokes from the area between the engine and firewall. The white goop is indicative of coolant in the oil, which usually means a failed or failing headgasket- which is brand new, along with a freshly machined head that hasn't even been installed a month. So she's back in the shop that did the previous work, since we sprung for a warranty on the work. We'll see what's going on this time. White stuff on the dipstick is fairly normal in the winter time, especially if the car is used for only short trips. I'm curious what the shop has to say about it as well. Well I just went up there to get something out of the back of it, and that's pretty much what he said too. Probably just condensation. I had just never seen that before on a dipstick on any car I've ever owned. Still, doesn't explain the smoke and the oil leak. But at least now it's not as serious.
	'98 Volvo C70 T5- bone stock at the moment.


Tetsu	Feb 20 2010, 07:06 PM Post #44
Member with nothing better to do Posts: 147 Group: Members Member #1,827 Joined: March 8, 2009	Well, we figured out it was one of the various lines coming in or out of the turbo. I don't really know which one. But on Monday she should be running perfectly.
	'98 Volvo C70 T5- bone stock at the moment.


WhiteT5	Feb 22 2010, 07:44 PM Post #45
Mr. Prime Minister Posts: 663 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 10, 2006 Origin Board VPTuning Name Sean Location Denton	Success! If you need turbo components, do not hesitate to go with ATP. They have been professional, prompt, and courteous the whole time despite the fact that I spent just a few dollars on a measly clamp and some downpipe nuts.



Echo	Feb 24 2010, 02:19 PM Post #46
Forum DJ Posts: 849 Group: OH Moderator Member #5 Joined: May 10, 2006 Origin Board Volvospeed Name Rob Location San Antonio	nice lil clamp there.. that's what i am talking about.. been a crazy week thus far for me... did a lil tour de texas LOL. i went up to austin sat.. then to houston that night.. got a call on sunday from my parents who were in lousiana, saying that my grandfather fell and hurt himself and they couldn't get back to town till monday, so i dropped everything and hauled ass back to SA to be with him in the ER till 4am monday morning. got home bout 5am to shower and get a few hours of sleep; then headed back to the hospital round 9 till 10 that night till my parents arrived.. Hes got a fractured hip joint so as of now it looks like 1-2 months of rehab for him.... in car news, i never had overboost in my car, the cause was a faulty vac sending unit. a simple mechanically unit showed perfect boost just fine. i extended the wires to my Rear O2, because i had 3 codes for it and my MPG was shit. plugged it in, no more codes, however it unknowingly put the car into limp mode.. now i need to fix that, at least its not anything worse. Got a set of Samcos and T-Bolts on the way.. and i have some extra cash that is possibly going to be used for some projectors with HIDs or possibly R Bumpaa, or what the hell R mani... /Rant
	If you see me flying past ya, it's just because I'm fasta 97GLT5-R >>16T--SpeedTuning 17PSI.. S10 BLAZER 4.3 VORTEC >>>the neglected DD Quote: Neons are cute. I see lots of hot chicks driving them.


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