Antifreeze is everywhere...
#46
Grassroots data, but it seems the last two years have seen an acceleration of the failure...
#48
The problem is even though it's a low percentage a lot of these cars were made and sold so the pure number of failures is high enough it makes you worry.
Seems to happen most to guy in warmer areas or those who track their cars. Suspect it's the repeated heat cycling of very hot to cool that does it but who knows....
Was trying to find the thread where a member pulled his engine to proactively weld his fittings. After it was all done he said they were in so well they would never come out and he literally wasted his time. His recommendation after it was all done was not to bother unless yours actually blows.
Seems to happen most to guy in warmer areas or those who track their cars. Suspect it's the repeated heat cycling of very hot to cool that does it but who knows....
Was trying to find the thread where a member pulled his engine to proactively weld his fittings. After it was all done he said they were in so well they would never come out and he literally wasted his time. His recommendation after it was all done was not to bother unless yours actually blows.
Last edited by King James; 09-01-2014 at 06:08 AM.
#49
Was trying to find the thread where a member pulled his engine to proactively weld his fittings. After it was all done he said they were in so well they would never come out and he literally wasted his time. His recommendation after it was all done was not to bother unless yours actually blows.
#50
The shop I went to for my state inspections deals in mainly P cars and also race their comment was that mostly driven hard/tracked cars failed= they had pinned quite a few. I can see why people proactively pin/weld but honestly believe its a low percentage problem.
#53
i'll go ya one better. i think the quality of the horses isn't quite what it used to be, so the glue just has to suffer lol
#54
There were not that many of these cars produced comparatively to others (Turbo vs NA and other make models). It is just a matter of time before a larger percent fails. The PPM of this type of safety issue is way over the limit. This isn't a trim piece (like the dash carbon that peels). This could cause a major issue. Too many speculators on number of failures. Need a graph of function of miles/age and failures.
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