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| bio | website | infosecfrog.blogspot.com |
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| location | Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| age | 41 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 2 months |
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- 2006 Litchfield Subaru Forester 2.5STi
- 2000 Subaru Impreza turbo PPP
Certified petrolhead - long time Subaru owner, mostly high specced (PPP, STi or other performance mods) and will race anything with an engine.
Have been monkeying around with engines since the late eighties.
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Sep 26 |
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Clunk noise from my brakes on first application Ahhhh - presumably that could be a very small gap I wouldn't have noticed from a cursory look. Excellent - will see whether the garage mentions it as a possible, and if not, I will. |
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Sep 2 |
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Does a strut tower bar have any useful effect on chassis stiffness for a car with 100K miles? absurd how? It's like the difference having the tyres 2psi down has - the handling changes immensely. |
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Aug 30 |
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My 2001 Mitsubishi Airtrek revs at 2250rpm for 30 seconds before slowing. Will this speed harm the engine? Have flagged previous question for close, but did you know you can edit your question? And you should probably edit this one to add info such as when this happens etc |
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Aug 25 |
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The car won't start, not even click, but everything else works fine in the car This confuses me a little - if the terminals are loose, I wouldn't expect the electrics including lights to work at all when there is no connection to the battery, and I would expect everything to be fine when the connection is restored. Sounds like you might have wider issues - requiring a jump start implies your battery is drained. Have you checked your alternator? |
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Aug 23 |
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What functions & features should I look for when buying a multimeter? Hmmm - I guess I see your point, however the whole point of a multimeter is it does everything the hobbyist should need. Will add an answer with some specifics. |
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Aug 23 |
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Clutch catches VERY low, is this bad? Some do, some don't - I was making a bit of an assumption that a 206 with 65k miles was old enough that it would. Will add in an update. |
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Aug 23 |
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What functions & features should I look for when buying a multimeter? Very offtopic - suggest migration to electronics.se |
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Aug 17 |
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Why does the reverse gear in manual transmission cars sound different Only killed one. First attempt sort of worked, second attempt was perfect, third attempt destroyed the car. Heh |
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Aug 16 |
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Why does the reverse gear in manual transmission cars sound different Amusingly, after watching Mad Max when I was much younger I did manage to practice the change from 3rd to reverse while driving forwards at speed. Wouldn't recommend it as it can easily damage the entire engine, transmission and gearbox - but it is good fun. You need to ensure you pop the clutch in, change to neutral and lock the wheels up (this works best at over 60 so you have time to wait for the synchromesh to wind down) then change into revers, run the revs up near the redline and dump the clutch hard. Don't blame me for any damage:-) |
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Jul 31 |
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Is 30k mile maintenance really required? In the UK if you don't do these (especially the items @Bob marked in bold) your car is likely to fail it's MOT and will not be allowed on the road. YMMV in other countries - in the US the requirements are quite a bit more relaxed, but the maintenance is there for a reason - to keep you and others safer. |
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Jul 25 |
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What are the benefits of premium (high octane) petrol? As discussed on a number of fuel related posts here, the wrong octane rating fuel can damage your engine...both too high and too low. Use the fuel specified in your manual. see mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/1447/… |
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Jul 25 |
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What are the benefits of premium (high octane) petrol? I bet you are tempted to get an ECU tune to use the extra 2? :-) |
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Jul 25 |
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Difference between high octane and low octane? DXM's point is sometimes true, but not for high compression engines. The 'best' fuel is the one specified in the manual. |
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Jul 22 |
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Sudden Oversteer - What Might Be the Cause @Alex - certainly not in the UK. Here it will usually be the opposite. Same goes for a few other countries. |
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Jul 21 |
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When given a choice between octane 89 and 93, which should I choose? @Ricket - no, typically the highly tuned Subaru engines (think PPP/STi) will detune to protect from damage but require manual work to tune back up again. |
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Jul 20 |
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Stuff coming out from my AC Also check out mechanics.stackexchange.com/q/116/37 for a bit more info on this. |
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Jul 20 |
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MA Inspection rejected due to wiper blades. For real? was going to answer from a UK perspective then realised you are in the UK too. +1 from me |
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Jul 20 |
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reverse lights always on Is there a piece missing - such as an extension, or a hinged arm? This makes it sound like the selector arm is just not pushing the switch down far enough when out of reverse so you need to find out why it isn't being depressed. |
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Jul 19 |
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Does a strut tower bar have any useful effect on chassis stiffness for a car with 100K miles? My old Impreza's chassis was definitely tired (now 136,000 miles), and as I wrote in my comment below, it is definitely stiffer with the brace. As my wife drives it these days I am happy it makes things a little safer. |
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Jul 19 |
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Does a strut tower bar have any useful effect on chassis stiffness for a car with 100K miles? @Bob - very late response: the garage don't have written figures, but they recommend it (not from a sale - I got mine almost free) but they showed me the flex with it disconnected and then bolted back on while lifting one wheel on a power jack. The twist in the chassis was easily visible to the naked eye without the brace, and about half as much (but still visible) with the brace fitted. |
