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Hey all, So I want to buy something like an r33 or a Silvia in the future, though I had some questions and needed your thoughts on some stuff: Driving manual - I've only driven manual a handful of times in my old Silvia and it's been 2 years roughly since I've driven it, if I've got no one to go with me, do you think it's a bad idea if I get the owner to do the test drive given that he does the tests that I ask him to do, like for example shifting at high rpm to make sure there is no gearbox crunches? I was thinking of getting a couple of manual lessons again if i decide to test drive it. The paperwork & paying them - When it comes to paying them, cash will be too much so I'd rather go to the bank and transfer them the money. I was worried about it getting stolen or some crap after signing the paper work, should I get them to bring the car to the bank with me and we sign the paperwork in the bank after me transferring them money onto their account? I'm worried about potentially getting screwed over. Also when it comes to the paper work, from memory i sign one half, they sign the other, and i keep one half. is this correct?

Hey guys so I checked it out and everything is sweet. Air filter dry as a bone, oil at exact same full level and isn't milky, coolant fine as well. Didn't bother to check transmission will assume its fine. Won't be doing that again lol.

Thanks also btw all, you guys are always helpful & quick, is always appreciated.

Yeah the car didn't stop or turn off, just lost power in the water.

Yeah it did, no issues. Will check tomorrow morning, really don't want all those years of looking after my engine to be wiped out in 5 minutes by my own stupidity, haha.

Not sure, I think less than half my wheel

I was an idiot today and I drove through water on this road section, I didn't have much room to go around, and as I got into it my car did lose a bit of power but after that it was fine and got home without any problems, car drove as normal.I thought my snorkel was on the top but it seems like it isn't. My car is a 2001 subaru impreza N/A? I was going to check the air filter tomorrow to see that it didn't go into the engine, and make sure my oil isn't murky. Is there anything else I need to consider? I did think about taking out spark plugs except if the oil looks clean then there shouldn't be water in the combustion chamber, and especially since I drove home without any problems after the water.

Cheers man, will do.

Hey man, it seems that most people put a stand on the pinch weld? The photos I attached there are 2 of pinch welds, the first one looks a bit weird but doesn't the jack stand go in-between those 2 notches? Also that third picture I was going to lift it from there what I saw on some channels but it looks thin?

So I'm going to change the oil for the first time myself, and I understand the jackstands can go on the pinch welds, though I can't find for the front of the car where to start jacking it up. The owners guide doesn't say anything about it. I was thinking to jack the car from the chassis rail then put the stand on the pinch weld but I heard with unibody construction cars that the rail will bend if I do that. My car is a 2001 subaru impreza rx sedan.

I take care of mine pretty well cause I don't want to put in a new engine lol. I should probably be worried about the headgasket before anything else haha.

Alright cool, thanks man I'm going tomorrow to get it changed.

This summer has been hot in the NSW area, so you reckon with the amount of KM i have to get 10w 50?

So I've been using 10w-50 full synthetic which can be used for 10w-40 applications for quite a few years, though today i went to the shop and the guy gave me the 5w-30 full synthetic, he told me that the 10w-50 is semi synthetic not full synthetic, when I just checked in my garage the old bottles of 10w-50 that I used say full synthetic. Will going to 5w-30 affect my motor long term or should I go back to the shop and get it exchanged? I don't even do 5,000km a year anymore also due to covid. Car is low km with 160,000km on it.

Hey it's looking great so far, I'll probs provide some images tommorow, but no coolant has been lost over last few days and especially today took for a long drive and it was fine. I did notice the reservoir i initially filled it a tiny bit above the full line and it did rise slightly maybe by 1cm or 2cm, i heard this is normal as water / coolant expands when hot.

It's not overflowing currently. I assume you mean if it does I have a HG problem. I put it above the full line a tiny bit today, seems the same will keep this thread updated. When I originally made my post, I didn't realize at the time but I drove home with probably minimal coolant in there but my temperature gauge didn't rise, hope that didn't cause damage.

The mechanic did it or he should have at least i did see he was adding coolant when i arrived to the shop. The leak is gone though. Will keep an eye on it. There are no air bubbles in the radiator cap or resoviour.

Got my water pump and other stuff changed today i noticed the coolant resoviour was above the max line about an inch now it dropped twice and is an inch below the line. oh boy here we go haha, costed me a pretty penny to. Will keep this thread updated. I just hope that was air bleeding out of the system.

Thanks as always. I think I might get a shop to do it, I've got a knack for ruining things I touch, haha.

Thanks man. Is that for the 2001 subaru impreza rx 2.0ltr automatic?

I saw the process it seems pretty easy actual to change the belt and all the idlers and even to take off the harmonic balancer though for this damn car finding the workshop manual seems impossible and i found one but it doesn't talk about the torque settings on the pulleys.

I got someone to double check it, looks like the water pump is quited f**ked lol. Leaking all the time, gotta drive it down to a shop 5km away, hopefully don't lose all my coolant on the way.

Hey mate thanks for that. I was going to originally unplug my heater core, but then I realized I had no coolant in the radiator and that is probably why I have no heating. I drove it like that for a week and the temperature gauge didn't go up so hoping I didn't cause any damage lol.

Ah fml, I really hope it's not the case haha. I just saw this video , and the leak is pretty much the same area. an