admS15 Posted January 26, 2024 Share Posted January 26, 2024 Or she's worried you'll start modifying the M3 and it'll end up just like the skyline anyway. Maybe she secretly loves the skyline.. 1 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray_Calavera Posted January 26, 2024 Share Posted January 26, 2024 2 hours ago, admS15 said: Or she's worried you'll start modifying the M3 and it'll end up just like the skyline anyway. 100% this, it would just end up being a new black hole for the funds to be shovelled into lol. 2 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Posted January 26, 2024 Share Posted January 26, 2024 9 hours ago, admS15 said: Or she's worried you'll start having to repair the M3 and it'll end up just like the skyline anyway. FYP 2 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bogan Posted January 26, 2024 Share Posted January 26, 2024 If course he would modify it It would be so easy to get some good power out of it with "dis and dat" I have the same disease, I cannot leave things alone, even things that you don't really need to do, or even should do, because, "why not", like basically everyone else on this forum to varying degrees Or, he would spend the next 10 years fixing all the typical Euro issues as Uncle Duncan has stated 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted January 29, 2024 Author Share Posted January 29, 2024 So for the longest time, I used the Haltech canbus keypad to turn on or off the AC compressor because for some reason the HVAC controls kept turning the compressor off as soon as it went on. Turns out the stupid AC Thermistor BS had died like all the other Nissan shit boxes in the 90s shit box era. Been trying to find a suitable replacement but it's discontinued and the modern ones from other Nissans are 6x pin. Fear not, after mindless SAU research it turns out you can crack open the thermistor circuit and replace the fked cap, that I did (take note on that white piece of mdf). AC now working as expected and the HVAC controls work perfectly. Now the fun part, went to park up the shit box just then and now there's a pile of coolant. Seems like it's coming from somewhere between the motor and box, fk this piece of shit. Also as I was looking for the leak, that white piece of MDF I used as a makeshift shelf, it snagged on my shirt and landed on the bumper, taking a chuck of paint off. Lol. So TL;DR, AC fixed, new coolant leak and chipped paint off the bumper. 4 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted January 29, 2024 Author Share Posted January 29, 2024 Pissed off the Nissan Gods by having a street car with working A/C 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted January 29, 2024 Share Posted January 29, 2024 f**k man, happy and sad for you at the same time. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted January 29, 2024 Author Share Posted January 29, 2024 Nissan shit box things. Can't see any leaks from the heater hoses, anything behind the head, or engine bay. I suspect maybe it's a welch plug on the block near the flywheel area. Fk this car. 4 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Crust Racing Posted January 29, 2024 Share Posted January 29, 2024 #justnissanthings Silvia is still somehow leaking tiny drops of coolant with no engine or radiator in it... 2 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
niZmO_Man Posted January 30, 2024 Share Posted January 30, 2024 perhaps there was a pool of coolant in the chassis or subframe and it finally escaped?? 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Crust Racing Posted January 30, 2024 Share Posted January 30, 2024 9 hours ago, niZmO_Man said: perhaps there was a pool of coolant in the chassis or subframe and it finally escaped?? I think there a tiny bit left over in the expansion tank and lines which have been removed/spilled some down in between things. Just funny to see the green through an empty bay. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7986472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted February 17, 2024 Author Share Posted February 17, 2024 That makes it 2x broken cars at home. Both kind of work, one leaks coolant when warm one skips 1,3,5,7 gears when warm. Lol. 2 3 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7987004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted February 18, 2024 Share Posted February 18, 2024 Is it still under warranty? Ducken VAG crapbox. My wife's ford focus junk dct did something similar a few years back, was borked TCM module. Recently it intermittently didn't want to release clutch and would just be in neutral for a few seconds. Clutch fork was binding randomly from clutch dust build up. Some brake cleaner, a spline tool and working the clutch fork back and forth manually sorted it. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7987010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinkstaah Posted February 18, 2024 Share Posted February 18, 2024 Unkind reminder that VW SUV significantly less expensive and way more reliable than BMW sporty car. let alone a modified BMW sporty car. 2 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7987011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r32-25t Posted February 18, 2024 Share Posted February 18, 2024 21 minutes ago, Kinkstaah said: Unkind reminder that VW SUV significantly less expensive and way more reliable than BMW sporty car. let alone a modified BMW sporty car. Can we get this pinned some where 2 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7987013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted February 18, 2024 Author Share Posted February 18, 2024 1 hour ago, admS15 said: Is it still under warranty? Literally just 6 months and 5 days out lololol. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7987014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted February 18, 2024 Share Posted February 18, 2024 Hopefully they do a goodwill repair on it. Fingers crossed for you 🤞 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7987015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted February 18, 2024 Author Share Posted February 18, 2024 1 hour ago, admS15 said: Hopefully they do a goodwill repair on it. Fingers crossed for you 🤞 I hope so, hope being loyal to the stealership has some positive(s). Shitbox has been exclusively serviced by VW, even though I could do it myself for heaps less. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7987016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Posted February 18, 2024 Share Posted February 18, 2024 In good news for Euro car buyers, manufacturer warranty is not relevant. Under Australian Consumer Law, what you buy has to be free from major defects for a reasonable period. And if its not you get to choose between replace, refund or repair. VW were specifically done in 2018 for not complying. https://www.accc.gov.au/by-industry/cars-and-vehicles So, just say it is not reasonable to have this failure so soon, and ask for your money back, and buy a nissan. Of course, there is a possibility that they will disagree and you spend the next couple of years in court trying to prove it 2 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7987017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted February 18, 2024 Author Share Posted February 18, 2024 Thanks @Duncan let's see how I go next week. For good measure, just happened again. Daily occurrence 🥲 Will get it fixed and wait till the Minister of War & Finance is back to work so we have more cash flow instead of torching our savings before we buy a new shit box (won't be a Nissan, soz). Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/468064-doses-sometimes-diy-and-pay-someone-home-boat-improvement-thread/page/169/#findComment-7987018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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