Element

[Laconian]

I love the flat torque plateau on your graph. Amazing VTEC

[Eye of the Tiger]

Still needs more vtaks

[Eye of the Tiger]

Catastrophic oil leak from - you guessed it - the VTAK box
I can't fix it until the engine is dead cold. Mighty Max until then.

[Laconian]

Well, at least the manifold is OK and out of danger. Right?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Well, at least the manifold is OK and out of danger. Right?

Acrually, the oil is pouring straight onto the manifold and making tons of smoke.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I can't do anything right lately. All of my cars are broken. One step forward. Two steps back. Etc, etc. I'm dressed like a cat.

[giant_mtb]

I can't do anything right lately. All of my cars are broken. One step forward. Two steps back. Etc, etc. I'm dressed like a cat.

Friend of mine was having similarly horrible luck. He finally said fuckit and leased a new Malibu.

[Laconian]

Acrually, the oil is pouring straight onto the manifold and making tons of smoke.

The repaircat warned you of that.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Friend of mine was having similarly horrible luck. He finally said fuckit and leased a new Malibu.

Fuck fuckity fuck. I can't lease anything because I drive 1000mi/week.
I will be driving Mighty Max tomorrow. The lesser of two problems. If the Element get oil starved or catches fire, I'm up shit creek. If Mighty Max overheats, it is inconvenient.

[Raza]

I can't do anything right lately. All of my cars are broken. One step forward. Two steps back. Etc, etc. I'm dressed like a cat.

Sell them all and get one of those $99 a month Corolla leases.

When the lease is up, just buy the car and you won't have to worry about the overage.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Sell them all and get one of those $99 a month Corolla leases.

When the lease is up, just buy the car and you won't have to worry about the overage.

I don't want a Corolla, and I can't use a Corolla. I need an Element, Transit Connect, or one of those stupud ass little Nissan vans.

[Eye of the Tiger]

The base price of a Nissan NV200 compact cargo van is $20,720. They have got to be fucking kidding.

[Raza]

I don't want a Corolla, and I can't use a Corolla. I need an Element, Transit Connect, or one of those stupud ass little Nissan vans.

What about a Hyundai Tucson?
https://www.hyundaiusa.com/tucson/index.aspx

Or a Chevy Trax?

Jeep Patriot starts at $17,595.

[Eye of the Tiger]

All I need is to get by for a few months until I finish my coding certificate.

[Raza]

All I need is to get by for a few months until I finish my coding certificate.

A few months is probably how long a Jeep Patriot will last without a major problem.

[veeman]

Nissan Cube starts at $16,900.  Maybe get one a few years old?

[MrH]

A few months is probably how long a Jeep Patriot will last without a major problem.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Nissan Cube starts at $16,900.  Maybe get one a few years old?

I almost bought one before the Element, but the dealer was.dicking me around. I see it every day because it's still sitting on their lot. Idiots.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Ho. Lee. Chit. I cannot believe where this massive oil leak was coming from. I lost 1.5 quarts of $9/qt sythetic oil over about 150 miles of driving, and I thought it was because I tore the gasket on the VTEC solenoid valvebody when I installed it. Nope.

I removed the brand new Honda OEM®©™ replacement part, took it apart, cleaned it up, inspected the gasket, filter screen, and two other O-rings. I could not find a problem. So I reassembled, added some Hi-Tack gasket sealer, torqued the bolts down to 105 in-lbs, and test drove. Upon inspection, found it was covered in oil.

But I was able to pinpoint it better this time. Oil was literally running up the wiring harness from the oil pressure switch. But I had already removed it, inspected the O-ring, and found nothing wrong.
But wait, could it be? I removed it, wiped the oil off, put my mouth on it, and blew hard. Oil actually came out the other end. FUCK YOU OEM. So I put the old switch back on and it doesn't leak.


Fuck this thing.

[shp4man]

High quality parts!

[Eye of the Tiger]

High quality parts!

The old part that I put back on was a Duralast® part from Auto Zone™. Stupid Honda parts.
Have you ever seen this happen?

[shp4man]

The old part that I put back on was a Duralast® part from Auto Zone™. Stupid Honda parts.
Have you ever seen this happen?

No, but I don't work on Hondas much. Many parts these days, both OEM and aftermarket are made in China. There have been some issues. 

[Eye of the Tiger]

You know, if it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all.

[Eye of the Tiger]

MPG has dropped from 23 to 21 ever since I fixed the Vtak+oil leak and changed the oil to 5w-20 synthetic. Maybe it is winter gas.

[280Z Turbo]

Maybe they put more corn in your gas.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Winter corn

[Eye of the Tiger]

Element engine is a bit quieter now that I INSTALLED AN AIR FILTER.
Jesus fucking christ on a stick. Who the fuck takes an air filter out of an engine and closes it back up like it's optional? I also can't believe I waited 6000 miles before I checked the filter. Fuck me. I'm selling this thing.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Trade for http://m.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=418400568

[Laconian]

Element engine is a bit quieter now that I INSTALLED AN AIR FILTER.
Jesus fucking christ on a stick. Who the fuck takes an air filter out of an engine and closes it back up like it's optional? I also can't believe I waited 6000 miles before I checked the filter. Fuck me. I'm selling this thing.

NO AIR FILTER waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[Eye of the Tiger]

NO AIR FILTER waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Dude. My head asplode.