What have you done to your P5 today?

I'm curious as to how you know as well. It's not as if there's an idiot light that pops on and says your valve seals are gone.

BTW, today I finished the wiring. OMG, re-routing the primary O2 sensor wire sucked so much. I had to do so much wire extending and soldering it wasn't even funny. I hope to God everything still works right but I guess I'll figure that out when I get everything put back together. Wiring is done, all that is left now is to wait for the oil pan and exhaust mani studs. After I get those I can install them and then make new oil feed and return lines and I should be good to go. Hopefully next weekend...
 
Nice man. You should be ok for a good month after all that's done with your luck. lol.

I gotta ask a quick question though. Ever since I installed my headunit with the install kit, I can't help but notice that the only thing that's holding it in place is the fact that it's wedged in there. When I go over bumps, the thing rattles like no other. I've held it in place when going over a couple of bumps and it sounds like heaven. Is there an easy fix to have it mount securely so it doesn't move? I was thinking of fabricating some sort of bracket since there's a screw coming out of the back of the head unit so if there's no easier fix, I'll try that tomorrow or sometime next week and let you guys know.
 
fishdonotbounce said:
Nice man. You should be ok for a good month after all that's done with your luck. lol.
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Haha, month?! Well after all this is done I get to finally install my new FMIC that has been sitting around for about a month now. After that I should be done for a while. I'm debating whether I want to start an engine build this winter or if I should take a break from performance for a while and work on things like new wheels, etc...
 
magnum I would say finish the engine man. The car looks nice as it is right now and once you get the engine built the thing will be a monster.
 
Engine/Tranny!
Some jacka$$ broke my back windshield last night in my driveway while I slept... window tint is holding it together for now.
 
Try some seafoam in the pcv to the intake...the valves can get build up and not seal completely.


pr5owner said:
blew the seals on my valves, burning oil now :D YAY!

i also smashed into something on the road, took a bunch of paint off the bumper (not really that bad, just a big rock chip i guess)
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Son of a b****! Damn man sorry to hear about that.

But yea get that engine/tranny taken care of and I shudder thinking about what it'll do once thats all done.
 
Tired of the squeaking gatroback alt belt, adj maxed out-040360. Put my Gates K040355 & the K050446 back on to shut it the **** up. Washed it's krusty ass too. Clean & silent. Bueno!
 
Well I started replacing my mounts at 11 AM today after a quick trip to NAPA. With my new tools (yay!) I easily changed out the front and passenger side mounts. AWR front SU side. During this whole dealio, I used duplicolor Metalcast to tint the new fogs orange. Since it is a transparent paint, it worked absolutely perfectly. I will be using this stuff to tint anything from now on seeing as they have it in like 6 colors including smoke.

Anyway, it was time to tackle the big one (lol). By this I mean the rear mount. After hours of struggling with the dumbest ******* wiring setup in the world blocking my way (seriously what the hell is that stupid plastic bracket the holds the big bundle of wires doing mounted to the firewall?) I finally got to the mount. I get my breaker bar and go to town on the middle bolt. I finally get it after a quick wrestle and then it gets stuck about a third of the way out. So I use a hammer and screwdriver in the weirdest way to finally get it out and then I go to tackle those three bolts. This is where I was stopped dead in my tracks. Even with the swivel socket, extensions, and breaker bar, there was no way in hell that I was able to pry those suckers loose. I tried to loosen em a little with the electric impact wrench I bought but it wasnt budging no way no how. After hours of struggling with it, I had no choice but to shut it down and put it back together. I had to have my friend help me get the damn bolt thru the middle of the stock mounts again which sucked but needless to say, I couldn't get the job done. I'll have to find someone with an air impact wrench with a LOT of torque and replace it some other time.

So the fogs look great and from the quick drive home (like and 1/8th of a mile) I could tell that it felt soooooo much better. I'm getting a bit of vibration but the car feels very solid now and I can't wait to put the rear one on as well now. So in all, I spent 10 hours working on the car and even though I only got the front and side mounts done as well as the fogs, I made it pretty simple to replace the rear when the air tool opportuinity comes along.

I'm going to get the new rims tomorrow so I'm very excited for that.

I'd call the day a success overall and it feels so good to chill at home now.
 
If it makes you feel worse..I could change one in about an hour if I had to....LOL!
 
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