Recent content by hw4ng3r

I would have gone Kuro or Signature, but stuck to my GT as I wanted the 2nd row bench. Enjoy the 22! Should be the most problem free (fingers crossed).

Just took a look apart the brakes as I wanted to lube up the caliper slider pins. After 3 years and ~58K kms, I still have 8mm on the front and 7mm on the back remaining. This is 95% city driving (Toronto, Canada). Rotors still look pretty good for 3 winters so far.

I was looking for a vertical mount bike rack and did some cross shopping with other major (i.e. Thule) and less-major brands. The features that stuck out: -rubber-only contact (well.. had to modify with pool noodle for the kids bike) -hydraulic dampers (for self lowering the rack; this one is...

Good bike racks are super expensive, but I'd recommend this one. Had to MacGyver the pool noodle on the tire basket so I could fit my son's 14" bike (with ratchet straps/bungee). Held super steady at highways speeds for 4 hours to camping (didn't even notice it back there).

I'll have to remember this post if I ever run into a situation where I need to replace my rad. I also wonder how much this plays into the other markets having a tow capacity of ~4100 lbs vs 3500 here in N.A.

Is this something we can add into the N.American vehicles?

Didn't want to upgrade to the Corksport Turbo Inlet piping while it's apart? LOL

Yes. They replaced the entire OCV and the plastic engine cover (didn't feel like cleaning it?). Was never enough to see any changes (significant an otherwise) to the oil levels between change intervals, but just visual (I, like probably many others on the forums, actually look inside the...

2022 CX-9 Oil control valve (small leak) replaced at about 45k kms. I think this is a common issue on these motors?

Yes. It was all under the powertrain warranty at the time. Mind you, it took them over 6 months to get the parts in (at the time). I was told to just keep driving it around and come back in to top up the oil if it gets low. Only had to top it up once in the 10 months from symptoms (smell in the...

I had a low oil warning once (not a CEL) after a cracked head diagnosis, prior to the parts arriving for the repair.

No visible oil under the car or on the plastic pieces on the bottom of the engine bay. No smoke out of the engine bay or the other end.

I haven't taken a close look at the CX9's, but most modern day cars now have a molex connector from the cabin to the door Video (start at about 2:40 into the video). Actually, this video gives you a pretty good overview of what's required these days; it's quite involved. It used to be so simple...

Slightly off topic (and tech is not what it is today), but my parents had a 1991 Ford Taurus that I took over when I got my license and the transmission went at just under 200k km. Fluid was never replaced prior to the failure.