Author Topic: German Rice (GLA45 AMG) "Get a German car...it won't break down like Subaru" (Read 10583 times)

jellynuts · « **Reply #75 on:** September 29, 2017, 11:20:34 am »

I wonder if the bottling process for Banff Air is legit, or if it's like China boiling human hair and then exporting that as soy sauce.

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #76 on:** September 29, 2017, 01:25:03 pm »

seat safety switch · « **Reply #77 on:** September 29, 2017, 02:04:51 pm »

This thread took a turn that I genuinely did not expect it to.

Besides, human hair probably costs more than soy sauce since more labour is involved on the barber's side and/or to sweep up that hair if they're just reselling cuts.

Rathburn · « **Reply #78 on:** September 29, 2017, 02:50:49 pm »

Quote from: seat safety switch on September 29, 2017, 02:04:51 pm

This thread took a turn that I genuinely did not expect it to.

Besides, human hair probably costs more than soy sauce since more labour is involved on the barber's side and/or to sweep up that hair if they're just reselling cuts.

Hah, cute. It's funny that you think they take the hair from living people. Willingly.

jellynuts · « **Reply #79 on:** September 29, 2017, 03:07:02 pm »

Quote from: Rathburn on September 29, 2017, 02:50:49 pm

Hah, cute. It's funny that you think they take the hair from living people. Willingly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_safety_incidents_in_China#Soy_sauce_made_from_human_hair

SSS had the right idea. They sourced hair from chop shops (ie. barber shops). The real question is, are people willing to eat hair sauce?

Ambystom01 · « **Reply #80 on:** September 29, 2017, 03:16:40 pm »

Why not, I eat hair pie.

Airboy · « **Reply #81 on:** June 15, 2018, 06:32:35 pm »

Two winters' worth of road grime and "rail dust". Took 3 days to clay bar 4 doors as I only had 30-60 minutes of spare time (and patience) per day for this stuff.

10secdream · « **Reply #82 on:** June 15, 2018, 06:49:57 pm »

Time to use IronX next time around and cut the claying time in half.

jellynuts · « **Reply #83 on:** June 15, 2018, 06:56:59 pm »

I can't believe it's been two years already

Airboy · « **Reply #84 on:** September 19, 2019, 09:54:39 pm »

Noticed recently that the car seemed to have lost some pep, followed by CEL for "under boost" after going full throttle. Thought maybe it was boost solenoid/hoses but wasn't. Was about to remove downpipe to check for clogged catalytic converter when I wiggled the wastegate flapper. Let's just say the flapper is trying out new positions that weren't possible before. Engine sound is from another car running in the background.

jellynuts · « **Reply #85 on:** September 20, 2019, 02:52:00 pm »

Quote from: Airboy on September 19, 2019, 09:54:39 pm

Let's just say the flapper is trying out new positions that weren't possible before.

Sounds... Kinky.

the_saint · « **Reply #86 on:** September 21, 2019, 09:41:04 am »

The results of the clay bar are impressive.

Prior to the 2 winters any PPF or ceramic coating?

Airboy · « **Reply #87 on:** September 30, 2019, 11:18:17 pm »

Quote from: the_saint on September 21, 2019, 09:41:04 am

The results of the clay bar are impressive.

Prior to the 2 winters any PPF or ceramic coating?

No idea if the previous owner did any ceramic coating. The hood and front fenders do have PPF applied.

Airboy · « **Reply #88 on:** October 01, 2019, 11:10:36 pm »

From bad to worse.

Spent hours swapping in the re-man turbo on Friday afternoon. Get "done" at 7:30pm, fired it up to check for leaks and after a few minutes of idling, oil started to drip from the airbox drain hole. Turns out the turbo was puking oil out of the compressor inlet and filling up the airbox with oil.

RockThePylon · « **Reply #89 on:** October 02, 2019, 06:25:47 am »

Well ain't that some itshay.

milkpumba · « **Reply #90 on:** October 02, 2019, 06:37:54 am »

Sorry about the car, hopefully you're able to fix it sooner rather than later.

Ngl, I tried clicking the play button multiple times before I realized it was just a photo..

seat safety switch · « **Reply #91 on:** October 02, 2019, 08:19:32 am »

Did the turbo fail because the wastegate flapper broke?

kijho · « **Reply #92 on:** October 02, 2019, 09:09:41 am »

Oh man

I'm sorry to hear this.

10secdream · « **Reply #93 on:** October 02, 2019, 09:21:12 am »

I am assuming the re-manufactured turbo has some sort of warranty. The continued downtime sucks but hopefully it gets resolved soon.

ultimatt · « **Reply #94 on:** October 02, 2019, 02:55:53 pm »

That's terrible Airboy, hopefully they express ship a replacement!

Rathburn · « **Reply #95 on:** October 02, 2019, 05:58:49 pm »

Quote from: Airboy on October 01, 2019, 11:10:36 pm

Ohhh, doesn’t look good. I think I’ve seen a similar issue somewhere before:

Ambystom01 · « **Reply #96 on:** October 02, 2019, 06:19:48 pm »

Quote from: Rathburn on October 02, 2019, 05:58:49 pm

Ohhh, doesn’t look good. I think I’ve seen a similar issue somewhere before:

Typical Friday night for you?

Rathburn · « **Reply #97 on:** October 03, 2019, 07:29:18 am »

Quote from: Ambystom01 on October 02, 2019, 06:19:48 pm

Typical Friday night for you?

Who would limit themselves to just one day a week?

Airboy · « **Reply #98 on:** October 08, 2019, 09:55:03 pm »

Quote from: seat safety switch on October 02, 2019, 08:19:32 am

Did the turbo fail because the wastegate flapper broke?

The replacement turbo was DOA, puking oil after I installed it.

So, I took the two broken turbos and made a working one by taking the turbine housing of the re-man turbo and bolting that to my turbo with the busted flapper door pivot. During that process I noticed the re-man turbo was also missing a gasket between the turbine housing and the CHRA. Unrelated to the oil leak but more of an indication of the level of care taken during the rebuild process.

seat safety switch · « **Reply #99 on:** October 27, 2019, 01:29:21 pm »

That sucks! Name and shame the rebuilder?