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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #40 on: March 14, 2007, 10:39:51 pm »
Quote from: USSEnterprise on March 14, 2007, 10:27:52 pm
Already a member of volvospeed, same name as here, as well as swedespeed, but not very active there. VS has proven very helpful.

 Just sprung another relatively major leak, either oil or transmission fluid. Big spot on driveway. Also getting a burning coolant smell when I first start it up now. Well, this sucks. I'm hoping its not the head gasket.



Why not ask us what we think you should do about it?
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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #41 on: March 14, 2007, 10:45:47 pm »
Because I know generally that transmission and oil leaks are caused by either bad seals in the xmission or engine, or leaky hoses, and coolant burning is caused by any number of things, such as a bad radiator, head gasket, etc. In all cases in which even more major repairs are necessary, I do one thing: I curl into a ball in the corner of my room.
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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #42 on: March 15, 2007, 12:53:11 am »
Shoulda bought the old jag....that car woulda been more reliable that this one...

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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #43 on: March 15, 2007, 09:03:01 pm »
Quote from: boykster on March 15, 2007, 12:53:11 am
Shoulda bought the old jag....that car woulda been more reliable that this one...

 ;D

The Jag would have had the decency to catch on fire and burn to the ground the first time you honked the horn. The same end result as this Volvo, but with much less work and wasted time.

Very proper, those British cars.  ;)
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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #44 on: March 15, 2007, 10:37:06 pm »
Quote from: TOK on March 15, 2007, 09:03:01 pm
Quote from: boykster on March 15, 2007, 12:53:11 am
Shoulda bought the old jag....that car woulda been more reliable that this one...

 ;D

The Jag would have had the decency to catch on fire and burn to the ground the first time you honked the horn. The same end result as this Volvo, but with much less work and wasted time.


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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #45 on: March 16, 2007, 01:21:45 am »
Quote from: TOK on March 15, 2007, 09:03:01 pm
Quote from: boykster on March 15, 2007, 12:53:11 am
Shoulda bought the old jag....that car woulda been more reliable that this one...

 ;D

The Jag would have had the decency to catch on fire and burn to the ground the first time you honked the horn. The same end result as this Volvo, but with much less work and wasted time.

Very proper, those British cars.  ;)


Ah, so right.  Very sorry, I should have said:

Shoulda bought the old jag....that car woulda been less work than this one...

 ;D
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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #46 on: March 16, 2007, 01:36:40 am »
Whenever I have an exhaust leak I submerge the entire vehicle in someone's swimming pool and then I just follow the bubbles.
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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #47 on: March 16, 2007, 09:09:21 am »

Coolant disappearing + oil leak + exhaust leak = trashed head.  They are all symptoms of the same problem causing failures in dependent systems.

A nice mountain bike would be good right about now.
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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #48 on: March 16, 2007, 09:14:02 am »
Quote from: ChadTower on March 16, 2007, 09:09:21 am
A nice mountain bike would be good right about now.

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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #49 on: March 16, 2007, 01:21:11 pm »
Quote from: ChadTower on March 16, 2007, 09:09:21 am
A nice mountain bike would be good right about now.

I'm starting to agree...
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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #50 on: March 16, 2007, 01:35:09 pm »
Quote from: USSEnterprise on March 11, 2007, 07:38:26 pm
I'm not dismissing your advice. When tomorrow comes, I'll give a call up to the Vovo Clinic and get their pricing. They service everything, relatively cheap, but relatively cheap is still expensive for me. Maybe I'll give Midas a call too. Here's the (probable) difference though, between your CRX and my 850: The catalytic converter. If you actually had everything replaced between the Exhaust Manifold and the Muffler for $50,  you don't have one. Such a thing tacks on at least another $100 in parts alone.

Stay away from Midas like the plague. My wife took her Mitsubishi in there for a brake job, car never drove the same after that...had a terrible shimy in the wheel....I ended up taking the calipers and pads off and replacing the whole kit and kaboodle myself after the completely thrashed the alignment and warped a set of front tires.

That is why I enjoy my 76 MG....no computers, no fuel injection, nothing....just simple old fashion car. Of course...being an English car, I have to replace the oil gaskets every 3 months....but hey! at least it is something I can do myself rather than taking it to "Jim's Oil Gaskets"
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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #51 on: March 16, 2007, 03:31:17 pm »
Sounds like they overtightened the lugs and warped the rotors on your wifes car.

Does your MG have the dual SU carbs? If you call that reliable, you're just lucky!  ;D
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Re: Finding an exhaust leak
« Reply #52 on: March 16, 2007, 06:31:57 pm »
Quote from: TOK on March 16, 2007, 03:31:17 pm
Sounds like they overtightened the lugs and warped the rotors on your wifes car.

Does your MG have the dual SU carbs? If you call that reliable, you're just lucky!  ;D

Oh, I don't think he mentioned the unmentionalbe word when discussing LBC's (little british cars) -> reliable.  That's not in the vernacular of an LBC owner.

"easy to work on", "simple minded", "why does this always break when its raining" all come to mind, but "reliable" sure doesn't

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