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  • jfed85

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    I’d love to have a 5.0 just for the exhaust, but I do love the 3.5, she’ll definitely get down the road! I gave serious consideration to upgrading the turbos but decided to just keep it stock… for now.

    I’d love to have a 5.0 just for the exhaust, but I do love the 3.5, she’ll definitely get down the road! I gave serious consideration to upgrading the turbos but decided to just keep it stock… for now.
    3.5 Ecoboost is a beast.

    Intake and a tune and she hauls @$$. Funny blowing off the line in a crew cab long bed 4x4 and seeing the weird looks. Can do 23 plus MPG if im light on her, but I prefer smiles per gallon to miles per gallon.
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    Biggredchev

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    Pretty much Michigan.
    Acquired another ranger. 6F1326E2-8C33-465A-8B34-181663C0B01C.jpeg
    Finally got it out on the road today after replacing the clutch. Going to pick up some Crown Vic wheels Sunday since my brother in law wants his derby car wheels back.
     

    Flingarrows

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    My current daily driver is a 2008 Rav4 with 227,400 miles on it. I get 25 MPG on the highway. On Saturday I'm getting a 2013 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI. It should be good for low to mid 40's MPG.

    I am old school, when I think of a sport wagon, Buick comes to mind. The TDI sounds nice though
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    bobzilla

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    For me the daily is the racecar. Which looks identical to the wife’s daily. She recently ran over a curb and about pulled the bumper off the car. Had to replace sone bits and pieces so her car sat in the garage all weekend like this:
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    Went ahead and installed the yellow LED fog light bulbs and readjusted the aim.
     

    Bigtanker

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    So I was reading to owners manual (OMG I'm old) for the dad wagon. It said new plugs at 120k. I have 122k on it now. So I ordered some new Denso's Iridium and did the swap today. It went off without a hitch. My bet is these are the original plugs. NGK Iridium.

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    I'll keep an eye on the mileage as I usually do. Although this time a year with warning up the car it goes down some. How much I'm not sure as this is the first winter I've had it.
     

    Sigblitz

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    I have 65,000 miles on a Cruze. I had to change the front brakes, brake fluid, tires, antifreeze, and have a new oil feed for the turbo for the next oil change. The feed tube clogs with burnt oil because it's by the exhaust, then bye bye turbo. This is maintenance not found in the owner's manual.

    I did learn something else reading about other people's problems. An aftermarket catalytic converter is usually too small and there's not enough catalyst in them to heat up at start up, and the O2 sensor will lean out long term fuel trim, because the computer checks it at start up instead of highway speed. So the smaller replacement cat will make the car run lean.
     

    Bigtanker

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    I have 65,000 miles on a Cruze. I had to change the front brakes, brake fluid, tires, antifreeze, and have a new oil feed for the turbo for the next oil change. The feed tube clogs with burnt oil because it's by the exhaust, then bye bye turbo. This is maintenance not found in the owner's manual.

    I did learn something else reading about other people's problems. An aftermarket catalytic converter is usually too small and there's not enough catalyst in them to heat up at start up, and the O2 sensor will lean out long term fuel trim, because the computer checks it at start up instead of highway speed. So the smaller replacement cat will make the car run lean.
    I was listening to a podcast and the GM 2.0 turbo was brought up. Let's just say they weren't fans. They were claiming the oil needs changed every 2,000-2,500 miles regardless of the type of driving done. I believe one of them called it the "Sludge generator". Again, this is just one shop owner/junk yard owners opinion.

    With the oil line issue, I could see that causing a problem. At least you know about it and take care of it.
     

    Sigblitz

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    It's the 1.4 turd. Clean oil is always better than dirty oil. The sludge will get behind your rings and score the cylinders. The turbos use synthetic to keep the oil cooler. But it's still feeding a turbo attached to a 1800° cat.
     

    Frosty

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    I was listening to a podcast and the GM 2.0 turbo was brought up. Let's just say they weren't fans. They were claiming the oil needs changed every 2,000-2,500 miles regardless of the type of driving done. I believe one of them called it the "Sludge generator". Again, this is just one shop owner/junk yard owners opinion.

    With the oil line issue, I could see that causing a problem. At least you know about it and take care of it.
    My sister had some poo-box GM turbo engine, she finally got fed up with it by the third turbo. She’s a lot more patient than I, I’d have left it in the middle of the lot on fire :xmad:
     

    indyblue

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    So I was reading to owners manual (OMG I'm old) for the dad wagon. It said new plugs at 120k. I have 122k on it now. So I ordered some new Denso's Iridium and did the swap today. It went off without a hitch. My bet is these are the original plugs. NGK Iridium.

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    I'll keep an eye on the mileage as I usually do. Although this time a year with warning up the car it goes down some. How much I'm not sure as this is the first winter I've had it.
    Yeah, those a bit eroded. It was past time to replace em. Should run smoother now.
     
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