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Yesterday I reached the 300,000 mark.
OK don't get too excited, this is in Km lol.
I ran a dyno about 20-30k ago and still had amazing power!
This was not on the straight pipe.
Just ordered my set of PPE headers too.
Unfortunately just two days ago my thermostat was acting up hence low temp on the coolant. Ordered a new one and will replace in a week or two.
Car has treated me so well and I cannot find or consider anything else to replace it with.
Every start up I still have a smile! Especially when I run my straight pipes off the Joez!!
Below is a list of the repairs needed on this vehicle:
82000 - water pump
196638 - Drive belt changed - air filter clean
197000 - Battery change to interstate 24 size. 800 CCA. Mtp-24
205680 - Water Pump changed - Coolant fluid - water by pass hose and clamps
214600 - two recalls for radiator fan screws and fuel pressure switch.
oil change
coolant leak valley of heat exchanger
224740 starter replacement.
274870 - manifold pipe gaskets changed.
Current outstanding issues:
Thermostat seems to be stuck open. (should be an easy fix)
Mirror's auto tilt seems intermittent (perhaps the plastic gears are chewed up) anyone know where to buy this replacement gear?
Cold transmission flares - tried to redo level check twice. Perhaps next time I will just add more fluid. The "wait for the liquid to trickle is subjective?"
Leaking headers. I believe both sides. Lots of loud ticking on startup and I smell exhaust fumes at wot
Burning / losing oil - approx 1.5 quarts per oil change (unsure if this is fixable without redoing seals / rings / engine work. Thought maybe pcv would help but seems difficult to access.
Questioning if motor or transmission mounts are still good. Experiencing a little bit more wheel hop.
That's a reasonably large issue for 180k miles though... especially when there's quite a few on the forums that are around the 150k+ mark. I'd hate to see the downturn over those next 30k miles or so.