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Chris GTO TT wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 3:39 pm

DCIV wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 2:10 pm Nice!!! Jealous of the AC.


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It was 110 here not long ago, I couldn't drive the car without it?

It wasn’t a question. I was serious. It stops me from driving my car more than I care to admit.


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Yeah I know I was saying I needed it to be able to actually enjoy the car

AC blew cold for a while but then got hot again. I took the WRX back to the AC shop. It blew the whole charge out the high pressure side valve somehow, and now the compressor is cycling too quickly

Chris GTO TT wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:46 am AC blew cold for a while but then got hot again. I took the WRX back to the AC shop. It blew the whole charge out the high pressure side valve somehow, and now the compressor is cycling too quickly

valve cores do leak. poor workmanship on the shop if they didnt check them.

From some of the mechanic YouTubers I watch, every time they service AC systems, they replace the valve cores nearly every time, regardless if they need it or not, because they are super cheap and easy to do.

They replaced them when they serviced it the first time

Looks like the high pressure hose rubber failed. Not terribly surprised given the 253k miles on it.

Chris GTO TT wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:09 pm Looks like the high pressure hose rubber failed. Not terribly surprised given the 253k miles on it.

did you fold the compressor over onto the battery when you pulled the engine? thats about the only time ive seen that line get damaged.

I did not, I actually disconnected the whole system because the seller said the AC didn't work well. He said it was seeping out the rubber all over the line

surprising. not entirely impossible but not normal. nissans like to leak at the hoses/crimps but its not common on subaru.

The shop it's at specializes on making custom high pressure hoses so he's making me a new one for $150. No charge for the 2nd evacuation and recharge.

cool that theyre taking care of it.

that hose is 225 my cost

edit: at least for one i can get today. aftermarket...not so much

He said he could get a new one for $200 for me. I told him to do whatever he thinks is a better way to go. He said he thinks his materials are higher quality and to just build it, so that's what we are doing.

Got it back last week and it's working great, I've been using it as my daily driver.

Found this on marketplace... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... tid=dXMIcH

Chris GTO TT wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 10:11 pm Got it back last week and it's working great, I've been using it as my daily driver.

Found this on marketplace... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... tid=dXMIcH

me likey.

are they legal down there?

Yeah it's legal it's actually quieter than the Borla S-Type sitting in my backyard lol

man i miss the exhaust on my old wrx so much, im actually going to buy it again for the forester at some point. its a cobb clone, only brand i can find that still makes it is manzo

https://www.ebay.com/itm/380372030169?

I felt like the Borla S-Type was too loud for a completely stock car, so I went to a stock exhaust but it's so quiet all I can hear is the transmission whine lol

Thinking about listing it for trade to see what kinds of dumpster fire things I get offered. I'm just not sure I'm actually enjoying driving it as is and the things it needs for Rally-X are expensive. I just don't feel motivated to spend that kind of money.

Put 13 gallons in to a 15.9 gallon tank... Got 17mpg same as my truck