Precautions Before A Long Ride
02-03-2003, 05:47 PM
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i never turned my TII off at the gas station. i was an idiot, kinda stupid to leave it on. only reason y i wouldnt turn it off is because of leaky injectors and it would take a while to start the car again. but then i found the egi trick and started turning it off. i didnt wanna chance blowing up anymore
02-03-2003, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Feb 4 2003, 02:47 AM
i never turned my TII off at the gas station. i was an idiot, kinda stupid to leave it on. only reason y i wouldnt turn it off is because of leaky injectors and it would take a while to start the car again. but then i found the egi trick and started turning it off. i didnt wanna chance blowing up anymore
02-03-2003, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by foopy' date='Feb 3 2003, 06:36 PM
[quote name='Rob x-7' date='Feb 4 2003, 02:31 AM'] Do not shut the car off when stopping for gas, I know you have a N/A
but you would be shocked at how hot the car gets when you shut it off!
Like Mike said- do the belts, hoses, and thermostat, coolant, and I would do them like a month or so before hand so you know there arent any issues.
but you would be shocked at how hot the car gets when you shut it off!
Like Mike said- do the belts, hoses, and thermostat, coolant, and I would do them like a month or so before hand so you know there arent any issues.
and how exactly does one go about checkin belts, hoses, thermostats and coolants? ....... [/quote]
I didnt say check, I said change
If you had a mechanical temp. gauge in your car you would see just
how hot it gets when you shut it off after going a steady 65-76mph for a few hours, just leave it running, use a credit card for gas and you wont have a problem with anyone bothering you.
02-03-2003, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Feb 4 2003, 12:02 AM
[quote name='foopy' date='Feb 3 2003, 06:36 PM'] [quote name='Rob x-7' date='Feb 4 2003, 02:31 AM'] Do not shut the car off when stopping for gas, I know you have a N/A
but you would be shocked at how hot the car gets when you shut it off!
Like Mike said- do the belts, hoses, and thermostat, coolant, and I would do them like a month or so before hand so you know there arent any issues.
but you would be shocked at how hot the car gets when you shut it off!
Like Mike said- do the belts, hoses, and thermostat, coolant, and I would do them like a month or so before hand so you know there arent any issues.
and how exactly does one go about checkin belts, hoses, thermostats and coolants? ....... [/quote]
I didnt say check, I said change
If you had a mechanical temp. gauge in your car you would see just
how hot it gets when you shut it off after going a steady 65-76mph for a few hours, just leave it running, use a credit card for gas and you wont have a problem with anyone bothering you. [/quote]
I wired my electric fan to be on at all times, it would run for about 4 minutes after shutting the car off on really hot days, made me feel better about shutting it off after driving hard on the highway going to my wives apt when she was in chicago. The thermostat built into it would shut off hte fan once the temp went down. on a normal day it only ran for a couple minutes, only once did I find the battery a bit tired and I think it was when I had the thermostat adjusted too low so the fan was running too much.
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