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  1. 88SubGL
    I have an ‘85 Nissan pickup that had 400,000 miles on it before I opened it up after it blew a head gasket. I bought it with 75,000 miles on it and used whatever was the cheapest oil and filter I could find, including Fram filters, and changed the oil every 3,000 miles. I was surprised to find the factory crosshatching in the cylinders. Cleaned up the pistons, re-ringed it, new bearings, timing set and head reworked and it runs as good as when I first bought it. Point being, based on my personal experience, it’s much less about brands than frequency. I also have an ‘04 Frontier with 281,000, an ‘04 Tahoe with 212,000 and a ‘15 Legacy with 148,000. All running strong.
  2. 88SubGL
    As regards the brake fluid, you may need to check your brake wear. The fluid level goes down as the brakes wear.
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    I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t think that’s a Justy.
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    If it’s built right, there’s no reason to baby it. Drive it like you stole it, it’ll help seat the rings.
  5. 88SubGL
    Could it be just a bad sending unit?
  6. 88SubGL
    EJ it and have some fun.
  7. 88SubGL
    That’s definitely a shop to avoid.
  8. 88SubGL
    If it’s something you’re really interested in, ask whether or not it’s been repainted. It’s very difficult for me to tell, but I think it has. No branding on deck lid and I think I see overspray in different places. Pictures are not good enough to see. If it has been, then you really want to look it over closely.
  9. 88SubGL
    In 1982 the Camaro was available with 4, 6 or 8 cylinders. So probably the 4 cylinder, I don’t remember the displacement, probably 2.5.
  10. 88SubGL
    From what I read earlier, it’s actually a rebadged Toyota. And being all electric, no boxer.
  11. 88SubGL
    Maybe a dumb question, but is the turbo working? Providing boost?
  12. 88SubGL
    A picture will help us to understand what exactly you’re dealing with. That way you can get the answer you’re looking for.
  13. 88SubGL
    Have you checked to see if you have spark? If not, I would start there and trace my way back to see where I’m losing power.
  14. 88SubGL
    From the outside oil. It’s hard tell from the outside when a non contaminated hose is bad. They deteriorate from the inside. If the rest are original, I would seriously consider changing them. They’re 24 years old, if I saw the model of your car right.
  15. 88SubGL
    If it were me, when you get it home, change all of the coolant hoses, unless you have done that recently. If they’re all basically the same age, you can expect more leaks in the future, especially the oil soaked ones.
  16. 88SubGL
    Lower control arm.
  17. 88SubGL
    It does sound like it’s not getting enough fuel. It could be a restriction in the line but more likely, based on what you’ve replaced so far, it’s the fuel pump giving up.
  18. 88SubGL
    Amazing way to diagnose the problem.
  19. 88SubGL
    That’s just wrong.
  20. 88SubGL
    What about just replacing it with a simple Weber carburetor? If you want to keep the stock look, just adapt your air filter housing to it. Just my 2 cents.
  21. 88SubGL
    It couldn’t be a clogged cat could it? Or perhaps a fuel delivery issue?
  22. 88SubGL
    That’s a really nice looking Brat. How many miles?
  23. 88SubGL
    That’s a clean looking car. Original paint?
  24. 88SubGL
    Did the vibration start before or after you installed new tires? If after then it’s the tires. If before then possibly something in the front suspension, tie rod ends, ball joints, etc.
  25. 88SubGL
    I haven’t heard of this on a Subaru, but I had a master cylinder go bad on my ‘85 Nissan truck. I couldn’t see fluid coming from any where, but I kept having to add small amounts of fluid every now and again. After good amount of time doing this, I started having a problem with the brake booster. The booster felt almost nonexistent. Long story short, I was loosing fluid into the booster it’s self. Couldn’t see it from the outside. The master was bad. Ended up replacing both the booster and the master cylinder and it’s worked great ever since.
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