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Do both plugs look the same or does one look oil fouled?

How did the burst disk not pop?

I say this to people often when the topic comes up. IMO it's an excellent point - it used to be that anyone, regardless of age or background could order a gun and have it delivered COD. Doesn't get much easier than that. Illicit drugs as well as legally prescribed and consumed ones too. I'm...

I'm sure for some it's a walk in the park. For me, yeah it's a pretty special accomplishment. Before I did it the first time, I had tried many, many times before. Finally a few years ago I was able to swing it towards the end of my riding season. I got it again the next year and a couple more...

I've ridden 50 miles on a bicycle while maintaining a 20mph average the whole way in 90⁰ plus temps but lower dew points. For a 40 plus year old, 6' 200lb man on a steel framed bike that only rides recreationally, that's not a bad accomplishment. In fact, for me it's a lot of hard work - I'm no...

I suspect that the "feels like" temps are so humans can better judge for themselves what's healthy for them to take in. 117 in AZ is hotter than all get out and you should govern yourself accordingly. 95 with high humidity and a high dew point affects people just as bad too - the high humidity...

I can do mid 90's and 70-75 degree dew points but evidently mid 90s, 82 degree dew point and a blazing sun is my limit! Between the corn and some heavy rains that we've had there is plenty of moisture to get burned out and put into the air.

We may get a chance to find out soon enough - tomorrow is supposed to be hotter yet!

It's 9:00 and about as sticky as ever... The dew point went up to 84⁰ earlier but is back down to a much more livable 82⁰ 🤪

Totally agree, that's why I turned around at 10 miles and I was GLAD to be back at the car when I got there! As for working in the heat, I'll readily admit that I'm super spoiled.. we have the AC set at 71 in mine! You have my respect and sympathy for having to work in that crap!

Geeze the dew point has continued to climb... I've been seeing high 70⁰ to low 80⁰ dew points as late as 8:00 lately. Yuck.

It's been hotter than hades here in the middle of iowa lately. I was going to go for a 30+ mile bike ride today but nope'ed out at 20.. Temps in the mid 90's and high humidity combined to push the dew points into the 80s and the "feels like" temps as high as 120⁰! I've been comparing my...

Try driving in a slalom fashion at a speed where the noise is prevalent and see if it changes. Usually a bad bearing will either worsen or stay the same when swerving to one side and lessen or go away to the other, however on occasion they won't change at all. Tire noises tend to change some but...

Get a working infrared temp gun and measure the temp at the t-stat housing. You need actual verification that she's getting that hot.

Reading trough your thread, I was completely expecting this to be the problem.. I've gotten burned by dry o-rings once or twice in the past, so now I NEVER install a slip fit o-ring dry. The lubricant depends on the application - here I would use a silicone grease.

The only sealant that I've ever used is Taber's Flox-Ex - it's some really good stuff. That said with such a nice flat finish, you likely won't need any sealant. And FWIW I would use the stainless steel gasket.

Not too bad really.

Why use threadlocker?

I'm curious how the new flexplate makes your car drive much better? Did you just have flexplate on the brain and mean to say torque converter?

It's a surprisingly tolerant engine. I had fixed one that was so bad that it ate the cast in stands that the guides mount to. There was so much metal everywhere (including plugging up the vct valves that I had to pressure wash the top of the head and pull the oil pan to remove the debris - that...