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Fitting Braided turbo lines
Hi guys, Ive just purchased a earls braided line set for the oil and coolant lines for the turbo. Has anyone got pics of them installed on there car. IM running stock manifold/turbo. Having trouble fitting the coolant line at the front of the turbo, does the 90deg bends go to the block or the...- WATDA
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Help me understand rad cap
OK, I have my own theory on this but if someone could tell me the advantages or not of changing the rad cap from a 1.1 bar to a 1.3. For the cap to relief on a 1.3 that would mean hotter coolant right? The hotter means a raise in pressure. So If I stick with my 1.1 bar it open earlier and...- S15_Spec_R
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FS: APEX Premium Braided Coolant & Oil Pipes
Had these for a while now and dont know when im going to get the chance to fit them so no point having them sitting around any longer. This is both the coolant pipes and the oil feed pipe. This is the premuim ones by APEX not their budget ones...- JEZ 8553
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Engine coolant temp
Hi guys, I know this depends too on the climate in different countries, but what would be the normal/average engine coolant temperature for say a stock S15? The only info I can find so far from the S15 manual is that the (electric) cooling fan shouldn't switch on before engine coolant reaches...- mongoose
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Coolant
This question is a bit :ghey: but I have no pride so I don't care :p Since the car dumped all it's coolant when the turbo hose split, I simply refilled it with neat water (i.e. no coolant) to get it running again. Now I need to get it topped up properly. Question the first - How can I drain...- Jono
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100,000 km service
My s15 is getting there... are there any thing special that needs to be done at this service? I don't suppose the timing chain needs to be touched. So if I've already done brakes, gearbox/diff, brake, coolant, plugs around 20000km ago, and the usual oil change every 5000km. What have I missed?- Ansch
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