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2012-03-23 18:31:37

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Most vans are a PITA to work on period. Hate em.

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2012-03-23 18:49:37

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Another pita was my friends 96 deville. So many vacuum hoses, it was ridiculous.

Easiest was my old civic with the k swap. No ps, no ac, wires cleaned and tucked. So easy to work on a car that you can almost step inside the engine bay with the motor bolted.

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2012-03-23 19:06:47

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Easiest : b12 sentra
Hardest: Anything German with a large motor. Changing the spark plugs on the BMW V12's is a nightmare.

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2012-03-23 19:34:59

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Originally Posted by SE-Rtainlyb13

Easiest : b12 sentra
Hardest: Anything German with a large motor. Changing the spark plugs on the BMW V12's is a nightmare.

Where did the thanks button go? Lol, try changing the oil pan gasket on one.

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Originally Posted by wnwright

Do heroin at a keg party with Molly, drunk at a strip club, while banging a hooker... In Vegas.

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2012-03-23 19:37:50

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my 89 topaz was a BITCH. oil filter right above the starter, so any oil getting on it gummed it up. Rear swaybar was a BITCH to work with, the water pump had to come apart, be moved into the spot, then assembled before attaching it to the engine because the damn a/c lines were in the way. man that SUCKED.

My f150 for front end work was awesome. rear diff was great too.

loved it.

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2012-03-23 20:21:41

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My wife's toyota yaris is really easy to work on, that is the few times i've had to . Just usual 120000 mile maintenance really. The 1.5 is so tiny even in a tiny car everything is easily accessible.

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2012-03-23 23:40:08

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Originally Posted by ashtonsser

Oh I just remembered the worst job ive ever had to do and it was a Nissan. Sorry Nissan but the fwd KA24 motor has to go. Doing an intake manifold gasket on those cars 100% kicked my ass and pissed me off to absolutely no end. From impossible brackets to get to that are hidden, to impossible hoses to get to that are hidden that you have to remove to even get the runners off, basicly impossible to remove the runners without the plenum and to get both off just absolutely sucks. Im sorry but that one takes the cake of any job ive had to do. Bolts for it are in the worst place possible and why nissan decided they needed to use a paper gasket when every other nissan motor uses metal intake manifold gaskets beats me.

Gee whiz thats good news

Mine idles bad when its cold but it behaves like and IACV thats going bad as it pulses up and down. O well it runs now. Do you think a leak from said gasket could trigger a CEL for the Evap?

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2012-03-23 23:44:18

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Originally Posted by jasonb

mazda miata is awesome. it has attention to detail to make it easy to work on that i've never seen before.

hate working on nissan pathfinder. they just didn't care and it shows. changing anything requires removing 15 things you shouldn't have to touch.

my new rule when buying new cars. if it looks impossible to change the oil (or even find the oil filter) dont' buy the car.

I did an oil change on one of these once and the drain plug placement was THE dumbest I have yet to encounter. Get ready for an oil bath.

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2012-03-24 00:16:46

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Subaru. Ugh. I hope they all go up in flames. I hate them.

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2012-03-24 03:52:23

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Originally Posted by 95b14

Gee whiz thats good news
Mine idles bad when its cold but it behaves like and IACV thats going bad as it pulses up and down. O well it runs now. Do you think a leak from said gasket could trigger a CEL for the Evap?

If you have some brake cleaner, while the car is running spray brake cleaner along the intake manifold connection to the head and if it changes the idle the gasket is bad. I have seen it way too many times thankfully I myself have only had to do one of them and hope to God I never have to do another. I looked up the book hours on the job and it quotes a bit over 6 hours. Not fun at all. I would have rather pulled the motor to do the job. No joke.

And yes it can cause an evap code because your vac would be very low and the evap system wont function right.

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