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skills@eurocarsplus
Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007
Posts: 16879
Location: sticksville, ct.
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 Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: My first breakdown!!! White steam coming out the left side vent. |
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| ?Waldo? wrote: |
Hopefully it went to someone who will read the owner's manual, measure the ATF fluid level correctly, and pull over when the engine is catastrophically overheating.  |
that's fuckin cold 
but true 
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| gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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?Waldo?
Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2006
Posts: 9752
Location: Where?
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| Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 4:56 pm Post subject: Re: My first breakdown!!! White steam coming out the left side vent. |
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| Shucks, I was aiming for humorous teasing in a good natured manner. I mean, I added the 'Razz' emoticon. Maybe I missed the mark. |
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skills@eurocarsplus
Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007
Posts: 16879
Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: My first breakdown!!! White steam coming out the left side vent. |
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| ?Waldo? wrote: |
| Maybe I missed the mark. |
internet is a dangerous place. welcome to my world. a solid 80%+ of what i say gets horribly misconstrued
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| gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Abscate
Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014
Posts: 22668
Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 2:24 am Post subject: Re: My first breakdown!!! White steam coming out the left side vent. |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| ?Waldo? wrote: |
| Maybe I missed the mark. |
internet is a dangerous place. welcome to my world. a solid 80%+ of what i say gets horribly misconstrued |
..and the other 20% is kale recipes.
Off to do the T5 water pump pipe this morning, my favorite.
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djkeev
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Joined: September 30, 2007
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Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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?Waldo?
Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2006
Posts: 9752
Location: Where?
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 10:37 am Post subject: Re: My first breakdown!!! White steam coming out the left side vent. |
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Reading and heeding the Owner's Manual is the simple solution for new owners who are not used to the nuances of older vehicles. The Vanagon Owner's Manual is an easy read in 1/2 of an hour and doing so can save an owner thousands of dollars (and also clue them into some cool unusual features).
FWIW, ignoring the check engine light in new vehicles is also a bad idea. |
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natejohn
Samba Member
Joined: February 20, 2020
Posts: 57
Location: Vancouver, BC
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 8:21 pm Post subject: Re: My first breakdown!!! White steam coming out the left side vent. |
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I work on a huge variety of diesel powered equipment in my day job. djkeev, what you say rings true for operators of those even! They will happily ignore many warning lights until they've finally been derated to uselessness.
That being said, there are so many warning lights on a big diesel these days (check engine, stop engine, engine picture light, not to mention all the aftertreatment lights) I'm not surprised they conveniently ignore them.
Oh well, work for me I guess!
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