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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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Basically my car is starting to act up. My tires still haven't came in yet, people keep giving me the run around about my windsheild. somebody tried to steal my brake tag, and now i need a water pump, a thermostat and a radiator. Man why did this happen right before I start school. This sucks harder than a stripper with a vacum stuck in her azz.
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 10:23 PM
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Holy Crap! It's hard to believe that you need to replace EVERYTHING in your cooling system. That sucks!
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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How and why did they try to steal your brake tag??
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by D Boy
Basically my car is starting to act up. My tires still haven't came in yet, people keep giving me the run around about my windsheild. somebody tried to steal my brake tag, and now i need a water pump, a thermostat and a radiator. Man why did this happen right before I start school. This sucks harder than a stripper with a vacum stuck in her azz.
man that sucks............hey d-boy you going to uno????
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 06:34 AM
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Like blue thunder said, how did everything in your cooling system go bad? Everything couldn't have went out at one time.
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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no i'm not going to uno. the thing is the car ran hot before but it wasn't leaking. so i changed the thermostat and it ran good after that. last weak i was washing my car and after i cleaned the motor i saw antifreeze in the water leaking from the water pump. yesterday i heard my car sounding like it was boiling water and my temp shot up to 210, so when i raised the hood i had radiator fluid all over my hood, water pump, belts everything. so then i broke down and cried like a lil b!!ch. my baby is hurt bad. not to mention that i went to jail this morning and have to go to court on the 15th this month. this is just not my week...don't know why my window was down parked in front my job when i was at lunch went to the pisser i saw somebody by my car. i went out there with that tool in my hand and they ran thats when i saw my brake tag was half way off from the top and at the bottom.

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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 05:00 PM
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Whoa... I feel for ya...

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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 05:14 PM
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yeah,,, i could use a few bottles of gray goose right now...
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 07:57 PM
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thats how i feel cause now my baby has to go to the doctor to get an operation. i can't use her when shes bad tempered. lol
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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Did anyone do a pressure test on your cooling system to see where the leak is? You might not need a W/P and a radiator? Can you see where it is coming from?
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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i got a lil bit of good news. i took off the w/p cause thats were the leak was coming from, so i don't need a radiator.however the seals on the w/p and the thermostat were melted so i'm just gonna change those. i was thinking of changing them all just to be safe.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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let me know i got a extra water pump i can get you hooked up
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 03:11 PM
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I hear on LS1's a lot of time the gaskets leak and the pumps don't but people are so concerend when they have their pump off they just bite the bullet anyway and change the pump too...fwiw.
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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yeah thats what i heard. i think i might change my pulleys and add a cam while i'm in there to. hey rich i'll get that w/p from you smoetime this week, the court house got me out $178 today.
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 08:05 PM
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thats cool i'll hook you up let me know about the cam i will get you the best deal you can get, i got a good idea for a cam for you, i will make your car sound like a beast probably put you in the high11's low 12's with this cam

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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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d boy what are you looking for in a cam.
just replace your gakets and hopefully you dont have head gasket damage. because ive never seen the gaskets melted just pulled away from the aluminum frame.
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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i'll check the head gaskets to be on the safe side. good lookin out cause i wouldn't have thought about checkin them.
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 02:31 AM
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wtf is a brake tag?
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 06:04 AM
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Inspection sticker that goes on your windshield
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