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First road trip in 92 XFi
Topic Started: Oct 8 2010, 10:55 AM (1,234 Views)
Johnny Mullet
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So I am heading to central PA this afternoon to fix my dad's 96 Buick with a blown intake gasket and/or plenum. We get Christine ready for the trip, but a friend wanted me to look at her van. I tried jump starting her van and this ended up toasting my alternator :smackface

I get Christine in the garage so I can rob the alternator from Blue Jay since that car is disabled due to frame rot issues. I start removing the alternator and found out why the heat sucked in the car the previous day. The water pump is leaking :smackface

Now it looks like Molly (Black 92 XFi) will be going on her very first road trip since I got her :popcorn

I believe there is a reason this happened. The alt swap would have been simple, but for some reason Christine does not want to go on this trip, but Molly is can't wait :dunno
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snowfish
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Sounds like a Blessing from the Lord, my Friend! :thumb The "larger rain storm" would have been sitting along the freeway with a totally unglued water pump! :O

btw, nice avi. Might want to concider "Geomanator.....I'll be (hatch)Baaack!"
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bogs
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I've had years like that <sigh>
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bansheetaz


i think theres an updated plenum for that. they are plastic and are prone to cracking.


when i jump a car... contrary to popular belief. i turn off the car that im jumping from just to insure that it doesnt fry the ecu or in this case alternator. then someone might say "well what if you cant get your car started when your done jumping the other car?" i tell them that if the battery cant handle it that way then you have no business jumping another vehicle with it anyway.

Edited by bansheetaz, Oct 8 2010, 12:32 PM.
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Johnny Mullet
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We left in the XFi at 2:00 and made it to Breezewood, Pa for a hotel. We left the hotel and headed to Bald Eagle, Pa to drop off a block to a member who needed one and just got back here to the hotel. The free WiFi sucks, so I'm on another connection with the laptop.

The Xfi did great! Ran 60-65 mph and pulled the mountains quite well. The Cherry bomb sounds nice at highway speeds and the car rode surprisingly smooth and stable at these speeds. The car got a lot of attention at a couple stops and got a lot of looks on the freeway :)
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Jittney
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What? no mpg report to post? B-)
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nerys
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That's Classified.....Fingers pistol....Understand?
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geogonfa
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Buicks have a weakness in the upper intake manifold @ the EGR valve... usually melts through the coolant jacket into the intake and the lower intake gasket just comes apart...done way too many of them...just something to look for...hope you have good trip..
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Coche Blanco
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He got 57mpg.
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bogs
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Where are the pics? You even have a co-pilot ! PICTURES !! :popcorn
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Johnny Mullet
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402 miles on 7 gallons of gas. 57+ MPG average fully loaded with wife, dog, luggage, tools, and parts.
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Johnny Mullet
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Here we are in front of dad's house and my brother cleaning the throttle body........

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The plenum on the Buick was toast! This had to been going on for some time..........

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Got it all fixed up and it's running great........

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superduty5.9
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Are those wheels or just hubcaps on the black metro Johnny?
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nerys
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hubcaps No "edge" and no "stem"
Edited by nerys, Oct 9 2010, 09:51 PM.
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Johnny Mullet
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Hubcaps from a 1995-1997 Geo Metro. They actually came off member pacopperhead's car when he replaced his with refabbed ones from ineedahubcap.com
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