jdurand Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 My wife's car is an '86, mine is a '99. Both run fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBob Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 My wife's car is an '86, mine is a '99. Both run fine. What, you and her or the cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h v Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 But I'm pretty sure hv has us all beat. Ya, well maybe sort of. Primary is a '95 Geo Metro, 48 mpg any day of the week. Basically a 3 cylinder 1000 cc motor with a body sort of wrapped around it. I made a bad buy on the other hand. It was supposed to have been a "full rebuilt" motor. BS!! I've got it down to 1 qt of oil every 1,000 miles. I think the punk did ok in rebuilding the bottom end, flaked out on the top end. Now, I don't worry about an oil change. Once I go through 6 qts of oil, I'll change the filter. Shoulda woulda coulda ... I should have stuck with the Toyota. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurand Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 What, you and her or the cars? The cars run fine. I bounce and zoom, she's never been much of a bouncer/zoomer since she was injured as a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emocmo Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 But I'm pretty sure hv has us all beat. Ya, well maybe sort of. Primary is a '95 Geo Metro, 48 mpg any day of the week. Basically a 3 cylinder 1000 cc motor with a body sort of wrapped around it. I made a bad buy on the other hand. It was supposed to have been a "full rebuilt" motor. BS!! I've got it down to 1 qt of oil every 1,000 miles. I think the punk did ok in rebuilding the bottom end, flaked out on the top end. Now, I don't worry about an oil change. Once I go through 6 qts of oil, I'll change the filter. Shoulda woulda coulda ... I should have stuck with the Toyota. A top end job is pretty easy. I know nothing about cars and I did one when I was in my very early 20s. It was one of those, "If you can fix it, you can have it" deals. I bought a book, and did it. While it took me about three days to do it, it cost about $100. Of course, this was in 1980...but it cannot have changed THAT much. I am sure you can get it done for under $300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h v Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 emocmo says I know nothing about cars How you dare to lie to me with that statement!!!! You beat me up one side and down the other .... and you know it!! Part of the problem is the young buck punked out on the top end. The other part of the problem is finding parts for a '95 Metro. Not as cheap as one would think. Only 1 left, and they are proud of it. Another little minor issue, finding gaskets. In at least a couple of points, I'd be back to a bare piece of cork and trace one out with an exacto knife. JJ the stud mechanic has looked at it with me. "you're getting 48 mpg!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emocmo Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 emocmo says I know nothing about cars How you dare to lie to me with that statement!!!! You beat me up one side and down the other .... and you know it!! Part of the problem is the young buck punked out on the top end. The other part of the problem is finding parts for a '95 Metro. Not as cheap as one would think. Only 1 left, and they are proud of it. Another little minor issue, finding gaskets. In at least a couple of points, I'd be back to a bare piece of cork and trace one out with an exacto knife. JJ the stud mechanic has looked at it with me. "you're getting 48 mpg!" Ha ha....I "knew" nothing about cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBob Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 h v- is it leaking oil or burning oil? IOW is oil going past gaskets to the exterior of the engine or is it going past valve seals or oil rings and out the tailpipe? If the latter, you're going to spend for a catalytic converter. If the former, just do what you're doing with the oil filter. One of the dumbest mistakes I ever made was to rebuild an engine just because it was using oil. I prefer for my motors to lose some oil for the very reason of keeping some fresh oil in there. I also know that too-tight oil rings will cause compression rings to wear prematurely. IIRC, I think your Metro is actually a rebranded Suzuki because of that 3-cylinder. BTW keep in mind that the engine is highly prized for Light Sport Aircraft conversion (I have a Mazda 13B rotary that I'm hanging onto for that or an airboat). Anyway, look for parts from a Suzuki. We had to do the homemade gasket thing on a generator here yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h v Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 h v- is it leaking oil or burning oil? IOW is oil going past gaskets to the exterior of the engine or is it going past valve seals or oil rings and out the tailpipe? If the latter, you're going to spend for a catalytic converter. If the former, just do what you're doing with the oil filter. One of the dumbest mistakes I ever made was to rebuild an engine just because it was using oil. I prefer for my motors to lose some oil for the very reason of keeping some fresh oil in there. I also know that too-tight oil rings will cause compression rings to wear prematurely. IIRC, I think your Metro is actually a rebranded Suzuki because of that 3-cylinder. BTW keep in mind that the engine is highly prized for Light Sport Aircraft conversion (I have a Mazda 13B rotary that I'm hanging onto for that or an airboat). Anyway, look for parts from a Suzuki. We had to do the homemade gasket thing on a generator here yesterday. JJ the super mechanic and I see no signs of burning oil. When I do happen to stick my foot on the gas pedal at high RPM, no blue smoke. Compression feels good. But with only 1000 cc (a big motorcycle engine), I have to back off, shift down and get a run at it to get up enough speed to pass somebody. haha. The other clue I took is the Haynes Manual that came with the car. The first few chapters, rebuilding the bottom end, are all greasy and folded, beat up. The rest of the book is clean. Ok, so he read the book on rebuilding the bottom end and did that part right. The rest of it he just slapped it back on. Maybe I guess it would be a good idea to have some flat raw cork to cut out a gasket. A couple of tubes of the the high temp blue goo wouldn't hurt either. Short on bailing wire. Have duct tape and wire hangers. Hadn't thought about Suzuki, but makes sense .... thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBob Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hadn't thought about Suzuki, but makes sense .... thanks. Oldest daughter, a nurse, had a '91 Geo, Metro IIRC, and it was just a rebranded Toyota Corolla. It was and still is a great car. Had a trailer hitch when we bought it but she never used it to pull a trailer. She hit some rough pavement while sleepy one morning leaving the graveyard shift at the hospital. The front wheels went into a critical shake and she lost control and ran off the road but neither she or the car were hurt. Her husband and Pa-in-law couldn't find anything wrong with the car but I knew what had happened- it's just one of those freak things when the front wheels lose their gyroscopic stability at about 35-45 mph. I had never taught her about that because it happens so seldom. So she sold the little car and she's missed it ever since. She's practical like her parents, they all are. The old guy that bought it is near her and drives it every day, often pulling a little trailer. Just makes her sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pneumo Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Aww shoot. JD's missus's car beats my 1990 Hilux 2.8 diesel ute. Almost 400000 kms and she flies like the wind. Gear shift's a bit sloppy, but that matches some of my bad habits. No electronics and you can get 3 blokes to push start it. She's also kitted with our latest gizmo on the fuel line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBob Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Let's see who can outdo this one. My favorite mechanic lives on a dirt road that ends at a backwater swamp. The first time I took my youngest daughter down there she said "This is a Daddy kind of place". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesire Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 If you "lose" all your papers and come in with other refugees then all you have to do is claim to be from Syria. Helps if you can pass for having Arabian ancestry. spray on tan to the rescue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendwalker Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Just joined the forum yesterday, so I do apologize if seeking the truth is something that is frowned upon. In my profession, we try to solve problems, but only if there is a problem. That said, the article appears to be a hoax or as Lennie pointed out, "...a little exaggerated". Here is an article I came across while researching the "ain't it awful" story. Although many of the hoax sites offer rebuttals, this one seemed to have the most concise. Enjoy! http://www.snopes.com/new-american-way-life/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 That Mikkelson is a liberal pushing his own agenda, should be pretty obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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