Silicone hose is great for long life, BUT silicone is slippery. Be sure your hose clamps are tight. If they can't be kept in place with high boost, use double clamps. We learned this with industrial turbo diesel engines. volvolugnut Aye, aye! Ben doesn't have high boost and I rarely make him drive ...

THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL!

abscate wrote: ↑13 Sep 2025, 14:29

Yeah in my house, deaf jokes are unheard of too.

Well done!

If you aren’t getting the service message on the dash, put checking Vida on the priority list below the monthly clocking of the tire fill stems

Yesssssss!

BAHAHAHA. Yeah in my house, deaf jokes are unheard of too. I was taking a wait and see approach to recoding. So far no messages have popped up. When I'm done tinkering on the Miata, who has decided to intermittently present as an air cooled 70s VW, I will fire up VIDA and see what Benjamin has to say.

Thank you, Sir. If it needs to be a "real," exhaustive diy write-up...I am happy to do it over and document that as well.

I've been meaning to install yellow light film I got in a trade on any car for about a decade now and I finally did it!

Ben's alarm has been intermittently yelling at me now for...a year? After much thought weighing pros and cons for rebuilding my alarm vs. buying a new one, I settled on a new one. I'll take my old alarm apart and if the condition is salvageable and the circuit board isn't destroyed, I'll rebuild tha...

Ben finally got some TLC this week. His hoses are mostly original and the turbo hoses were getting really gummy. I want to change all coolant hoses to yellow silicone hoses but I can't find them online. I think I'll buy straight hoses and shape them with springs so if anyone knows the dimensions off...

Nial has a new dad... so hopefully will join the site shortly. Thank you for your support!

I didn't know we had that thread! I'll look for it after today's fleet oil change...including Nial. I can't, in good conscience, sell this car with him needing his oil changed soonish.