oh and another CEL came on just now. P0420.


this car is going to kill me.

 

Interesting video

 

I was actually thinking of trying the seafoam in the gas tank. I heard people got rid of the code for a while with that method. But the dealer will see what's wrong with the car and wave the diagnostic fee because I was just there. So I might as well go there first.

If the cat does need to be replaced, I'll try the seafoam, clear the code, and get rid of the car.

 

high flow cat is cheaper then replacing the stock.. if so .. sad to her go!!

if your going ctsv route, good choice a friend of mine has one worked, over 500hp, sooo badass!!

 

2012 TL SH-AWD base. Mine for a few days.

(hood was open)






I take back anything bad I said about the 4G TL. It's brilliant and I love it.

 

To bad your getting rid of your car, you could have swapped intake manifolds before returning it.

 

haha even if i did, it still wouldn't be as quick as a stock 4G 3.7.

 

CEL still not going away. gonna try the seafoam. if that doesn't work, i'm gonna set the car on fire

also, wheels up for sale

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...9#post14200479

 

That sucks I'm at about thy point with mine. Everytime I do something now I'm without the car for a period of time or I get a cel. I would much rather have this problem then the surging idle with no cel so I have to guess what it is

 

yeah I really wish I had another car so I could keep this car around as is so I could keep tinkering with it but I just can't do that right now. I need a reliable form of transport.

 

I'm with you on that one after I finish this last few things I'm done with performance related mods. I cant keep waiting to fix it again and again so i'm just going to stick with wheels and a few other things till I get a new car at the end of next year. Mustang 5.0

 

Good luck man.... I have watched ur build form the begining. Talk about inspiration !!! U and ur 2g will be missed

 

i think slow automatics and loud exhausts are so I gate shifted.

 

more WOT in this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M99RZ...ature=youtu.be

 

sorry that link doesnt work. here you go:

 

okay sorry guys last update to the link. i was finally able to fix the audio. youtube is stupid.

 

Man that actually sounds good at wot good job on that exhaust now you make me want to really finish mine and make it a cat back. How did you mount the camera in the back to take the video

 

Thanks! I got the motorsports edition so it came with the suction cup arm mount.

 

Car went back to the dealer for some pretty nasty sounding engine knock, so this is mine for a few days. I like it.





The backup camera screen in the rearview mirror is pretty sick.

 

I am sure you miss your baby though!! All that work and modding.

 

Nope, honestly don't miss it. I do miss the MDX though. So quiet and comfortable.

So it turned out that the engine "knock" sound I was hearing was a leaky header mixed with the standard valve tick problem. Car went back to another shop to get OEM headers reinstalled.

This weekend, the racing seats and all audio comes out. Will have more stuff for sale soon. In the meantime, check my current for sale thread everyone!

 

So what are you getting next?

 

hehe

I want to say what I have in mind but I don't want to jinx it.

 

Since I haven't posted a pic of my car in a while...








I gutted the interior to take out all audio and fix broken stuff. Car is going up for sale in a week

 

All audio is up for sale. Using ebay to maximize profits.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271174544285...84.m1555.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271174551470...84.m1555.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271174540808...84.m1555.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271174547964...84.m1555.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271174555265...84.m1555.l2649


Car is also up for sale. Asking 5500 all stock. 135K miles. I test drove some cars today. Let's just say, be on the lookout for a thread in Car Talk very soon

 

Sorry to see the TL go but I am veddy excite about the new car

 

Me too! Well, the very excited part. I'm not sorry to see the TL go. Good riddance

Oh I should also mention that the CEL that I had for several months was fixed by the dealership there was a loose connection in one of the connectors somewhere in the harness that had to do with the O2 sensors.

 

Did you take off the tint?

 

im gone a short time and your getting rid of the ride

 

Nope it's still there. It's only 35% so it's not really that dark.

Oh yeah where have you been? You will like the replacement, trust me.

 

Bump for ebay auctions in post #665! They are almost over!

Also, going to work out a deal on my new car this weekend

 

Can't wait to see what you get and what you do with it

 

Just spent the past 3 hours skimming through this entire thread and I have to say I'm really impressed with everything you've done so far to the car!

Are you selling your car because of the high maintenance costs? I wish I had the same mods as you haha

 

Maintenance costs wasn't necessarily the issue. The fact that the car was in the shop at least once or twice a month for several days at a time was the really frustrating part.

Plus, now that I graduated school and have a real job, I can afford something nicer and more reliable so I won't have any issues getting to work. Instead of pouring money into my old beat up TL, I'd rather pour that same money into a new car with a manual, awd, and turbo....

 

That's depressing. I want to work on my car but at the same time I don't want to pour money into it when I can save up for something better ;(

On my third tranny already. Seems like it dies every 30k miles and the last one was replaced at 70k. I'm at 102k right now so I feel like my tranny will poop any day now. *crosses fingers hoping it doesn't die on way to school*

 

STi?

 

^ something like that

 

Just get an R34. Shouldn't be too hard at all lol

 

lol I considered it. But they are 60K+ after all is said and done

I found a few R32s and R33s but I have no idea how to get a loan for something like that at my age. Also they were 20K+. I can always get one in the future.

 

i want your exhaust lol