so today i decided to fix the coolant leak coming from the turbo and so i did. got the hose replaced and whatever. i go to drive the car back home from a friends shop and a couple miles down the highway i notice my temps peak then a loud pop seconds after i look. just as i was about to exit and pull over to wherever safe, smokes starts pouring out the back then into the car. by the time i pulled over the car is completely dead.

then i opened up the hood to check out whats going down and found this


the neck to the radiator hose breaks. i check it out a little closer and its not only plastic. theres a aluminum neck that also broke with it. crazy shit! lol

but the best thing is when i get it towed back the shop. i come to take off the drain plug and see coolant pour out of the pan then oil right after. seemed like almost 8qts of oil and coolant that came out of that damn thing.

so in short i have a blown head gasket. i could get it back on the road in a week or whenever i have some time off. should be an easy job. i thought my tech days were done but i was wrong...

edit: oh yea its a 98 volvo s70 glt with the s70r turbo engine.

wow that sucks big time. Probably isn't the easiest car to work on.

Bummer, man. Hope you can fix it.

its fixable. just a bit of a pain in the ###. the engine is designed just like any other european car. but for now i gotta daily the rx7 which doesnt bother me lol

tell you look at what you are spending in gas.

i know. i cringe just thinking about it lol. then again its all highway miles so it shouldnt be that bad but its still pretty bad

Are you still wearing a helmet or ear muffs in the FC? lol

haha no, i use earplugs now that i have an "exhaust." it has a 4in pipe from the turbo so it isnt as loud as before but still loud.

It doesn't matter with my fc best I can get for gas mileage is 15 mpg and hard in town driving drops it down to 8mpg

I know... I drive about an hour to get to work and its about half a tank of gas one way which kinda sucks.

soo i got the headgasket fixed then sold the volvo and found this



got it thursday and been lovin it ever since. it feels soo much better driving around everyday with all the creature comforts and more. i already ordered a k&n filter, the bigger oem rear spoiler and some led lights for the hell of it. next is wheels and coilovers as usual lol.

edit: its a 05 nissan maxima

Good grief man haha. You remind me of my Dad's history with the list of cars he's had. Not exactly the same type of cars, but you're gaining on him with the numbers haha.

I don't think he modded his quite as much either haha.

i think ill be sticking with this car for awhile since i am making payments on it lol. also insurance is pretty cheap for being a 4 door sedan. there was a g37 coupe i wanted but that sold tag killed it for me.

the fc is put on hold til i get this car to get it looking the way i want it.

G37s are ballin, I love those. PLEASE don't put the FC on hold to mod the Max, PLEASE!!!! lol

itll only be for a month or two. its pretty much complete i just need to get the engine out of the way then doing something different with the body work. thinking more along the lines of a time trial/timeattack thing