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  1. Well Seasoned

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    Makes sense..... that's probably what's happening here.
     
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    I'm hoping there is hope! :thumbs:
     
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    Kinda wishing i never came in here now. I left my damm lighter in the car and i need a smoke!
     
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    Necessity is the mother of invention!!
     
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    Lighter aquired- all is well
     
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    Woo hoo.
     
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    Listening to the service manager coming out here to rip ppl off is making me sick. Stealership at its finest.
     
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    No fair coming to VT and not giving advanced notice!!
     
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    Last minute decision and probably a bad one. These places are a rip off!
     
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    Well, you know what's comin then! o_O
     
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    I already raised hell 5 minutes into walking in. I'll put these young cats in their place, I'm no typical customer, i know a thing or two
     
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    I had a dealer once do a brake flush. Before leaving the car, I put marks on each of the four rubber bleeder caps to confirm they were removed and that they at least attempted the flush.

    Long story short the bleeder caps were never removed and it got messy between me and the service manager.
     
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    Yea dealerships are horrible, especially right now not having inventory..... they need to make more money elsewhere! And this was the case with customers i saw today and with me too, but nice try! I already recieved a quote for 2-3k for the head gasket, water pump, and timing belt. St J Subaru have me an estimate for $5700, Haha, no thanks crooks! I only went there because they could get me right in where the other place is 2 weeks.
    I'll bite the bullet because i knew this would happen when i bought it used at about the miles im at now.

    However, after putting that stuff in, the engine temps stayed consistant as well as the heat output, so maybe im good anyway. I have 2 weeks to decide which way to go.

    Thanks for everyone's help!
     
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    had a 92 v6 minivan put a new pump and thermostat and cap in it. dang thing kept over heating replaced tstat again and ran everything till there was hot flow through radiator, minute i put the cap back on things would start to over heat replaced again the cap also same problem - at that point I new there was an air bubble stuck in the block but I did not a way to pressure flush it. Took it the stealership 3 tries to get it right. Pretty sure the first time around they tried to cheap out, likely the second time also.
     
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    few years back, sealer in radiator - friend had a leak, put in sealer , messed up he put into the oil, spent most of the night pullin the lower half of that 5.4 ford apart to correct his mistake. sealed up the oil pump intake in pan the almost perfectly. Had to replace the pan and oil pump as well. that stuff turned into an epoxy substance. what a mess. scavanged parts from another 5.4 in the shop as this started at about 9:30pm. he got lucky reliezed his mistake shut eng down before it got up to the top end. That would of wiped out the cam timing system. ( yes tore down the top end to make sure) Nothing open for parts. got it all done & running just in time for him to go back work ( 5 am ). I am too old to pull an all nighter like that again. Oh and the leak was a loose clamp on the lower radiator hose - no way to see it from top or bottom all you could see was that things were all wet down there.
     
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    Those spring clamps were notorious for breaking.
     
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    It's probably not the solution here, but I'll post for awareness.

    When doing any cooling system service, I love using my vacuum fill tool. It does so many things at once. It'll evacuate all air, leak test, and fill the system perfectly. No burping or bleeding required, no matter how complex the cooling system is. Fill the system, put the cap on, kick it out of the shop, every time.

    Well Seasoned - In your case, issues that require bleeding the system, out of the blue, raise a red flag. Especially for repeat incidents.

    Best part is, these things are $50 on Amazon now.

     
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    This. When I was a flat rate mechanic this is the only way I would fill cooling systems. Lost lots of money dealing with air lock!:headbang::headbang::headbang:
     
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    Thanks! MasterMech, you think there's still air in it? I burped it for a least a half hour, even rev'd the engine to speed up the process
     
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