DMFWallace
Ignoramus Bigotus
- Joined
- May 1, 2004
- Location
- Fredericksburg, VA
Just drive it til it blows, IMO. Make sure you have AAA.
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Just drive it til it blows, IMO. Make sure you have AAA.
I actually had about an eighth a bottle of that super thick lucas additive, added that to the oil and the noise came down a little bit.
Agreed. Compared to redblocks these things are a maze but they're far from the worst. I've done more surgery to my GLT than all of my redblock cars combined. I'm glad I had the learning experience on that car as opposed to finding out the hard way on this nice example. Only thing I haven't done yet on a P80 is swap an engine and mess with the delta link rear.. It's so funny to me that all of my other cars look like total ass but run just dandy.. and the one car I have that is absolutely gorgeous has this annoying ass noise that worries me to death Ugh.. P80s. It's a love/hate.
Are you sure it's not something external? Belt tensioner? Power steering pump? My friend had what he swore was a rod knock in a Saab Sonnet that turned out to be a loose fender liner that was vibrating against the fender.
*Read: Very annoying
**Bonus points, you can be seen from space
***May cause blindness or a hot left hand from covering it while driving
Looks like someone doesn't like the AUT climate control.
The car looks great!
I became a P80 fan after I picked up my '96 GLT as a "beater". That car is getting scrapped, but the wife and I both have turbo P80's now. Her's is a '97 855GLT LPT, and mine is a '97 854 T5 (Getting a manual swap when I get the parts out of the '96).
Jealous of all the mods on your car.
Thanks! And same here! I got my '96 GLT for $500 and barely made it home with all the water coming out of the heater core. I became a fan gradually after replacing most of the mechanical bits, almost all of the electronics, and the entire interior. Turned out to be a great DD. Put a lot of hours into making that car driveable again..
The P80 interior rattles are hard to get along with, but everything else is so nice about them I'm content with the P80 chassis as a DD.
Does the auto actually work?
Nothing stupid about that. Does that coolant reservoir light up when you pop the hood?