How many Km on your L RX Turbo ATM .

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:24 am

certainly took the puff out of the sails of my beast of the day, so much so had no trouble slowing for a hill top resident hitching a ride, after fuel sloshing to wrong end of his tank.

As for the family Mitsu Sigma howling around in a clockwise direction ????

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:59 pm

Quick update , doddering up to 369000 and ended up going another years rego . I keep thinking I'll miss this car because it such a handy workhorse and so easy to live with . Touch wood its reliable and all I do is oil and filter changes and the odd cooling system flush .
The secret was to change every vital rubber hose in the engine bay and replace all consumables ie clutch and water pump when it was apart .
I reckon in a years time assuming I still have Ellie I'd like to see 400K which would be 151k with me and around 85k on that expensively rebuilt XT4 spider engine .

The old girl always get a good wash and wax polish , wax on wax off Daniel san , before inspections and looks quite presentable for a week or so . Scour the RX alloys and attack the interior with the vaccy and Armourall .
Then I stand back for a minute and think like Clint in Grand Torino - well aint she fine .

Confirmed mad car disease , cheers A .

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:13 pm

Quick update 376K now so thats 127K with me and and 63 on the spider donk .

Where are the rest of you RX-T people up to ?

Cheers A .

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:59 am

starting to look like an old computers specs

You've done well past the 100,000km you set out to get from it. Must be growing on you. Mine has sat last nine months due to another project, so, no update.

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:21 pm

Well it cost me a fair bit and its nice to be able to pretty much just drive it now . Its still like a cat watching a dog because you can't turn you back on these old dears , the day your guards down is the day they bite you so they demand their "not unreasonable attention" from their owners/keepers . Any long term L Series owner has to be in tune with their car or not nice things happen .
Don't ever laugh at your L because she who laughs last laughs loudest .

A .

87rxturbo · Post by **87rxturbo** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:08 am

Mine has 255,000km on it,still waiting for a new owner!:-D

sublime · Post by **sublime** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:17 pm

My RX got to 212 269Km before the RHD head cracked in May last year... It is still in the shed waiting for me to put the 'new' EA82T in!

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:30 am

When you say it cracked a head what does it actually do ? If it puffs a bit of steam out the exhauste PM me cause there's a "cracker" fix thats cheap and fast and often works very well .

A .

sublime · Post by **sublime** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:58 pm

When I say cracked, I mean coolant pours out through the head faster than you can add it! Nothing will fix that except a new head or new (...ish) EA82T.

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:01 pm

Arrr , how did you get it to crack that badly ?

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:46 pm

Probably a dodgy temp gauge sender like mine had that read nice all the way to 1/3 and never more ...... until I replaced sender

sublime · Post by **sublime** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:53 pm

Yes I would agree with steptoe, most likely the temp sender was not accurate. The one thing I was religious about was checking that bloody reading, still didn't help!

Oh well, I have a refreshed EA82T to go in, all new genuine parts (I do not want to think of how much that all cost!) so should be going again soon.

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Tue May 01, 2012 10:48 am

Update , since 3-4th April 2007 (at 249k) have done 131055 km - odo reads 380055ish .
Um that means 81909 miles so 85000 would mean 136000 km or 385000 total . Total in miles would be 240625
With the money I've spent and the use I should have had in 5 1/2 yrs I think I'll have done alright . "New" engi .ne has ~ 65000 on it and still feels good .
Coxy keeps telling me that keeping the miles low on the Skyline and Lancer is worth something too .

A .

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue May 01, 2012 4:44 pm

I finally looked at mine, 432526kms on the chassis, the new drivetrain I have no idea

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue May 01, 2012 10:33 pm

Nice thing about the L Series, the speedo kept a good record. MY's were not as good. My GLTM5 is a baby, first abandoned with 188,000 is now on 252,000 and about all I have replaced is the engine, the 3 speed auto, power steer, front seats, steering wheel, rear pads and rear coils coz I pinched them for the Vort

, oh, forgot - the headlights, bumper and bonnet the wrecker sold before I saved her, and a rear door due big dent. Currently shod in TW 13"s with plastic hubcaps ...BAAaaaa