What did you do TO your Cruze today?

2013LT · 2013-08-31

Post what you did to er and maybe even a picture to accompany it. Today I just washed it and did a quick wax job. It was pretty dirty from about 5 commutes to work!

JLL

· #1,921 · Jun 30, 2021

Adam Hamel said:
Yep. Second oil change on the car, I took it in for the first one.

I would say you did well. My first oil change was on a 91 Ford Escort. It was done outside in the wind. Oil EVERYWHERE

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Bluelight

· #1,922 · Jul 1, 2021

Since I'm currently in a different state, it was a little difficult and involved a lot of phone calls but...
The driver's window rolled down and wouldn't go back up. Got it into the shop where it was determined that the window regulator had failed. Luckily it is still under warranty (for another 450 miles!) so I only had to pay the deductible.

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MP81

· #1,923 · Jul 3, 2021

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Car got a much needed wash and wax (first one by hand this year...whoops), as well as an interior clean (yesterday), all in prep to drive down to NC at about 2 or 3AM tomorrow morning.

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Cruzing12

· #1,924 · Jul 5, 2021

Found the car's maker in regards to highway hills. 1.8l 6sp manual. just couldn't do 6th gear at 75mph had to roll in 5th to make it up.

My little kart isn't as mighty as I thought it was.

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MP81

· #1,925 · Jul 5, 2021

That is one of the diesel's best party tricks - driving on I-77 through the Appalachians, it doesn't need to downshift to keep at 75 mph, even on some really heavy grades. The only time I had to drop out of 6th was going down 5 and 7% grades where even closing the turbo vanes on cruise control still had me closer to 80...or where people in front of me couldn't help themselves but constantly brake.

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Mr_Pat

· #1,926 · Jul 6, 2021

Finally got the BW V3 in with the downpipe and 42# injectors.. lot of lessons learned in the process and if i didn't before I have definitely supplied my blood sacrifice to the car

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Adam Hamel

· #1,927 · Jul 8, 2021 (Edited)

I've had these lights for a while, but thought I'd show them just now. They're led strip lights with the turn signal function, as you can see. I filmed it with my phone, so the white light is kind of hard to distinguish, but it looks cool in real life. Side note: the video stabilizer in Google photos is amazing.

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Mr_Pat

· #1,928 · Jul 8, 2021

Looks good.

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Mack

· #1,929 · Jul 9, 2021 (Edited)

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New wheels! Vision Bane Matte Black.

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JLL

· #1,930 · Jul 9, 2021

Mack said:
New wheels! Vision Bane Matte Black.

I've always been a big fan a black wheels on non-black vehicles. What diameter are those?

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Cruzing12

· #1,931 · Jul 11, 2021

Fiddled with the relays, and no luck on getting her to start. Seems like a lose connection or the clutch switch.

Turn the key one time no noise nothing, couple hours later starts perfectly fine. When it does nothing, all lights Sept for the cel ( manual tranny) go out like it would start.

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Mack

· #1,932 · Jul 11, 2021

JLL said:
I've always been a big fan a black wheels on non-black vehicles. What diameter are those?

They are 16s. The 5x105 bolt pattern fit perfectly. They visually look like 17s though. Got a great deal from extreme customs.

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Mr_Pat

· #1,933 · Jul 12, 2021

Cruzing12 said:
Fiddled with the relays, and no luck on getting her to start. Seems like a lose connection or the clutch switch.

Turn the key one time no noise nothing, couple hours later starts perfectly fine. When it does nothing, all lights Sept for the cel ( manual tranny) go out like it would start.

Well that sounds weird.. Cold start is fine just not when its hot ??? starter maybe starting to go ? cable to the starter maybe ??

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JLL

· #1,934 · Jul 12, 2021

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I cleaned it's oil catch can for the first time in 9 months. It was 3/4 full of some water, some fuel, and a little oil.

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MP81

· #1,935 · Jul 13, 2021

Drove back from Charlotte (NC) to Michigan today. "Only" 46.35 MPG on the way back (was 51 on the way down), but also we had the air on for probably more than half the drive because it was so **** sticky.

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Cruzing12

· #1,936 · Jul 14, 2021

Mr_Pat said:
Well that sounds weird.. Cold start is fine just not when its hot ??? starter maybe starting to go ? cable to the starter maybe ??

The later, the power lead that activates the starter solenoid was completely corroded. only thing holding it there was the part of the crimp that holds the wire jacket.

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Mr_Pat

· #1,937 · Jul 14, 2021

Glad you were able to find it . I had a car that did similar years back .

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50thCorvette

· #1,938 · Jul 17, 2021

Replaced all of the interior bulbs with LED and license plate bulbs as well. Mucho better without the yellowish tinge of halogen bulbs. And clay barred, polished, sealant, and two coats of wax.

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Cruzen18

· #1,939 · Jul 19, 2021

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Just getting around to posting, but better late than never, right?

Replaced rotors/pads. Rear rotors were cooked, for some odd reason. Still plenty of pad and no locked caliper.

Black lines are valleys in the rotor face. Anyone else seen this happen to a gen2 with less than 65k on the clock?

Sure, drilled/slotted rotors are a little overkill for her, but Penelope looks so much better now and stops like she was meant to.

Will get the calipers and brakets painted soon. Been a crazy past several months around our household, but praise God, wife is now cancer free!

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