87 TII, TECgt, T04-R....DGRR '09 build!

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by cozmo kraemer

The plummer's tape on the oil cooler lines is a good idea. Too bad I would probably have to pull my engine to get to them. I would use the oil/gas resistant plummer's tape though, it is usually pink instead of white. It would work better in the oil cooler application. AN fittings are supposed to seal though, I mean they cost enough...they should seal. It is only after everything is installed that you find the leaks and then it takes exponentially more time to fix/tighten.

No, plumbers tape or plumbers spooge (as I call it) is a BAD idea on an fittings. The 37* flare seals the line, not the threads like NPT. Thread or spooge can only muck things up.

Originally Posted by classicauto

The fittings at the cooler, and at the engine, sure. Don't use them on any of the 37* flares though......unless the flare is damaged and leaking, the threads at those fittings are only there to provided positive pressure to the flares to make the seal, so teflon tape or pipe dope there won't do anything but bung them up.

Originally Posted by classicauto

2) My laptop. Brand new acer asipre One. I bought it for the SOLE PURPOSE of tuning my car. It works absolutely flawlessly, until you're online with the ECU. Then randomly it'll go to a blue screen for 2 seconds with a bunch of stuff about terminal error, dumping physical memory - then it shuts off and restarts.......absolute BS and PITA. I'm going to resurrect the old trusty rusty unit and load the software and see what it does.

I've spoke to electromotive and they told me its a laptop issue, not specific to the WINTEC software

My luck continues!!!

Nice, let the finger pointing begin. Gaurunteed if you called the laptop co they say it's a software problem Either way its better than my laptop. POS takes literally 7 minutes to load the Motec software. I can't justify a new laptop though. I usually just leave the thing booted up too. I hate that thing

Good luck Joe, let us know how everything turns out