Once upon a time on Tue, 1 Jan 2002,at 7:55am xbom2001 wrote about:... ... See if you can find what is called a "one time drain plug". This is a self threading...
Look below the altenator on the other end(Passenger side) of the engine. There is a threaded barb connection that has a bypass hose connected to it. The OEM...
John R Glave
zach12@...
Jan 1, 2002 10:49 pm
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Just a Reminder that every first Friday in the month carfix_online will have a contest. The list owner will post a car related question (usually will go out...
carfix_online@yahoogr...
Jan 2, 2002 1:51 pm
4859
Hi John, The car is 1984, Oldsmobile, Cutlass Ciera. Carburetor engine. Yes the vehicle has tube from exhaust line to the Air Cleaner. I park the car in my...
Mokles, Remember, I am working on one theory that may cause the engine to die after a cold start and driving a short distance. The air entering the carburetor...
The truck has 160k miles. The engine is strong (no smoke and good compression on all cylinders) but, it has been hard to start ever since I got it. The first...
It almost sounds like the vacuum problem i had with my car. One little plastic tube was broken and caused the problems. Having a cracked PCV hose will cause...
I don't know if you said you changed the temp sensor or not ? Unplug it and see if it will idle at a steady speed? I have had a couple this fall that had bad...
Steven E.Yeske Sr.
lpe@...
Jan 2, 2002 8:47 pm
4864
Hi, Can anyone recommend or not recommend a particular brand of floor jack? (in the 2 to 3 ton capacity). Thanks!...
... I just bought a pretty good 3 tonner at Autozone for right at $100. You can sometimes go to Harbor Freight and get an approx 5 tonner for $200, and if your...
Amp, Going to the 2 ton or more should keep you out of the little jobbie jacks being sold, and easily fit in trunk of your car. Those are mostly for changing...
Hi all, About a month ago, I had my hood replaced at a body shop due to a collision. The things that didn't weren't replaced, on the new hood, are the...
I just bought a car, 93 Mazda 626,auto.transmission. I think the tansmission maybe have some problems. After the car runs about twenty minutes, I change gear...
I'm pretty sure that the underhood decals are merely a convenience for a service person. I don't think you are required by law to have them on the car. In...
Well, the smog tech did say that without the decal, it's very easy to fail the smog simply because they may get the wrong specs. Even with the computer and...
Hi Todd or Water Logged Ohio Tar Heel, which ever is the driest! No it's not the damper, but may be in the general area. Sounds like you have gaps or sealed...
Thanks for your response. Which temp sensor, water or air? I replaced the water temp sensor and the water temp transmitter to the gauge (gauge reads just...
Thanks for your response. I did have some vacuum problems that I fixed early on. Ford uses hard plastic tubing that gets very brittle with age. When I got...
I checked all the fuses. The battery is fine (bright lights and green eye checked). All the checking lights on the dashboard are lit when key is at positions I...
Well, it now has a new MAP sensor and the old IAC motor. It starts and runs ok (not OK!) but it still refuses to run until it is warmed up (even on a hot...
My friend has a 1993 nissan p/u 2.4 ltr. mpfi.It runs ok, but it doesnt idle smoothly at all. the idle goes up and down.the tach,when you sit there and...
I am have problems with my charging system on my 1993 Grand Am GT 3.3L V-6 and I am stuck. When I start the car it will charge fine @14.5, but as soon as I...
I would be willing to bet that once you get all of the frozen (or not so frozen) water out of the starter/ring gear area the car will start. It could be...
Did you have the alternator bench tested? If you do that you can rule out a bad alternator.also when i was doing mechanics full time i had a tester called...
I've deleted the original message - recall the driver ran over a deer and washed the undercarriage of the car. One thing that if confusing is what a person...
I agree that a bench test would rule out a chance of two bad alt., however unlikely both would be bad in the same fashion. Sometimes a alt. will wine when...
Steven E.Yeske Sr.
lpe@...
Jan 3, 2002 10:58 pm
4884
when should brake rotors be replaced? and what is a resonable cost I was quoted about 300 this seems rather steep thought it doesn include the new brake shoes...
Price depends on the car you have... For my New Yorker, that would be excessive. For my brother-in-law's Land Rover, that would be cheap. Regards, Patrick. ......
