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How Much Should It Cost To True Resurface Brake Rotors On My Car

How much should I pay for having the rotors shaved in my car?

Posted in: Brakes

Impeach President George W Bush?

I am NOT political at ALL, but I have to say that I am NOT in favor of war unless all other options have been exhausted. I must say that I do not approve of the Iraq war, and have since day one. I hate terrorists or anyone wanting to cause harm against America or anyone for that matter.

1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue A/C Control Not Working – No Lights

I have a 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue GL. For the past year I have been having problems with the air,heater control. When it is cold outside there is not power going to the control control is black.

Posted in: A/C and Heating

1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT Needs a New Engine – Mechanic To Blame?

Here is my story. Was driving on a parkway and the oil light and engine light came on and my car stalled. Had it towed to my mechanic and he told me that oil leaked from the valve cover gasket and that it burned through the timing belt. 2 head gaskets were bent.

Posted in: Used Parts

Engine Rattle Noise Cold 1999 Chevy Suburban 5.7

Hi, I have a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban 5.7 4×4, recently it started to make a rattling noise from the engine, sounds like a rock got caught in the engine fan, sometimes its loud and sometimes its low. It only happens when i start the car to warm it up but once I take off after 3 minutes of warming up the noise goes away.

Spark Plugs and Wire Failure On 96 Chevy Monte Carlo

I have a 96 Chevy Monte Carlo Z34 with a 3.4l engine with 84,000 miles on it. i have had to replace the spark plugs and spark plug wires four times already and need to do it again and one of the time was a recall.

Posted in: Running Problems
By June 25, 2007 1 Comments Read More →

1993 Ford F150 Idle Too Low – Runs Bad When Engine Hot

I have a 1993 F150 5.0 2WD Automatic Transmission Ford truck. I am exasperated with this problem and cannot figure out the problem. Idle is fine for awhile and then slows after engine warm.

Posted in: Running Problems
By June 22, 2007 0 Comments Read More →

Water In Fuel Tank Causing Fuel Pump Damage?

Firstly, when I looked you up to ask you the following question, I sincerely didn’t expect to get an auto insurance ad.I did the darn thing tho’ and, after I do a thorough check of their customer’s satisfaction thru the normal avenues, I think I might actually switch to Encompass. I think I might save about $1100 a year and maybe more when my daughter gets her permit because they don’t charge for permitted drivers; they just need to know they are driving! Trust me, this is a phenomenon I’ve never seen and I’ve been with 3 insurance companies over the last 27 years and checked into I don’t know how many others. Obviously, I bookmarked a lot of pages to show my wife. Anyway, onto my question, which I can honestly say, I’m not sure has been addressed in much depth. I have spent……….. I don’t know, I would guess 12 to 15 hours researching before I finally gave up. The problem I have is that, for reasons I need not go into here, the level of our company’s delivery van’s gasoline tank say that 3 times in a row real fast is kept low at all times. In the last 4 years I have been here, the engine, when extremely low on gas starts to rattle and doesn’t stop until we fork over several hundreds of dollars each time to a mechanic.The fact that the check engine light and rattling begins when the fuel is either out or all but out, leads me to think that there is water in the tank due to all the reasons that water gets into tanks, blah, blah, blah.

Posted in: Reader Questions
By June 20, 2007 1 Comments Read More →

2007 Toyota Corolla 15K Mile Scheduled Maintenance Service

My question is about a 2007 Toyota Corolla. It says in the service section to tighten drive shaft bolt every 15k miles. What is the Drive Shaft Bolt? Where is the Drive Shaft Bolt? How do you go about doing this? Is this really necessary? I’ve been doing a lot of research on the internet and no-one seems to know, not even Toyota service technicians.

By June 20, 2007 1 Comments Read More →

Air Conditioner Not Cooling

It seems that recently my automatic climate control is working only on cold or hot. To get cold air I have to set the desired temp at 60. If I set on 70, the hot air starts, even the outside temp is 95.

Posted in: A/C and Heating