Cars & Transportation - 1 September 2007

2007-09-01 17:41:09 · 3 answers · asked by mistacheeks11 1 in Nissan

I recently bought an '01 Civic LX with 63k miles. Runs well for a little car, however I started noticing a weird vibration in the car when at idle. It sometimes does rythmic tiny revs in the engine. I can't really see them on the tachometer but I can hear it. Also I can feel it a lot in the brake pedal at red lights. The body of the car (seats, doors, etc) all seem to vibrate. Any ideas if this is an adjustment in the idle or maybe an engine mount that needs changing?

Also can anyone who drives an 01 civic tell me if their suspension is really stiff? it's a bumpy ride compared to other cars I've had an was wondering if that was normal or if they need to be lubed up.

Thanks!

2007-09-01 17:39:08 · 2 answers · asked by chokispoke 1 in Honda

expensive, and hard to drive?
(wrx sti series)
i am wanting a subaru when i turn 16teen

2007-09-01 17:27:53 · 9 answers · asked by bassandvocals-drew 1 in Subaru

I got into a car accident 2 days ago, a pretty bad one. I was in the car with my friend and we were waiting to turn into the Jack-in-the Box parking lot and this truck came to cross the street and slammed hard into the passenger door ( I was in the passenger seat.) He knocked us into oncoming traffic and we got hit head-on by another car. I was knocked unconcious when the truck hit us and my friend told me that we got hit the second time. Her car is totalled, as you can imagine. She wasn't hurt, but I have a fractured elbow, scratches from shattered glass, a decent size cut on the head, and I'm bruised all over from being knocked around the car.

Now, the only reason why I haven't called my lawyer ( who is my mom, ironically enough), is because this guy was old (60+). He shouldn't even been driving. And I half-*** believe him when he says he honestly didn't see me. And it isn't like I need the money...so what do you think I should do?

2007-09-01 17:22:25 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cars & Transportation

i tried glass cleaner and stuff like that but it doesnt come off. anyone know another way??

2007-09-01 17:17:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I put a stupid sticker on my truck and want to get it off the paint? How do I do it without damaging the paint or truck...it is not located on the bumper.

2007-09-01 17:15:13 · 11 answers · asked by mpmoris 2 in Other - Cars & Transportation

2007-09-01 17:03:15 · 22 answers · asked by Rock G 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

Is Premium Unleaded (93) Gasoline a requirement, or an option? I would rather use Regular Unleaded (87) in the big gas hog. Would it hurt the engine or something? I don't see why I couldn't use Regular Unleaded? I am wanting to buy a Navigator, but if it has to be ran on Premium, I can't afford to use it. Please respond.

2007-09-01 17:03:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lincoln

my parents say that the insurance will be really high and i won't be able to afford it. the car i want is a 2002 pontiac firebird formula. supposedly that makes it high to begin with but then i was already in 2 accidents - one was not my fault and one i hit a light pole. i am 16 which i guess only makes it worse. does anybody have any idea if the insurance will be really high or not {like how much will it be?} i know its a stupid question, but still.

2007-09-01 17:02:06 · 14 answers · asked by ♡exes & ohs♡ 1 in Insurance & Registration

I drive a 4 Speed 94 Tercel. My car is lowered and I recently went over a bump and messed up my exhaust... causing it to have an exhaust leak.

Everyone told me it's still drivable.

Now, I took it out for a spin after a week on the highway to pick my friend up who is 8 miles away from my house and as soon as I got back on the highway, I was moving really really slow, and I was basically FLOORING it and I noticed my speed was dropping from 70 to 50 and people were honking like crazy...

I was fortunate to be close to my exit near my home.

Now the engine completely died and I had to basically glide the car to a safe spot in a high school.

I waited for a few minutes... and then I restarted it by just reving and reving. I started driving it, then it dies after I press the brakes. Then I restarted it again and it dies and I start it up again and just kept revving and revving just to keep the engine alive until I reached my house.

What just happen? Is it because of the exhaust leak?

2007-09-01 16:55:43 · 22 answers · asked by Kimmie 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

What is a double taxi line and how long have you been in a line at JFK airport.

2007-09-01 16:51:30 · 5 answers · asked by Video Gamer 2 in Aircraft

I am having major problems with my 93 Mustang. It is 4 cyl 2.3L LX; auto tranny and the problem is that when I start the car, or I am driving and decided that I must stop...my car does this weird thing where the RPM's move up and down and you can hear the engine sputtering. When I put the car in park, RPM's go back to normal and everything seems ok, until it starts doing that damn problem again. So at a stop light, I literally have to put my car in park and pray it won't cut off. If it does, I just turn it back on again any my car acts as if nothing ever happened. Please help!!

2007-09-01 16:46:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

The car has 67k miles on it, I've always used synthetic oil. No warranty anymore. Here's a question. All of a sudden recently, I've noticed that when I accelerate, and the AC is on, the car makes a weezing, whistling noise, in the low gears. I can't really hear it in the high gears, maybe because I'm going fast enough to block out the noise. What could that be? And on top of that, when the car is in drive, and I come to a full stop, like at a light, the car viberates, and this....tut tut tut tut noise is coming from the right side of the car by the gulf department. Kind of like a household spinning fan, souds kind of like a cruiser motercycle idiling....you know? just not as extereme, any ideas?

2007-09-01 16:38:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mazda

2007-09-01 16:33:39 · 21 answers · asked by Airognol L 1 in Aircraft

I have a '96 Toyota Avalon with about 96,000 miles on it
that I keep running for my teenager. It is leaking fluid, but
we never let it run out of anything. We believe it's oil, but
until everything is thoroughly cleaned, how can you tell what
or from where?
Thanks.

2007-09-01 16:29:53 · 6 answers · asked by bostontransplant 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-09-01 16:18:14 · 6 answers · asked by Shawn W 1 in Car Audio

2007-09-01 16:17:39 · 6 answers · asked by bmanwarren1979 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

Just wondering!

2007-09-01 16:15:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Aircraft

After all the excellent suggestions to solve my previous problem of the brakelite not working, I took the first simple solution, and that was to replace the bulbs. Come to find out that both elements were burning. That indicated that the running lite and brakelite were both on. Right? So obviously there is a connection of some sort that is stuck. I'm not much of a mechanic, but I want to learn to do simple things on my bike myself if possible. All who helped with my previous question are welcomed to reply if you have a suggestion.

2007-09-01 16:13:52 · 10 answers · asked by hollywood 1 in Motorcycles

It was for me!

2007-09-01 16:12:06 · 2 answers · asked by Lisa 4 in Boats & Boating

is it possible that the thermostat is acting up?

2007-09-01 16:08:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

The air conditioner in my car is not cooling, yes on the first day of spring my airconditioner decides to **** itself. So anyway I was told by the mechanic when I got a new compressor put in in 2005 that I wouldn't need to re-gas my a/c again.

Does that sound right, or have I misunderstood what was said to me?

Or could it be something more sinister?

2007-09-01 15:58:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

It is a 77 GMC High Sierra with a 350 auto and a rochestor 4 bbl. When I rapidly let off the gas it backfires.

2007-09-01 15:57:06 · 2 answers · asked by Tommy H 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-09-01 15:51:43 · 8 answers · asked by russell e 1 in Pontiac

I've noticed a prevalence of middle aged soccer mom's driving SUV's around my neighborhood.

http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/866/thumbs/mazda_cx-7_02_screen.jpg

Frankly, they disgust me. Middle aged women with round bodies, shoulderpads and their hair puffed up. Driving a monster car where they are "higher than everyone else" and more likely to cause serious injuries to other people on the road, usually on credit funded by their p*ss-ant husbands to whom they give very little sex.

A disgusting overvalued obnoxious monster of a car typical of their owners.

2007-09-01 15:51:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Buying & Selling

Once my 2000 Trans Am warms up, it is knocking or pinging under moderate to high load. It runs fine when the motor's cold. I almost always use Shell 93 octane gas, and I have always used 5W30 or 10W30 synthetic blend oil. The car has 115k miles on it.

For cold starts, it runs about 60 lbs of oil pressure, dropping to 40 lbs when hot. Would low oil viscosity cause this noise?

Or could it be running a lean air to fuel ratio at higher temperatures? With good fuel and no engine trouble codes, how could that be?

Is there some other cause?

2007-09-01 15:50:15 · 14 answers · asked by Otto 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

How much ATF total (torque converter/pan/ect..) is in a 2002 GMC sonoma 2.2l 4 cyl flex fuel with a 4le60 4 speed auto?

2007-09-01 15:45:01 · 4 answers · asked by schwartr88 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

What will cause the tapping of a push rod/lifter to sound awfully loud for about 30 mins and the go away and back to normal then repeat again? On an 89 Ford Ranger 2.9 V6? I've been told that it's the lifters which I am going to change on that particular tapping pushrod. NOTE: I did take off the valve covers and looked at the pushrods to see anything unusual with the engine running which I did notitce that the one that was tapping was not totaly wet with oil like the others. Thanks for any help you can provide.

2007-09-01 15:39:39 · 6 answers · asked by Lou 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a '98 GMC Jimmy and the a/c has gone out in it. When I took it in to be seviced, the technician said that I had a slow leak of the freeon (sp). I don't know if the leak was in the comprssor or a hose. I was just wondering if stop leak could maybe stop the leak. They recharged it, but after a couple of months it stopped cooling again. A "friend" said that he used stop leak in his and has been running cold ever since. Was he just pulling my leg beacuse I am female or is there something to this?

2007-09-01 15:38:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

from washington

2007-09-01 15:37:41 · 9 answers · asked by sasan 1 in Buying & Selling