Maintenance & Repairs - February 2007

Hello everybody, I have another grand marquis with 80,000 miles on it and I'm experiencing some weird problems with the tranny. It shifts nice and smooth but when going into the third gear it shifts nice but starts like shaking a little so I have to take the pedal of the gas and press it back again so it can downshift....This usually happens when going up little hills at a constant speed just when it hits third gear starts vibrating and so I take out the my foot off the pedal and press back again so the shaking can go away... why is this happening? It's a grand marquis 1997 with 80,000 miles on it. This usually happens when slightly accelerating, usually happens at 50 miles and hour or so,,, Would it be again that I have to flush the tranny fluid from the tranny and torque converter and put back mercon v tranny oil? any help i would really appriciate it, thanks guys

2007-02-12 18:52:38 · 3 answers · asked by aldohq 1

2007-02-12 18:46:59 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-12 18:42:56 · 4 answers · asked by davidwareham72000 1

I want to buy this car for 1,000 but I don't know if it is worth it or not.

2007-02-12 18:13:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-12 18:05:20 · 2 answers · asked by xibalba3384 1

I'm 99 % sure that my repair shop tried to rip me off. The other one percent could be that they were all COMPLETLY INCOMPETENT. I brought the car for a second opinion and they identified the problem in 20 minutes and charged me 50 bucks, the other place wanted 870 and said they wernt a hundred percent sure if the work would fix the problem ( it wouldnt of). I guess my question is: is this something to report and if so, to who?

2007-02-12 17:40:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 94 chev. camaro V6. It is an automatic Transmission. When i put the car in drive it goes nowhere, but the engine is running. In order for the car to move I have to start out in lowest gear and manually switch to higher gears the faster that I go. If I stop then i have to go back to the low gear again. I basically am driving it as if it where a manual transmission. Reverse is working fine. Anyone have any suggestions on how to troubleshoot and fix the problem?

2007-02-12 17:35:43 · 8 answers · asked by Mike 1

i want to know how many oil seals are used and price of the most commonly used seals as i was doing a research

2007-02-12 17:32:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-12 17:09:33 · 4 answers · asked by Morgan B 1

whats a great brand of non synthetic oil to use in my 87 Fuel Injected 350 chevy truck?...Valvoline, Castrol, Quakerstate, Mobil 1,? and what set of hedders fit my truck?...THANKS!

2007-02-12 17:06:46 · 12 answers · asked by evil777live 2

So tonight was fun. I went to get in my car after leaving work to find my parking lights were left on. So when I had to drop back into work real quick not 5 minutes later, and had to restart my car it gave me trouble. Eventually it started, and i attributed it to my being an idiot and leaving the lights on. So i decided to take the car on a bit of a drive to ensure the battery got a little charge. About 10 or 15 minutes later the temperature guage was through the roof and in the red zone. I saw a little steam coming from under the hood so i stopped at a friends and let it cool down. I put coolant in when it got cold but the low coolant light is still on. I've had to put coolant in my car about once every month or two since I rear ended a tacoma about a year and a half ago... How much is it going to be to have a diagnostic run on this? Any ideas as to what the problem might be?

2007-02-12 16:53:56 · 6 answers · asked by Christie F 2

what is a recommende road tyre to suit a 2004 Subaru Outback? I have little faith in the Geolanders fitted and they are wearing rapidly and I dont offroad, the size is 215/16 60 and will this affect the speedo

2007-02-12 16:53:32 · 4 answers · asked by David E 1

It said when I bought the CAI that is fits into a 99' civic ex which is exactly what I have. However when i went to install it I realized that the pipe is wayyyyy to long and doesn't fit in to my engine like it is shown in pictures. Would it be easier to cut it to the right size( if thats possible) or just all together buy a new one? Thanks for your help, im just confused b/c this is my first CAI ive ever installed.

2007-02-12 16:47:50 · 5 answers · asked by bryant_denson05 1

i croosed my battery cables and since then my charge light on and lose of power has accured.i replaced the alternater and voltage reg,,,light still; on,,,now what??

2007-02-12 16:45:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My blazer will not accelerate well at all. It will slowly and I mean slowly accelerate. I could probably smoke it off the line by foot. It sputters, stalls, backfires, and reaches only 3 thousand rpms on the dash. It seems to eat a gallon of gas per mile. And is just killing me in repair bills. This is what I have replaced from what mechanics say will conquer this problem. I have replaced the whole exhaust. High flow cat and walker muffler. New EGR. New AC Delco wires w/ autolite double platinum plugs. Yesterday I replaced the spider injectors, plenum gasket, and fuel pressure regulator. If anyone knows how to fix this stalling, no accelertion slash backfiring problem, please respond. I seem to be getting broke and annoyed by this problem and these mechanics.

2007-02-12 16:31:42 · 8 answers · asked by tha_persuasion 1

what do you think the best way is to get a melted candy cane off of the back seat of a car

2007-02-12 16:17:10 · 3 answers · asked by ysu guy 1

I have a 1991 Plymouth Acclaim that is in dire need of a paint job. In the northern NJ area are there places that can do the job for about $99-$150?

2007-02-12 15:09:51 · 7 answers · asked by zpoetress 2

i was to stop driving my car because they will go through the block its 1994 integra

2007-02-12 15:08:01 · 7 answers · asked by new age racer kid aka cop killa 1

Lately i noted that i m not getting any feedback from my steering wheel. normaly I can feel how much tracking I am getting from the front wheel through the steering wheel. now it seem like I am driving with bale tire and on wet ground. tire is still have tread.

2007-02-12 15:02:47 · 4 answers · asked by u2thai562 2

2007-02-12 14:54:41 · 4 answers · asked by jrwinte 2

2007-02-12 14:37:11 · 12 answers · asked by tio2912 1

The needle on the temp gauge does not move at all (always says cold). It has been this way since I purchased the truck about a month ago. The truck runs great. However, I would like to know if the engine is heating up -- it seems like the gauge might just be disconnected.

My other observation is that the heater is very weak. It only warms up after about 30 minutes and even then it's only luke warm. If the outside temperature is -10 or lower the air hardly gets warm at all.

Any info would be helpful, thanks!

2007-02-12 14:29:42 · 6 answers · asked by chud 1

i have a new mazda 6 ts is it possible to change the headlights from halogen to xenon bulbs

2007-02-12 14:22:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a 2002 pontiac sunfire and a 2.2L 4 cyl ecotec engine...
is there an cheap/inexpensive way to gain horses, and/or make the engine perform better??? other than reg oil checks and normal maint.

thanks for your help

MIKE JONES

2007-02-12 14:17:50 · 2 answers · asked by mike_hyman62890 2

My '95 Mitsubishi 3000gt has bad bushings. It starts to shake really bad. Past 65mph it's undriveable.

I need the car for work every single day. My job is 30min away. Is it safe to drive the car daily for work until I get this problem fixed? Thanks

2007-02-12 14:17:36 · 6 answers · asked by Johnny_Jurassic 1

I desperately need my car in the AM and it is giving me big problems! Tonight, I was stopping and going around town, I noticed when I got in my car after stopping a couple of times the idle was very low and died on me, after giving it gas, I was able to get it to pull out of the parking spaces and it did not die while driving, idle seemed ok, but it might have felt a little lower than usual. I looked down at my gauges when I was almost home and noticed the temp was way up to hot, I was right down the street so I got it home. When I turned it off I noticed that it had a "fishy" type burning smell. The fan did click on right away as usual, there was a slight bit of smoke coming from the area around the fan. Also, (I read about this in some other posts) when it was 25-30 degrees a couple of weeks ago I noticed that it took my car about 20 minutes of driving to get it to warm up, a looong time, sometimes the temp gauge would even go up, only only to go down again( it did not do this today

2007-02-12 14:09:16 · 4 answers · asked by stinkerbells1 1

2007-02-12 13:57:37 · 7 answers · asked by BriGuy 3

I have a 94 Toyota Corolla that has a bad freeze plug. I need to know how much it would cost to have someone replace it for me. It looks to me like a lot of parts will have to be removed to be able to get at the plug. Any help?

2007-02-12 13:56:39 · 6 answers · asked by Unorthodox 3

I turn the key to start it and i just get this clicking sound, but the lights and stereo and electric stuff works; it just wont start.

2007-02-12 13:31:41 · 11 answers · asked by Austin D 1

(up thru the pushrods) also we have changed the oil a couple of times(2)

2007-02-12 13:24:52 · 5 answers · asked by bainter4 1