Maintenance & Repairs - March 2007

Not really smart in the field of automobiles but I was just curious if a loose ground could drain a battery slowly until the car actually just dies on the road.

I had noticed my blinkers blinking quite slowly the last couple weeks and yesterday my car battery seemed to just die on the road. Chugged, stalled and quit. I noticed a buzz over the radio when I used the brakes and eventually the radio and everything on the dash went dead as well. The spedometer also went crazy, going up to 120 miles the second I sped up.

Towed it into a shop and they called me today and said the battery checked out fine, as well as the alternator when the battery was unhooked. The only thing they mentioned was that I had a loose ground and didn't say much more about it. Guess I'm looking for a deeper explanation. Also a little nervous about hitting the road and getting stranded again.

2007-03-09 21:12:02 · 4 answers · asked by Tim P 2

2007-03-09 20:18:43 · 4 answers · asked by robert s 1

Does anyone know if you can run a 671 supercharger on about 8 pound boost with a single holley double pumper on a 350 chev or do you need 2.
Can you run the one blower carby and if so who makes them etc

2007-03-09 20:08:05 · 1 answers · asked by fitzy 1

The light first appeared on a thursday night. I plan on driving to Las Vegas tomorrow which is approximately a 4 1/2 drive. Everything runs fine at this point. Do you think it will be safe enough to make it there?

2007-03-09 20:02:05 · 7 answers · asked by Christine C 1

I my car engine stops some times in a traffic or when i slow down the vehicle.This is happnning when i slow down my RPM is getting below than the idle value? IS this some thing to do with car Injectors? Or some thing to do with fuel filter?

2007-03-09 19:44:47 · 2 answers · asked by dilannonline 1

when i start it up in the morning it starts fine but after 5 mins it cuts out it does start again after a while but cuts out a few more times once its warm it runs perfect any ideas any one

2007-03-09 19:31:18 · 3 answers · asked by LINDSEY M 1

2007-03-09 19:17:13 · 1 answers · asked by wiccadavid 1

Yeah just got new brakes on my 2003 BMW 325i and a couple days later i have noticed a severe squeaking when the breaks are warmed up. is this normal for new breaks that havent been warn in yet?

2007-03-09 19:14:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not sure what to look for. I have given it a tuneup, and still this dash light keeps coming on. I checked with a mechanic who said it was probably a faulty egr valve. before I fork out 75 dollars for a new one I looked it up to see what the symptoms were for a bad egr valve. My car has none of them. The engine runs perfectly fine. no pings, no loss of performance, just this dash light that keeps popping on. Any ideas what could be causing it?

2007-03-09 19:04:43 · 7 answers · asked by Angel & Lee 1

2007-03-09 18:46:36 · 6 answers · asked by rliwinsky 2

Has anyone had torsion bars cranked to get a lift, is this the easiest way besides getting body or susps. lifts?
I know about the pros- but what about the CONS? Anything that might break down or get loosen, anything.
Can anyone do it, i know for sure I can't do it.

2007-03-09 18:27:44 · 3 answers · asked by nightrider 2

2007-03-09 18:14:00 · 4 answers · asked by michael_9782 1

2007-03-09 17:56:33 · 2 answers · asked by jit 1

What went wrong? There is a sound on the cylinderhead cover when I raise rpm and the soud goes off when the engine is at idle, I also noticed that the oil looks milky. What is wrong?

2007-03-09 17:54:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

some paint was over black plastic, used acetone to remove yellow paint but gloss faded from plastic . (the plastic shows like old platic now) , i have something called t-cut colour restorer will that work , or there is a better way ?

2007-03-09 17:51:20 · 9 answers · asked by al.bdour 2

I am interested in your thoughts about reliability with no consideration given to prestige, styling, looks, cost of car, etc.

2007-03-09 17:30:45 · 17 answers · asked by Santa C 3

I washed my car this morning with carwash liquid and found it covered in millions of little brown dots/stains. The washing didn't remove any of them. Possibly from the trees around the carpad (punga). How on earth do I remove them?

2007-03-09 17:21:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I went over the speed bumps to my townhouse and i sorta went over it faster than usual and it made a BANG noise, and so i checked it and there's this plastic cover on the bottom of the car i guess it covers the axle, it was loose. And i tried jacking the car up to check under, but either because i didn't jack it up high enough the frame only went up and not the tires.....my dad is a retired auto mechanic so i called him at work and he told me to check the shock absorbers by pressin down the drivers and passengers side, but the drivers side is really sturdy, but the passengers side is really loose and it bounces a lot but it still returns back what can the problem be? if there is one?

2007-03-09 16:58:17 · 6 answers · asked by PlayinDaGame 2

Hers the deal,...me and my fiancee are looking for a cheap reliable car for now till we can get some money saved for a new car. We have 2 choices,..1: 93 Mercury Capri, the woman said it has quite a bit of miles. and she only wants 1,000 for it. Our other choice is a 96 Dodge Intrepid which has 126,000 miles on it, the woman said her husband has been using it and its running fine. they want 1,500 OBO. Which would you go for and why? Neither of them have ANY major body problems. maybe a few dents a little rust here and there.

2007-03-09 16:38:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do I take it back to the store that installed it or is this a dealership problem? The batteries in the remote are new.

2007-03-09 16:10:48 · 5 answers · asked by Angelique 4

I have a tiny crack and i want to stop the crack from spreading throughout my windshield, what can i put on the crack to stop it from spreading.

2007-03-09 16:06:29 · 7 answers · asked by kid_rawkz1 1

2007-03-09 15:58:40 · 3 answers · asked by sky k 2

I have no idea what they are called but the buttons you can lock/unlock/panic from outside the car...mine didn't come with it and was wondering where I could get one? How much are they?

2007-03-09 15:48:37 · 4 answers · asked by Sarah 4

how do you know how much your tires should be inflated to? I have a 2000 Jeep Cherokee if anyone happens to know and I dont have the owners manual cuz the previous owner didnt have it. also, how do you know how accurate the scale is (like when you put air in and it tells you how much pressure it is...how do you know if that is right?)

2007-03-09 15:37:40 · 22 answers · asked by Sarah 4

car paint and repair shop

2007-03-09 15:34:55 · 1 answers · asked by Wenonah M 1

Sometimes when i slow to a stop it will down shift kinda hard from 3rd to 2nd and 2nd to 1st. It other wise drives very well and the only other owner of this car actualy wrote in the back of the manual about all maintance he did 95% of it at the dealer.One entry was a trainy fluid change at 26000 miles. I just bought it used from dealer with 90 day watenty on powertrain. Is this normal for this car?? i have heard from others that theres dose the same, or should i take it in and risk someone opening up the traniy??

2007-03-09 15:15:08 · 1 answers · asked by Robert N 1

For the last 2 weeks or so my cars running lights wouldn't shut off.So today when i went to work i could smell something burning and when i got out of work my car wouldn't start at all so i had to call someone to come get me.Does anybody that knows anthing about cars know whats wrong with mine before i have to pay $1000 to get it fixed.PLEASE HELP ME!

2007-03-09 15:08:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-09 14:56:00 · 4 answers · asked by stacey m 1

It is a Procomp electronic dizzy for a 253/308. There does not appear to be any marks inside the cap to line up and I do not have an old one with leads on it to compare the new one to.

2007-03-09 14:45:38 · 3 answers · asked by Sue W 3

its a 1998 eclipse and when we hooked it up to the battery and it sounded like it wanted to turn over and was cranking but didnt go

2007-03-09 14:41:14 · 5 answers · asked by mynameiswhocares 1