Maintenance & Repairs - April 2007

My rims are 18inch and they have salt stains around the outside. Also in the middle is a plastic piece and it is also covered in green dots. I want my rims to look nice for the summer, so anything would help tremendously!!

2007-04-20 10:38:15 · 8 answers · asked by Lena Lou 1

how do i not get ripped off at an auto repair store? i really want to get good service at reasonable prices

2007-04-20 10:30:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just bought a used car from a guy and until I just read answers on the purpose of a spoiler, I didn't know that it doesn't do much of anything except looks for non-race cars. He took it off for some reason and gave it to me when I got the car. I don't know where to go to have it put back on.

2007-04-20 09:41:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

about removing hard to get to small screws and what kind of driver and what size is needed for such.'' on my dvd player.

2007-04-20 09:38:44 · 4 answers · asked by bigturkeyme 6

Where can i find the fuse panel on my 94 jeep Grand Cherokee? I would like to see if i can get my radio to work.

2007-04-20 09:31:05 · 5 answers · asked by Paul R 1

I have a brand new car and I just found a quarter sized cigarrette burn in my passenger side back seat. It looks so bad :( is there anything I can do to fix it? Other than getting my car re upholstered....

2007-04-20 09:17:10 · 5 answers · asked by whoneedsluck25 2

Can I use regular gas instead of premium gas in this car? am I risking damage to the engine if I use regular gas though the mfactur. recommends premium?

2007-04-20 09:09:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

The reason I ask this is because I had a so-called "sports car" for almost 6 years and I totally hated it like you couldn't imagine. Before I took it to the junkyard, I called and asked if I could mash it up to my heart's desire and someone there said "Yes." But when I got there, the general manager of the place told me I couldn't. He apologized that someone there lied to me. I really wanted to smash up that car with pipes and sledgehammers all over before having it turned into scrap metal, but my dream of getting to do that for the past 3 years of wanting to do it got crushed.


So, if anyone around here has a 6-cylinder sports car that's taking it to the junkyard, I would really love it if you'd let me have my jollies with it since my car was crushed and melted down and I would really like to pretend your old car is my car I never got to mash up.


It was a 1998 white 6-cylinder Camaro with a bad 20 MPG and NO power features that I spend ALL of my hard-earned $11,000 on.

2007-04-20 08:36:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone borrowed my car (2002 VW Golf) last night.

They went to a small sports hall in our town which has an "awkward" car park at the back. A twisting run of narrow road, leading to a turn.. with concrete posts on either side and just 3 inches of clearance for your car to fit through. Also its very dark there at night with no lighting.

On her way home she went in to the space between the posts, and turned out, but misjudged it a little. So dark so she couldn't see anything in her wingmirrors behind her to judge the turn and she scraped the back passenger side arch down one of the concrete posts. Its taken big sections of the paint off down the arch. :(

http://www.stormkrewsaders.com/louise_car_golf1.jpg
http://www.stormkrewsaders.com/louise_car_golf1.jpg

I think Body Shops cost alot as they remove and do the whole wing.

Would anyone know if its possible for a person to make a decent DIY repair for this kind of damage ? And if so.. any ideas of the best way to go about it?

2007-04-20 08:10:46 · 12 answers · asked by Joe Bloggs 4

Car been in shop for 3 months, mechanic has been paid..He still says he is ordering parts? One lie after another.

2007-04-20 08:08:42 · 13 answers · asked by Feisty AKA Mrs 4

99 ford ranger. hit in the rear. Need to access my spare underneath and fix the wiring to my license plates so they illuminate to pass inspection. Do mechanics ever overshoot their estimate?

2007-04-20 08:04:16 · 7 answers · asked by Michael Q 1

I've got a 95 ford escort.

2007-04-20 07:55:14 · 9 answers · asked by pmtb2 2

Okay, i just bought a car off some friends, and they screwed me over royally, the first thing my mom ever told me was never buy a car from friends because it could end a friendship. I know this now and i shouldve listened but i didnt. Anyways, it doesnt leak or anything, but when i start it the wheel barely turns, but after a while it will be normal, unless im trying to turn slowly, like on the highway when there is a curve, its all good, but when im turning onto a street its really hard. Now, i know there are other factors in why its hard to turn going slowly, because i believe a fuel injector is bad and whenever i stop or slow down i have to throw it in neutral and keep my foot on the gas. but im no mechanic, it might not be. its a 99 eclipse, i dont know if that makes a difference or not. how much would i cost to replace if thats it? <3 thanks for your answers in advance.
P.S. i dont need to hear about how crappy eclipses are, or that i shouldnt have bought it from friends, i know

2007-04-20 07:54:00 · 10 answers · asked by sHOTTiExxHOTTiE 4

In the school parking lot some idiot hit my front bumper...Its a decent size dent (about the size of a baseball glove). Do you think a car bra would hide it at all???

2007-04-20 07:47:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Actually, it's my girlfriend's car- it's a 1995 Eclipse. Does this engine have a distributor? If so, won't I need to cover up the distributor with, say, a plastic bag or something before I pressure wash the engine and the engine bay?

2007-04-20 07:47:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi all, I have a 95 Pontiac Grand Prix with the 3.1 V6. In the morning, when I start it it will die right away, and then when I restart it it will run as long as I give it gas until it gets warm. The idle is also bouncy. I replaced the IAC and it didn't fix it. That's what the boneheads at Firestone said it was. What is left? The MAP sesnsor? Or could it be something else. Thank you.

2007-04-20 07:33:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I read this story about this guy from "www.carsurvey.org". It was under "Chevrolet", and then "Corvette, and then "2005", and then under the review "Good".

This guy bought a brand new show room Corvette with as the dealers told him "Scratches only in the clearcoat." He belived and bought the car and the car's scratches never went away and were later more noticeable than ever.


Whether the body's fiberglass or metal, if there are ANY kind of scratches in it, never in just the the clearcoat and will indeed to be repaired, right?

2007-04-20 07:30:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

put new tires on and the steering is pulling right alittle. I really dont want to spend the money on a alignment, Is this problem normal and will it go away after i put some miles on the tires?

2007-04-20 06:54:39 · 10 answers · asked by booyaa684 2

2007-04-20 06:22:38 · 4 answers · asked by dettling.rick 1

I am getting a scratch on my car repaired. They had to sand down the area and repaint it. How will I know if the repair or the paint job that has been done is inferior? I want to be able to know enough to refuse the work and/or request that it be redone properly. Please help!!

2007-04-20 06:21:40 · 5 answers · asked by b612heather 1

I have a 95 2.5 4 cylinder, 5 speed manual transmission Dakota truck. The truck runs if you push start it but the starter, AC clutch and radiator fan do not work. The starter and selenoid and good and I went through all the fuses under the dash and in the box under the hood.

Do you have any thoughts on the problem?

2007-04-20 06:21:05 · 1 answers · asked by Jeffrey F 1

2007-04-20 06:20:00 · 7 answers · asked by REGINO D 1

I have 235/15 on the ranger, while the manufacturer calls for 225/15. So in order to know how fast I am actually going, does this mean I divide 235/225=1.044444, and then multiply 1.04444 by the speedometer to get the actual speed?

2007-04-20 06:18:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My car will read an average temp if I am driving in the city or traffic (stop and go) and the temp will read normally if I allow the car to idle for a period of time. Is my thermostat stuck open? If the temp is reading normally and I turn the heat on the temp will quickly drop all the way down.

2007-04-20 05:46:15 · 7 answers · asked by Jessica O 1

I have a 1997 S10 and the other day it started making a clicking nosie. The sound is similar to a playing card in the spokes of a bicycle. I discovered that if I turned off the A/C that it stopped. If I run heat other than the defroster or run the vents its ok. Only when the A/C compressor has to enguage does the clicking start.
Its obvious its tied to that part, anyone have any ideas on why or solutions aside from replacing the assembly?
Part of me thinks something is stuck in it, part of me thinks it could be the clutch.

2007-04-20 05:42:49 · 4 answers · asked by Jason 1

2007-04-20 05:37:56 · 6 answers · asked by reggie d 1

I have a 96 Saturn, SL1, 4 door... I bought it used two years ago and so far I had no problems until recently It started to overheat.
So i took it to my mechanic for a check up and he changed the radiator cap, thermostat and the sensor switch on the fan...it does not overheat to the max but it does not keep in cool temperature either. When driving in the city and highway, the gauge goes past the half mark (which in the past, it went just past the quarter mark) it bothers me because if I was to sit in traffic that gauge would not stay it would go to the red mark and heat up, my mechanic says that it's fine and it's suppose to do that, but I know my car and I know how far the temperature gauge should be... Any suggestions on what else to check for?
could it be the radiator or the water pump. should I get a pressure check on the cooling sysytem? Any suggestions is greately appreciated.

2007-04-20 05:29:20 · 10 answers · asked by hecc24 2

Can someone tell me why a car needs a new ignition control module? This is what the shop is telling me and I just wanted to get other opinions - what is the car driving like when this needs to be replaced? Any help or information would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks!

2007-04-20 05:25:01 · 5 answers · asked by erin 2

I just bought a 1999 cougar and i have been driving it around a while. I went to the parking lot the other day and the Python alarm system was going and i could not turn it off. I got in the car and started it up and it was still going. It goes off when i drive and when it's parked! It just won't stop. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

2007-04-20 05:12:23 · 5 answers · asked by LikeIDied 2

You know the little button that you push for air condition, if I don't leave it on my car gets hot. I got an oil leak, but that was after, I don't know why it's doing this.

2007-04-20 04:43:29 · 3 answers · asked by jcat 1