Maintenance & Repairs - April 2007

A place where i get my car fixed wants to charge me over $600.00. Are they ripping me off?

2007-04-06 10:32:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-06 10:25:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do you setup a gear ratio?
drive gear teeth : driven gear teeth
OR
driven gear teeth : drive gear teeth
OR
are both incorrect?

2007-04-06 09:54:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Racing fanatic
I'm talking about great acceleration similar to the wrx or lancer evolution but for cheaper... it can be used.
how would I upgrade it?

2007-04-06 09:48:10 · 8 answers · asked by Lamar 2

I have a 2002 Focus with 90,000 miles. It makes kind of a squeeking noise when car goes over bumps. Squeeking grinding noise. Is that the struts? How much do struts cost so I can save up?

2007-04-06 09:34:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Nissan Maxima 1988. A rubber hose by the back left wheel is apparently old because it has cracked at the end and leaked fuel twice within the last year. Each time, I cut the bad part of the hose, repositioned, and re-fastened the hose. I cannot replace the hose without taking out the gas tank and everything else which I dont want to do. Can I couple a new piece of hose to the existing one using a piece of copper tubing or plastic tubing that would fit inside/outside of the hose? I don't want to have the hose fall apart on me or block the fuel flow.

2007-04-06 09:06:55 · 6 answers · asked by Chris 2

2007-04-06 08:54:05 · 10 answers · asked by JEFF W 1

The mechanic told me that the cost of repairing a bad exhaust valve could run over $1000 because of the cost of labor. Time consuming because they have to take apart so much stuff to get to the problem.

2007-04-06 08:49:00 · 5 answers · asked by bootstrap 1

I had a tune-up done about 4 months ago. I have a Hyndai

2007-04-06 08:17:44 · 14 answers · asked by heyjessiesimon 1

down to zero amps, then back to 10 amps. It's doing this over and over. I am used to charging a battery and it will start out at about 15 amps then slowly go down to 2 or so amps and the green light will come on saying "fully charged".

Does the back and forth motion of the meter mean the battery is bad? It's a deep cycle battery.

2007-04-06 08:11:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey, i planning on cutting the bed off my truck (totaled it) to make one of those cheap looking trailers. however i've been having a problem actually cutting threw the steel reinforcments. i have a 9" angle grinder which can't get it all and a cutting tourch which is barely working anyone have any ideas? other than a plasma torch which i'm to cheap to go out and buy lol

2007-04-06 07:59:48 · 8 answers · asked by Wolfie 1

Once ive been driving for about five minutes or so, everytime i accelerate it makes a kinda grinding, scraping noise?
its not the fan belt.. got that replaced.

2007-04-06 07:55:00 · 7 answers · asked by yourbiggestfan 1

Then goes off a minute later. Is this normal?

2007-04-06 07:47:13 · 9 answers · asked by Jason S 1

I had a leak and replaced the line. Now I am trying to add freon and the compressor will not engage.

2007-04-06 07:35:45 · 6 answers · asked by Burton C 1

93,000 miles
Engine size is 4.7L 8 cyl
4WD all the time
Problem is when it reaches a speed of about 40 to 45 miles an hour while pressing the accelerator it makes a knocking noise. I took it to get it tested and I would like someone else opinion. I am taking it to a different shop tomorrow but in the mean time.....they drove it and hooked it to a machine and said it had torqe converter failure and it showed an error on the gear ratio. They told me it's gonna cost $429 JUST to take out the transmission and look to see exactly what is wrong but it could be a number of things once they get inside the transmission. Anyone heard of this before? I have never had to take a vehicle to the shop so I don't know what to expect. Thanks.

2007-04-06 07:34:38 · 5 answers · asked by Jay 2

I have a jeep cherokee 96
i had to change the distributer
after i did my check engine light was blinking
while driving my oil light went on and the car shut off
later i restarted the engine and went back home

i though i put it in the way the old distributer was
did i mess up the timing
how can i fix it because i it wont start now at all

2007-04-06 07:34:12 · 6 answers · asked by Luby 5

ford focus 1999 t reg white smoke from exhaust after i put too much oil in it

2007-04-06 07:25:45 · 9 answers · asked by Mark G 1

Topic.

2007-04-06 07:15:30 · 10 answers · asked by leafdude 1

lunati cam, roller rockers, I got it with these installed.. fairly large grind I suspect. also suspect it is not roller lifters I am pulling the pressins out fairly quickly so I need to go to screw in studs.. I REALLY dont want to pull the heads... HELP! lol

2007-04-06 07:08:06 · 3 answers · asked by fogrocker 1

It has a new filter and oil. It is not getting oil to the valves. We think it may be the oil pump. Please help

2007-04-06 07:03:40 · 6 answers · asked by pcfsugirl 1

We think it has a whole in it. I NEED answers.I want to go to Detroit.Can someone tell me how to fix it with diagrams(If possible)Plz. I am bored sick.My Spring Break will be boring if i cant get out of town.

2007-04-06 07:03:35 · 6 answers · asked by adamsshonna 2

2007-04-06 07:02:47 · 8 answers · asked by ovienloba J 1

omg so like 4 months ago when i was pulling the key out of the ignition only the top half came out!!! im still able to drive it, i insert the top part in and it works, sometimes the key will fall o ut and i freak out cause i think somethin will happen. i have an extra spare which i use to unlock the door! who should i call or what should i do to get the bottom part out. i have a 93 mazda mx-3 (if that helps) thanks for any answers!

2007-04-06 06:55:02 · 12 answers · asked by chanellove03 2

98 Ford Taurus, New Battery, Starter checked o.k., replaced + and -wire to battery, if it sits over night the next morning won't start. Someone please help.

2007-04-06 06:30:19 · 12 answers · asked by Kim 2

I had my service engine soon light come on and i had it checked at the parts store at the code read to replace egr valve. i have installed a new one and have had the code reset several times because it keeps coming on. the car is running fine and no idling or missing problems. anyone know how to get in the dash to remove the bulb for the service engine soon light?

2007-04-06 06:15:34 · 6 answers · asked by astone 1

I just got a 2005 chevy cobalt and I love the car, but don't like that it's manuel power locks and windows, do you know who could do this and how much it would cost?

2007-04-06 06:08:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just had a 3.8L V6 motor (Jasper rebuild) put in my 2000 Chevy Impala. After new plugs, plug wires, and cleaning the injectors. I am still plauged with a misfire on cylinder 6. Cylinder 3 was the only one misfiring initially, new plugs fixed that. But I still had a rough idle that wouldn't go away for the first couple of minutes after starting (I would hear what sounded like water passing through the heater coil at about the same time the idle would smooth out). So my mechanic put the coolant system under vacuum to make sure there were no air pockets, but the problem still persisted. Then Cylinder 5 and 6 started acting up about 2 weeks later. Still having the rough idle, but now it is cutting out when I accelerate and getting worse, with the check engine light coming on, also occasionaly hearing a small "pop" under the hood while it is cutting out. The error(s) it reads on the meter are misfires. It was cylinders 5 and 6 that self destructed on my other motor with only 90k.

2007-04-06 05:59:38 · 5 answers · asked by nospoon1117 1

ok we put filter on and still won't stay started. it will rev up and every time you push the gas it will die or it will die on it own
it does not have a mass air flow sensor what could make it do this?

2007-04-06 05:38:08 · 4 answers · asked by ? 3

My car keeps going through selinoid switches. My husband doesn't think it's the battery or starter (he has experience working on cars). He replaced it once and a week later it went out again. He exchanged that one and it did the same thing and went out a week later. Anyone have any ideas on what it could be?

2007-04-06 05:22:54 · 5 answers · asked by reandsmom77 6

I have a 87 ford crown vic. went out to my car one night and the battery was dead. discovered the next day that the sylinod and alternator were bad and that the previous owners had put the wrong battery in the car. i replace all three defective parts and drove the car home(about 15 miles) no problem. The next afternoon I went to start the car and it was dead. Assuming that the refurbished alternator was bad I took it and the battery up to O'reilly's got both tested and they are fine. Had them recharge my battery went home put both back in and drove the car back up so I could have it tested while in the car. Got it there with no problems and was told the alternator was only running at 12volts and I should replace the wire/plug going into it. Replace those and still 12volts. Took my car back home with my battery at an 80% charge went to go start the car 2 hours later and it is dead!!!

2007-04-06 05:22:04 · 10 answers · asked by cvmcnall 1