Am taking a vehicle electronic course and am interested in purchasing a
diagnostic scan tool. Aside from price, what might one be looking for
in purchasing their first scanner as opposed to the professional that
uses it to make a living. Any recommendations would be appreciated. -

I have a 96 Sentra with a 1.6 liter engine.   I had the trouble code
show up on the dash today as I was working on an overheating problem.
I wanted to determine what the trouble code was by accessing the ECM
and having the codes show on the indicator lamp.   I checked my shop

My 1979 GMC w 250-6 has a cracked head. It seems its a rare one now, the head
has the intake manifold built in and I cannot find another one. Does anyone
know if Ca. offers alternatives to something like this? I understand in Ca.
there were several variations of this head. Any leads ...

My 86 300zx with auto/trans was rebuilt at 153K miles. Now has 216K miles on
it  (no problems up until now)and a 76 mile daily driver. Son says he was
reving motor while parked at 3-4k rpm and he heard fluid leaking out. He
looked under the car and saw red ATF fluid pourin out ...

I have an old, rusted 89 aries with unibody construction. The car is
dead because there is no fule pressure. I suspect the fuel pump. To get
to the fule pump, I had to drop the tank which means I had to undo the
nuts holding the gas tank mounting straps.

long story short, a small (1/4" 5/16" diameter?) thermostat housing
bolt broke. about 3/8" of it is sticking out of the aluminum engine
block, with the cap missing. i want to heat it up, but only have access
to a cheap propane torch. will this do any good? i was thinking that

Thanks in advance for any replies.
Im getting ready to put new brake pads on a car but it has disc breaks on
both fron and rear wheels.  Not used to that.  Always had drums on the back.
Not sure what to do with rear discs and the e-brake on rear disc beraks.

WAY way cool.
get the e/x model ( advanced ) and see your engine parameters on your
computer as they were recorded over up to 300 hours !
I have my sampling rate set to once per 5 seconds, so I'm not using

I have a 97 F-150 with a 4.2L V-6, and about a year ago I had to have
the engine rebuilt. ( I have subsequently been told by various people
that the shop that did my overhaul has a reputation for shoddy work.)
Anyhow, there was a 20,000 mile warranty and after about 25,000 miles

I have a 01 BMW 325i 4dr . I parked my car for 9 weeks as I was on
extended vacation. Was not started once in this period..
Now im back and the car starts fine and all, but not in the first try.
By default it wont start in the first try in the mornings. In Vermont

A couple of weeks ago, I posted the below, and got a couple of suggestions.
I put the original spark plug back in cylinder 1, checked under the hood in
the dark, disconnected the battery cable so the computer would re-learn the
car, etc. but the miss is still there.  It is ...

The hi-beams on my son's car have quit working and I am puzzled.
With the ignition switch on and the headlights on, the hi-beams will
not come on. However, with the ignition off and headlights off, you
can pull on the switch and the hi-beams will come on.

Just bought this beautiful used Audi A6.  I love it!!!
I was surprised to read in the manual, though, that they recommend oil
changes every 10,000 miles.  I am so used to doing it every 3000 miles.
Curious what people's thoughts are.

I have a 96 Sentra with a 1.6 liter engine with 120k miles.
Recently, I have had an overheating problem.   It occurred on a trip
to Florida (from Texas).   I handled it on the trip by turning on the
interior heater.   Fortunately, it was pretty cool outside and the

I have bought a used GMC Jimmy.
I've noticed that the steering is very sluggish when I put it in
4-wheel-drive and the wheels don't coast freely, especially when
turning sharply.