My 2001 impala used to be relatively quiet at acceleration when bought used
a year ago. But it keeps getting noisy for months.
It's just the normal acceleration noise "wengggggggg........." from under
the hood, but now much louder, sounds like a 20 years old car when

I appreciate any help from the Toyota repair guru's out there ... I'm
far from a guru so please excuse any wrong words/descriptions. Thanks
for your help!!.
I'm working on a 1986 Corolla Sedan, Auto 3spd, power steering, 4ac

I noticed in a recent Wall Street Journal article that Bridgestone is
recommending replacing tires that are 10 years old, regardless of tread
depth, even including spare.  The article mentioned that Ford recommends
replacement at 6 years.  Discount Tire store says replace at 5 ...

today was the first snowfall, and I discovered two things about my truck...
1) the tires suck.  they looked in better shape before I owned it
(father-in-law's old truck) and they'll need to go.
2) there's something "broken" in the 4wd system.

My 2002 Camry LE came with 205/65R15 tires. Can I put a slightly wider
set of winter tires on? I'm looking at the following size: 215/65R15
Also, will I have to buy a new set of rims, or change my speedometer?

Good grief, three different recalls for three different defects that can
cause fires.
1. Leaking brake pressure switch for cruise control.
2. Battery cable rubbing on a bolt.

Grand AM 3.4
Today I was going down the highway and the engine cut out completely
sidelining
me along the highway.  I was about to call for a tow when about 15

The car is a 1990 Chevrolet Beretta with the 3.1 L V6 engine. I can
hear water gurgling through the heater core (or at least somewhere
behind the dash) when I start the car and the engine is cold.
I've tried adding coolant to the radiator several different ways and

This I simply don't understand. I put a rebuilt Motorcraft 2150 2v carb
on my 1977 F-150 400m Engine, and then set about adjusting it per the
tech manual. I had only one problem: when in "park" the idle was fine,
but when I put it in "drive" the engine died. Ok, fine, call for help.

If you have a spark tester to test your ignition system, would it be
neccesary at all to check if the ignition module is pulsing the ground
side of the coil with a test light or voltmeter?

Hi, I finally was able to make my own jumper wires and successfully test my
blower motor and fan motor; however, I have some questions now:
1) When I went to jumper my blower motor to my battery, I only needed one
wire from the positive prong of the motor to the battery, even ...

I have a 2000 corolla and both rear windows have the same problem.
They will roll down but only halfway up before quitting.  If I wait a
minute they will finish rolling up.  I thought they might be binding on
something so I removed the motors and tried them removed from the

This past weekend I put a new hood on a 1996 Acura TL.  I tried my best to get
it lined up, but it is not quite right.  Are there any tricks to getting this
done right?  TIA
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Helped my friend set the toe on his race car with boards and tape
measures... and just did it on the wife's Beretta after a tie rod
change... but here's my question:
If the toe is say 1/8 toe in, where is that measured from/to?  Front of

I damaged the automatic transmission on my mini van by driving around too
long with too much AT fluid in it.
It doesn't slip, but it does not shift in the right spots anymore, and seems
to "hunt" around for the right speed especially getting on the gas after