I am buying a used Passat. Everything is great, except the cluth. Not sure
if it is just this car.
I drove a 70's Jetta before, I have to push the cluth all the way down. The
gear box on Jetta (both 2000 and 1978) is so bad that I can not shift into

In the U S South regions where the temps in the summer time reach 100°
- I hate the idea of using 5W30 wt. motor oil - even tho it is a factory
recommendation.
what do you think?

I think I already asked this question but can't remember if it was this group or the chevy ones
specifically.
I drive a 1993 chevrolet silverado stepside.  It's black on the exterior with chrome trim.  It's
been lowered 3" in the front and 4" in the rear.  Powered by a 350 with ...

1966 Buick. AT. Points distributor.
The car won't start. It cranks but it won't turn over. I put a
voltmeter on it with the engine off.
I put the red probe on the positive battery post and the black probe on

I have a 1987 Chevy Silverado that is not getting power to the fuel
pumps.  It has duel tanks and neither of them are working.  I changed
the tank selector switch and checked all the fuses under the dash.  The
motor will turn over but no fuel no fire.  All other acc. work fine.

Had brake job done on my 2000 Mazda Protege ES last
week
Mechanic said I will need new tires soon.
He recommends:

I have a 95 Grand Prix GTP, and if I'm signalling at idle (in gear, my
foot on the brakeat a dead stop) my RPM decreases by about 50 RPM when
the signal light is lit and cycles back up when it turns off and
continues during the periodicity of the signalling. My dash lights also

I have a 1998 Pontiac TransPort Montana that just started leaking a
fairly clear viscous fluid.  Similar to the consistency if motor oil,
but almost clear with a light pinking hue.  If one is standing on the
driver side there are a couple of lines that are grouped together that

I have a 02 chev silverado with 110 000 km.
Is there any engine maintenance I should do? A local radio show mentioned
changing the thermostat and O2 sensor every year but my manual says nothing
of this and plugs are not do until 166 000 km. I still have original air

I am perplexed about my car's battery dying.  It died a few days ago
for no apparent reason, I had it jumped and it's re-charged and has
started fine each time since then.  I drive a 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara
with about 71,000kms.  Battery appears to be in great shape.

While surveying the local parts store I noticed A/C freon with additives
like lubricants and sealer.
Now it just so happens that I'm buying a van from a fellow who told me
he gets his system recharged annually because of a slow leak. And the

Just found this problem, engine light on showed a misfire.  Had shop
double check all of the injectors and fuel pressure, all good.  Install
a new fuel filter.  Then did a new plugs.  Thought it might be a spark
plug wire, installed a know good one, no fix.  Then swapped with the

I started up my car and noticed that I did not have power windows.
I drove the car about 5 miles and seemed to hear some "unusual noises" - but
power and peformance were good.
I got home and turned the car off.  Now the starter won't turn and I did

just curious, what is the difference in motor oils that meet the U S
specifications,
and those that are required to meet the European motor oil
specifications?

All help will be greatly appreciated....read a post by Mike D on 18
Mar, about chevy lumina with similar (to me) actions...could this be
my problem also?,or do any of you have any thoughts.  I thas good
acceleration and runs smooth at higher rpm's, but from 1200-1500 when