I'm considering buying a cheap high milage toyota or saturn 4cly/manual
tranny and trying to improve gas mileage.
My drive to work is 10 miles in the country. No stop and go.
If I was to remove two pistons and corrisponding

I have a 96 Honda Accord V-6 and it's leaking power steering like a
bastard. I replaced the high pressure line, as well as the pump,
however the leak is coming from the other side of the engine-return
line. I think the rack is going out-anybody know what it costs to

I have a 96 Dodge Stratus 5-speed and just yesterday I was unable to
shift into reverse.  I can shift through all of my other gears just
find but when I try to shift into reverse its like something is
blocking it, it just wont go into reverse.  In the past there has

Just bought a 1998 3.0L Plymouth Voyager.  The gas gauge showed that
the tank was about 1/4 full, so I went to the gas station and filled up
the tank.  When I restarted the car, the gas gauge registered dead
empty and the Low Fuel warning light came on and the dash alarm dinged

I'm having to push my clutch pedal closer and closer to the
floor to make the clutch disengage.
There seems to be no way to adjust the thing, nor is there
evidence that the disk is warped (i.e., no clutch chatter).

I drive an ice cream truck part-time and the other day my transmission
went.  The mechanic said that they would either find a used one, which
they haven't or he would have to REBUILD one.
In general, how many days does it take to REBUILD a transmission on a

how can an EGR valve be cleaned? it comes off easy on between intake and exhaust
manifold and the intake side port is full of soft oily sludge but I suspect the port
should not be sprayed with any chemical as that would move inside the intake
is there any way to determine if EGR is ...

I have a question........Please help.
I usually turn off the engine once I park my car no matter what
position of my transmission is (but mostly it was at "D"). I was told
by my friend to place auto transmission to Neutral or Park before

I am in need of new brake rotors for my '95 Pontiac Brand Prix SE.  I was
considering upgrading to cross-drilled/slotted rotors from eBay.  Does
anyone have any experience with these?  Are they worth the money?  What are
the pros and cons of using these rotors?

Is there a difference in grease applications?
After recent work on the inner part of one driveshaft, the mechanic
packed it with a pinkish grease. Prior to this it had black grease
(probably 2 yrs/10,000 miles old).  I'm about to work on both shafts

It's a 1998 Windstar with 145000 miles. Transmission sometimes slips
when starting out from a dead stop.
So far I've only had one shop take a look at it. They offered to
rebuild the transmission. The repair would have an 18,000 mile

has anyone ever heard of a battery having a dead cell and then turning on
the defense mechanism of the computer so your car won't start? my stepson's
Hyundai accent wouldn't start and i got 12 volts at the battery and at the
wiring harness to the coils. the coils and crankshaft ...

    I found a hairline crack going from front to back down the middle
of the head on this car a month ago. It has 177K on it. I don't know
how long the crack has been there.
  When cold, I could see a tiny trickle of green antifreeze oozing out

Anyone trying this?
I've got a 96 Ford Escort wagon with another blown head gasket. Last
time this happened I had to replace the engine - aluminum cylinder block
& aluminum heads both warped when it overheated.

I am having trouble with my key it does not come out of the ignition. I
had a released the shift lock button also thinking that would help get
out my key?? does any one know why my key will not come out? I also
read some else's email saying that it could be a chip of some kind??