Where can I find a good deal for a used car I am looking for a prviate
sale and someone who would expect installments. I can pay big amounts
each month.

My "new" truck is my father-in-law's old truck - a 90 Chevy 1500 4x4.
It's a good truck - 350, 5 speed, long box, no A/C and no carpet.  'twas
a farm truck... so it's seeing "light duty" now going to the dump and
Home Depot and hauling car parts around.

Don't flame me, I'm just a programmer, not a chemist or a
thermodynamicist. Why not just pull 14.7 psi ambient into the
cylinders, then squirt proportional to throttle position, like a diesel
with a spark plug??

   I've been seeing products like this for a while now, claiming
better gas mileage and performance.  Funny they claim 0%~35% or
something improvement.  I guess that protects them when there is a zero
percent improvement.  But...

Can someone please clue me in as to the reasoning behind the vanishing
automatic transmission dipstick? My son's 2001 Malibu doesn't have one
and I've discovered many manufacturers are the same way.
The procedure for checking fluid level after a change seems overly

When I put air pressure into the cyl. I hear air leaking somewhere into
the intake manifold. I've pulled both exh. and intake cams, so I know
the valves are all closed. I can't detect their air coming through any
of the seals... is that normal???

Hi there all
Im new to this but thought id give it a try... :-)
I have recently purchased the above, lovelly car, 2 things, one I hope
I have just sorted (damn alarm systems!) the other is starting to

OK, this is a question about my boat, but since it has a 350 V-8, I
figure you folks could help me out. (Besides, rec.boats is all chewed
up with politics, and they all use outboard engines anyway! ;-))
This boat has two 12V car-type batteries and I ran it today (it hasn't

Let me reword my previous post. I am looking for a secondhand car for
my mother I want a Nissan or a Toyata perferably later models. To be
honest I cannot be financed through a bank or a dealer because of my
credit history. The only credit I have is my bank account and my

Just bought my wife a 03 Accord ex V6 with 40k and like new condition.
The dealer changed the oil to Mobil 1 5/30.  On reading the owners
naual I find that Honda states to use only 5/20 oil.  Being the follow
the book type I called the Honda dealer and was told to use only 5/20

My '91 Ford Explorer was still running a bit hot today after I changed
the thermostat.
It has that stupid idiot indicator on it from "C" (cold) to "H" (hot)
and everything in between "NORMAL".

We have a 2004 Toyota with a factory installed car alarm.  The alarm
goes off randomly.  Sometimes a few times a day, some days not at all.
No physical disturbance is setting it off (it does it even sitting in
our closed garage).  However, we noticed that it seems to happen when

Hello...
I was wondering if anybody can help me out by explaining what voltage
readings I should expect to see on a working starting system (starter,
battery, etc.).

What's the difference between an E10 (10% ethanol) cabable engine and
one that will run on E85?
It would seem that the ethanol compatibility issues (rubber seals, etc.)
have been solved in a vehicle that can run on E10. So, is it just a

I have a 2002 Dodge RAM 1500 truck, a regular cab LWB with the 4.7 V8.
Here's what's happening:
If the truck's not moving, e.g. sitting at a red light or in a parking
space, and I turn on the A/C, then when I start moving or put it in