Anyone know what a pinging(?) noise from under the car around 1500 RPM
during acceleration may be?
(The sound is suggestive of something lightly striking a hollow metal

Anyone have any experience with this one?
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I'm looking for one like this to use with my fleet...2004 Ford (CAN), 98
Chevy, and 99 and 2003 Mazdas.

  I have done a lot of research through this newsgroup about this
problem and have tried the following solutions:
  1. Replaced 1157 bulb
  2. Checked and Rechecked ground going into socket assembly

I have a 99 escort  that has been acting up for a couple days. It idles fine,
but when I hold press down and hold the gas pedal, the engine revs in waves.
The RPMs of the rev is proportional to how much I press down, but the pulse
of the wave is pretty much the same. I hold down the ...

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Hi, all, my little car have no electric power and the battery is
drained if I don't drive it for several days.
Battery replacement doesn't solve the problem.
Is it because it is aged and have to be often charged on high way?

I'm looking to see if anyone else has experience with a similar problem.
I have a 2000 Chevy Astro with a power window that only raise one or two
inches at a time. After a bit of motion, I need to let the window 'rest'
for about 1 minute, then it will again raise one or two inches ...

I have a 97 Saturn SW2 and I want to flush the radiator.  I know that
when I finish flushing the radiator that I need to re-fill it with a
50% - 50% mix of distilled water and DexCool, but can I just flush it
with regular tap water?  If I have to use distilled water then,

Hello All...
I have 184,000 on my 99 gmc and want to change out the engine...I have a 72
350 sitting wrapped up in my garage ready for rebuild...My question is- has
there been any significant changes over the years in 350 small blocks that  

I just bought a 1991 Nissan Maxima V6 3.0L (VG30E) automatic at a
charity auction and it's had this problem ever since. When I can get it
to start, it idles very low and when I step on the accelerator, almost
nothing happens....the tach just twitches a little. Same story when I

A/C not working in the rear, not cold in front, cool at best. Hook up a
gauge to the low pressure side and it reads in the zone on the gauge
that says it has enough coolant. Low but in the good zone.  I tried to
add more coolant to bring it higher in the good zone but it seems like

I have a general question about turbochargers. The application would be
for domestic cars. I've read a lot about the peak rpm numbers for
turbochargers, but no low end numbers. The overall concensus seems to
be 150,000 - 200,000 depending on the application. What I want to know

I can't find a lawnmower mechanic newsgroup so I'll ask it here. My
neighbor, who is a woman, has a large Murray riding lawnmower that was
purchased new in 2004. It has a Briggs & Stratton 14.5 hp engine with an
electric starter. It sat throughout the year 2005 without being used. I

91 mazda 929 -- 170k miles -- runs like new.
this one has me stumped:
just recently, but not always, when i start the car, the air and
windows will not work.  car starts just fine (new battery last fall and

I have no idea what I am doing with car maintenance, so I thought I
would ask yall. I have a 2006 Ford Focus and for the first time
tonight, I heard it make some ticking sounds after I shut it off from a
45 minute drive. I heard that this is normal and that there is no