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| MPG gauge. | 12 May 2008 15:38 GMT | 11 |
Some new cars have digital mpg sensors and gauges. For those of you that have them, how accurate do you think they are? When on interstate how much difference is their in mpg at 55 mph, 65 mph, and 65 mph?
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| How Does A Car Run on Water? | 12 May 2008 15:13 GMT | 12 |
…With this water fuel technology, I have personally saved more than 50% in fuel costs savings ever since I started using this system… http://tbmcars.googlepages.com/car_running_on_water_is_water_4_gas_scam
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| Floating Battery Charger. | 12 May 2008 14:23 GMT | 9 |
Considering I do not use my van much, would't it be a good idea if I buy one of those battery chargers? I own some old battery chargers.I was thinking when I am not using my van, I could remove the battery and hook it up to a new floating battery charger.I guess Sears sells some ...
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| Cutting A Cat Out | 12 May 2008 14:17 GMT | 15 |
Could anybody tell me how difficult it would be to cut a severely clogged cat that's also rattling out of of a 2" exhaust system using a hand-held utility saw with a metal blade, assuming there's enough room to operate?
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| tires older than 6 years old could kill you | 12 May 2008 03:31 GMT | 4 |
check the date of manufacture on your tires. If there is a number on a tire say 434 (the last number after a long list of numbers and letters) then the tire was manufactired in the 43rd week of 1994 if the number is 2505 then the tire was manufactured in the 25th week of
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| How do remove really old tape ? | 11 May 2008 22:00 GMT | 8 |
I've got a 96 windstar. The backside window broke 1 sept 07' I taped it up with (beige) packing tape when it happened. The tape served well all winter. I replaced the window mar 08. The freaking tape won't come off the body/paint of the van.!
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| How is the best way to purge brake lines | 11 May 2008 20:29 GMT | 10 |
I have to do a brake job on old Betsy and need to totally change the brake fuid at the same time. Is it best to totally drain the system, do repairs and then re-fill eveything?
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| 98 Grand Am Stalling Problem | 11 May 2008 20:21 GMT | 5 |
My daughter has a 98 Pontiac Grand AM....2.4 lt engine....about 83,000 miles on it. It is having a problem with intermittent stalling. I replaced the spark plugs and cleaned the idle air control motor. It
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| Factory training - should I be paid for for my time? | 11 May 2008 18:03 GMT | 9 |
I'm an apprentice tech at a Chevy dealership. They have had me take a bunch of on-line classes that I do after hours. It was implied that I would get paid for this time. I have completed all of the on-line training and now they want to send me to Phoenix for 2 days for my
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| Timing belt broke after 50k miles?! | 11 May 2008 17:56 GMT | 21 |
Have a 2000 Mazda Protege ES with 150k on it. Have taken meticulous care of it and had the timing belt changed at 100k by Mazda dealer I bought the vehicle new from.
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| Fuel Pump | 11 May 2008 14:14 GMT | 7 |
Will the mechanical/diaphram fuel on my 1978 Dodge van pump the gas from a small gas tank (only a few gallons small gas tank) if the small gas tank is sitting on the floor of my van? Or would I need to add an auxialary electric fuel pump to the top of the small gas tank?
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| my tires are hard! | 11 May 2008 06:45 GMT | 11 |
I'm just curious, is there any evidence that exposure to elements, ozone, whatever causes the rubber in car tires to get hard? I was whining and crying like a little girl about the Goodyear tires on my company car and how unsafe they were in the wet, they had no traction
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| Reasonable ratings for a 1/2" impact wrench? | 09 May 2008 23:42 GMT | 9 |
I have an eight gallon air compressor... 4.3cfm @ 40psi and 3.5cfm @ 90psi. I've been looking at buying an inexpensive impact wrenche and notice the different ratings on them, but many times they aren't rated the
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| Hard to get off Spark Plug Boots | 09 May 2008 21:10 GMT | 8 |
Hard to get off Spark Plug Boots If you ever have a spark plug boot that is hard to get off one way that has worked good for me is to take a 2-3 foot 3/16 brake line and screw it into a air nozzle and then file the end of the line to look
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| air - fuel ratio | 09 May 2008 16:05 GMT | 43 |
What are the thoughts on the air-fuel ratio values using todays fuels. How much does the (varied) alcohol content of todays fuels modify the 'de facto' standard of 14:1 as the target mixture?
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