Just a simple stupid question:
2001 Impala base.
Check engine light stays on when ignition turns to ON. It's gone after
started. Normal?

Toyota having major quality issues.
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I was soured on GM cars by the quality of my 2001 LeSabre. It has more than
normal repairs.  Looking at a few other brands, I was still going back to
the Buick as a possibility. No more.
Today, we stopped for lunch and when I got back into the car, I accidentally

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I have a 2000 Silverado 1500 with 6 cylinder. I replaced the fuel pressure
regulator and when I think I mixed up two of the poppets when I
reinstalled.Engine starts but runs with a miss.  Does anyone have the order
of which poppet goes to which cylinder.

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My 1996 S10's V5 compressor seems to have a bad seal behind the clutch.
I evacuated it and added one can of R134a and it was trying to work.
(did not add any more R134 until i was sure it was not leaking)
But when i shut it off, i could hear the constant hiss in the area of

   The A/C no longer works in my mom's 94 Chev. Lumina (V3.1 liter V6).
I checked the fuse and relay (ok).  The clutch on the compressor is not
engaging when A/C is turned on.  A label states that a florescent dye was
added to the refrigerant.  At night, I used my black light and ...

97 Pontiac GA 3.1 V6 with 130k+ miles. The car rides nice, tight and smooth
until I hit a square edged rut in the road then it hits with a bang in the
front. This car is running Eibach coil springs and Gabriel Struts. Struts
are about 30 or 40k miles old. I get no excessive ...

I do not own a Toyota at this time so I have not been following this very
closely.
However my mother has a 2003 4cyl Camry with 12,000 miles.
She puts on 4000 a year in mostly suburban driving and changes oil every six

Wife was driving home in her 93 LaSabre tonight. She drives this route 5
days a week to and from work. She said she was not going too fast but when
she went over a railroad crossing the car started the thump thump thump. She
pulled over and called me. I don't know if thump gets ...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Here is the situation:
Car won't start but cranks good.  When ignition is turned on, I can
hear the fuel pump cut on for a couple of seconds.  When this happens,
fuel leaks out of the throttle body.  If I manually open the throttle

I recently got a 91 buick Park Ave ultra. Runs great but gets terrible
gas mileage. It should be getting around 25 mpg, but its getting 14
mpg. Runs and idles fine, doesnt have alot of power ( but im used to my
old 99 buick Regal GS.

Recently I have noticed that I can't run my fuel all the way to E like I
used to. Now as it gets close to E it seems to get lean a miss a little bit.
Runs fine though wants I fill it up again. Is my Fuel pump going bad? Had
fuel filter replaced once at maybe 60 or 70 k miles.

Everyone who leased the all electric EV-1 from GM during it's pilot
phase wanted to buy it when the lease was up, but GM told them no. The
entire EV-1 line was to be scrapped.
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