I was rather surprised to see the following letter in a motoring magazine today (paraphrased, I don't have it with me): "I am amazed at the number of people who warm up their engine by idling it from cold. Warmth comes from two things: friction and combustion. The heat from combustion is easily...

Steve B. wrote: > Well thats kind of a stupid comment. I must agree. I like what was printed on the invoice I got from a local boneyard: All cars run on used parts.

I had a problem with my carbureter flooding my engine, was told to try a couple of things and did. None of them worked so I rebuilt the carbureter. Now it doesnt flood,but its acting as if something is not working right in the motor itself.When thiers no spark plugs in it, it turns over nice. I put...

does anyone know the timing order for a 1990 Daihatsu Charade CLS 3 cyl

Hi, I am looking at both the Shimnao Ultra and Look 5.1 pedals. I would like opinions on one versus the other.

I have a 1998 Windstar, 3.8 L engine, with front and rear heat/air conditioning. Last week as I am driving the car, one minute I have heat. The next minute no heat at all, just fans blowing cold air out of both the front and back systems. I haven't taken the dash apart to take a look, but I am...

I have a 1995 Civic (1.5L), and am looking to buy a beefier alternator. Where is a good place to do my research before I have the work done? I need to know what the output of my current alt is, and what the output of potential replacements are. My car is pretty old so I would rather buy a new one...

Took me a while to find the pcv valve... In a tight little space under the intake manifold. How do folks get this item out of there? Can I just grab it with some long handle pliers and wiggle it out? I ask because I don't want to break anything more than I have already done trying go get to...

I have an intermittent hard starting problem on a 85 dodge pickup with 360 engine. Sometimes it is hard to start.Here is what happens when starting, I turn key, engine is turning over but sounds like it is not going to start, I do this a few times and just when I give up, I disengage starter and it...

need to get code reading on 99 windstar check engine light. I turn the key on and off 3 times, like i've done with my older taurus, but no codes flash. is there a different way to get the "check engine light" code readings? please email response to

I have a '94 metro that I am replacing the engine in. I'm going to replace the transmission also as long as I have it apart. My question is, what's the difference between the metro LSi and the XFi? All of the books I have around here don't go into it. How do I know what I have if the car...

We bought this 98 Odyssey with 2.3 litre VTEC used last year and added about 20,000 kilometers to it and she now has about 166,000 with a recent timing belt change at our local Honda dealer last week. I believe that the switch fits all previous generation Accords 1998-2003. I asked them to test...

OK< OK I know I bug, but one more question?! The other day it was realy nice & sunny & kind of warm and I went to wash my car and I sprayed the waterhose on it to wet it down, and after I washed it and everything I noticed a crazk in the front window over the drivers side & half of the passengers...

this seems to happen every 3-4 week where my 90 Buick Regal with stall with any pressure on the gas peddle at first it will lose power but if i step on the gas and release it will be fine for up to a day. Twice it would die after warming up and sitting for a couple hour and then a short trip (2...

It's me again! I have one more question. Since I have purchased this car the little light that has a picture of a wrench is always on and never goes off. What does this mean? Thank you! Nat

my # 2 disk is damage anybody have one thanks need it

I just bought this 2000 Mercury Cougar at a used dealer ship & sorry to say have had nothin' but trouble with it and I have only had like two months now! I was wondering why sometimes my car smokes under the hood on the top left corner! It doesn't do it all the time, only sometimes. I checked to...

My 99 Sonoma - 2.2L, 5-speed - just tanked on new CA smog test. Failed the NO measurement at 25 mph, which I understand is new, more stringent test. Max is 527, I measured 876. Passed NO at idle. HC measure 0.0 (pass), CO measured 0.01 (pass). Anybody got an idea of what I am looking at with...

Wal-mart auto centre, charge $40, 2-year warranty Sears, charge $60-70, 5-year warranty, but no time, got replaced from wal-mart, how good is this?. Does anybody have any idea?.

I have a 96 Lincoln Mark 8 LSC 32 valve 4.6 litre. It started running extremely rough the other day and the check engine light flashes constantly. There is a strong sulfuric odor in the passenger compartment when accelerating. I have already replaced the spark plugs to no avail. All eight...