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| visits | member for | 2 years, 1 month |
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May 15 |
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Please tell me I did not kill My chole (1999 VW Beetle) You may want to do some research into what causes that light to come on. It sounds like it wasn't actually heat, but perhaps some situation that could lead to overheating like lack of coolant or lack of coolant pressure. |
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May 15 |
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Easily serviceable/maintenance cars +1 my answer didn't address transmission, and if you want to learn transmission-related work, rear wheel drive is probably going to be easier. |
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May 15 |
answered | Please tell me I did not kill My chole (1999 VW Beetle) |
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May 15 |
answered | Easily serviceable/maintenance cars |
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May 15 |
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Adding a additional battery to car Alternators normally output A LOT more power than it takes to run 3 computers. |
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May 11 |
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What do I risk if I don't fix my leaking evaporator core on my 2004 Jeep GC? R-12 is actually a lot more environmentally friendly, since ozone is a major greenhouse gas. DuPont just wanted to get their product whose patent was about to expire banned so they could start the patent timer over again. |
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May 10 |
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Oil in the radiator, but no coolant in the oil There are all sorts of ways head gaskets can fail. For example in my wife's car (Subaru), the gasket seal is reliable except under the extreme pressure of combustion, so the leak only goes one way: combustion gasses into the coolant. I'm not an expert bus I suspect there are HG failure modes where oil gets into the coolant but not vice versa. |
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May 10 |
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Prius burns off oil very fast. Is this normal? You should use the marks on the dipstick, not the amount drained, to measure how much oil you're burning/losing. When you drain the oil, some remains in the engine, and some is in the oil filter. |
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May 6 |
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Shutting off fans at highway speeds According to this thread, I'm seeing estimates in the range of 1-5 HP. So at the low end, the power consumed by the fan could easily be 10%. At the high end, it would be fairly negligible. So it really does matter where in that range the actual consumption falls. Also, I would expect a vehicle which uses dual fans or one large fan for both the radiator and condenser to pull twice as much for the fan, making it up to 20-30%. |
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May 6 |
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Shutting off fans at highway speeds @MikeSaull: Combining your last two comments, the compressor is using around 150 hp. That doesn't sound plausible considering the max output of the engine is below 150 hp. |
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May 4 |
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How to get a motor to Top Dead Center I would recommend having it lined up before you take it apart and trying not to move anything. It's easy to get the timing off by one tooth when trying to realign it, especially if you have no experience doing this before. |
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May 4 |
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How to get a motor to Top Dead Center @Larry: You don't necessarily need to do it that way. There's a marking on the cam pulley too that should be at the top. |
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May 4 |
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How do I resolve error code P1135 in my Toyota Camry? Can you tell us how this issue was resolved? I have a friend who's having P1135 on a 2002 Camry. |
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May 4 |
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Shutting off fans at highway speeds Obviously the compressor uses a lot more power than the fan, but the difference in optimal MPG with or without A/C is pretty big (about 36 vs 42 if everything else is in good shape for best mileage) and so even if the fan were just 10-15% of that it could still make a measurable difference. |
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May 2 |
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Shutting off fans at highway speeds Reportedly the fan pulls 9.5A. |
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May 2 |
asked | Shutting off fans at highway speeds |
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May 2 |
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Really high idle after tightening spark plugs I don't have an expert opinion on this, but offhand I think your explanation is probably correct: the ECU had learned to idle with the loose plugs. |
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Apr 30 |
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Aligning a castle nut with a torque spec to a cotter pin hole Interesting perspective. I'd always assumed backing-off was the right way to do it, but what you're saying makes sense. |
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Apr 30 |
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Clear water in coolant reservoir In fairness, you can't do a real flush without a little bit more equipment; up to half of the coolant will remain in the system depending on your vehicle if you just drain it from the bottom of the radiator. The best method of flushing seems to be to disconnect bottom radiator hose at the thermostat and run water from a garden hose or similar backwards through the radiator, coming out at the thermostat housing. |
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Apr 29 |
answered | Clear water in coolant reservoir |
