Questions tagged [engine]
Questions about vehicle engines. Most engines in road-going vehicles are 4-stroke internal-combustion gasoline or diesel engines.
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jacking the engine for timing belt replacement
Is this a general guideline or is it compulsory for changing the timing belt ?
Does the engine need to be taken off its mounts too or only jacked up a bit ?
Does it apply to any car or just to some ?
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VW Polo Engine Oil Light Blinking on hill
This is a weird problem I have faced and there seems to be no solution to this even after having given the car to my mechanic 3 times.
Whenever I drive my car uphill even for a little while, like 5-10 ...
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My 2016 Hyundai accent
I have a 2016 Hyundai accent and I do the oil change about last week if the and took out the oil and put it in different oil but for some reason as I hit the acceleration on the car it starts to sound ...
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Loud engine high rpms when accelerating?
I have a 2012 Ford Escape XLT, i cant take it on highway or go over 40mph because it hardly can get up to speed and my car shakes like crazy on highway and when i slow down from getting off the ...
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P0302 persists after fuel treatment, new spark plugs, and swapped ignition coils
Problem: P0302
Vehicle: 2011 Mazda CX-7
Steps taken so far:
Replaced spark plugs
Swapped coil packs to see if the misfire would move to another cylinder
Added fuel treatment
The car had an extremely ...
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What is the effect of lightning and thunder on the performance of your car?
After heavy thunderstorms and lighting, my car's automatic door locks wouldn't work. This is even if I push them manually (on the driver's side and the back side). After a few days, the door locks ...
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Mechanical checklist before roadtrip
I'm planing to make a 4 day long road trip throughout Europe beginning in Scandinavia all the way down to Spain in the middle of summer and need some car advice.
I've driven around with a small ...
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What happens when the air-fuel mixture ignites but the piston/crankshaft briefly can't move?
With engines such as in lawnmowers or motorboats (or even manual gearbox cars when the clutch is fully released), what does typically happen when there's a sudden increase in resistance during or ...
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Switching to heavier oil for hot weather
I have a 5.3 Triton 3V that asks for 5W-20 in the manual, but I live in a very hot climate, where the lowest this season is 20~ celsius and the hottest is 45~ celsius. Will switching to 5W-30, 10W-30 ...
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Engine swapping / ECU swapping
I’m looking to change my 2.0L mazda3 engine to a newer 2.5L turbo Mazda engine and I was wondering if I would need to completely swap the ecu or if my stock ecu could run this engine.
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Will a 2008 g35 w/auto go in 2006 g35
I have complete 2008 to install in 2006. Will it work if using cam and wiring harness for motor and trans.
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My oilpan fell off my 2007 mazda 6
I just got this car and i noticed a ticking noise I checked the oil it was low so i put 3 quarts in still the noise persisted its only been less then a month that i got it but yesterday i was going ...
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Subaru Forester lacks power
I have a 2018 Subaru Forester with the 2.5 NA engine with about 45k miles. Got it around 2020. I had a 2007 2.5 NA Impreza before this that I got up to about 130k miles so that's my reference point.
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70mph in 2nd gear in automatic trans. Honda pilot
My boyfriend drove me to dr. Yesterday at 70mph with my Honda Pilot in 2 nd gear. Did he damage my car?
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What can be done about an underweight piston?
I am rebuilding a 6 cylinder BMW engine. The engine had 300,000KM on it. I want to balance the rotating assembly as I want to increase the RPM redline from 6500 to 7000. Upon measuring the pistons ...
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1983 chevy s-10 engine swap w 350
I have a 1983 Chevy S10 four-wheel drive the engines been replaced by a engine I can't quite figure out what it is but the question I have will a 350 flywheel bolt up to the transmission on my S10 it ...
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Polo Classic: Idle Issues
There's a while that I'm trying to repair a Brazilian Polo Classic 1999 (based on the European VW Polo MK3) with idling running at low RPM. Long story short:
When the engine is cold, the idle stays ...
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2003 Chevy Silverado
Why does my 2003 Chevy Silverado 2 door pickup LQ4 Vin U engine Why does my 2003 Chevy Silverado LQ4 engine have no compression in one cylinder
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Mouse nest debris
Back in November I started my car using command start . I heard a loud voomp sound and thought that maybe a poor cat was stuck under hood as I was on a farm where there are many cats . Thankfully ...
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05 Buick lacrosse
My car said I was low on oil and I accidently put in about 3/4 of a quart of sae30 instead of 5w30. Will it be ok to fill it the rest the way with the correct oil ? What should I do?
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Cylinders compression
Hello I was doing a compression test on a2019 Chevy equinox thought it was da starter and battery cause the car was slowly turning over changed the spark plugs.scanned it and got a code of p0336,p0300,...
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What material is best for engine oil filler cap gasket?
I have a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the engine oil filler cap gasket is broken. I would like to use the original gasket as a template and make a new one out of gasket material instead of buying a ...
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Engine Revs Up and Down when Idling Right After Startup; Stabilitrack and Engine Light Comes On; Engine Power Reduced
I have a GMC 2010 Yukon Denali XL, when I start the car, and have the engine running idle. The engine runs a little bit rough and every 20 seconds or so the engine starts to rev up and down from 400 ...
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After oil change no oil in car but radiator overflow all oil [closed]
Just took 2013 Subaru Outback in for an oil change. Drove home about 15 miles and have NO oil in the engine. The dipstick is dry and sticky. For some reason checked the radiator overflow and the oil ...
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Intake torque specs for 95 Chevrolet S10?
What are the torque specs for a 95 Chevrolet S10 4.3 vortec with intake number 10172785?
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Place the accelator pedal all the way to the floor, and hold it there. Do not pump it
What does "Do not pump it" refer to in "Place the accelator pedal all the way to the floor, and hold it there. Do not pump it"? To pump the accelerator? If so, what's the purpose? ...
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Does converting an older motor to ethanol have significant risk or damage?
A specialist Chrysler garagiste helped me figure out some programming issues for free over a phone call, and he said "I wouldn't advise converting an older motor to ethanol, because the bearings ...
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Hi i have vw polo classic 1.4 2006 when its hot it doesn't wanna start and cuts power while driving
Help Hi i have vw polo classic 1.4 2006 when its hot it doesn't wanna start and cuts power while driving I changed coil pack and petrol pump and put a new gasket but still continues
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How is this diesel engine stalling pattern caused by dirty air filter?
I happened to be negligent enough to leave the air filter unchanged in my Hilux KUN26, engine 1KDFTV — for 5.5 years and 47k kms (30k miles).
The vehicle was seemingly all fine until one day I started ...
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What are ways to prove this?
Bad gas? What would I look for?
Specifically, what are ways to tell if it was bad gas that killed an engine, cylinder, cat?
Whether it be poor quality fuel (diluted, water or other),
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Is the Toyota 2ZRU engine the same as the 2ZR-FAE?
I've bought a used Toyota Verso (AR2, manufactured in March 2012 in Turkey based on VIN) having a motor/engine code like 2ZRUxxxxxx, but I can't find any information on this type of engine. It is a 1....
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Metallic (ferrous) sludge on 5.4 Triton's VCT solenoid
My 2007 Expedition (5.4 Triton 3V) has timing problems. I replaced camshafts last year. Now a chain guide has broken and caused more damage.
But the most alarming thing is that when I pulled out the ...
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1995 Chevrolet engine swap
I have a 1995 Chevrolet c1500 4.3L. I’m in the process of swapping the engine out for a 1993 350 and I’m just trying to figure out what to do. I’m assuming I’ll need a new engine wiring harness for ...
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Can you use a piece of paper to test the seal of a bore?
I was watching a YouTube video the other day and in it you see a middle aged man and a younger man next to him. They're working on an engine, the younger man cranking the shaft, and the older man is ...
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ECU update rate?
('07 Cobalt LS, 2.2L Ecotec)
Using an OBDlink SX USB adapter and their OBDwiz app on an old laptop, I get the chart below. Engine is at steady (800 rpm?) idle, closed-loop. The displayed data has ...
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What is a "catch can" for piston ring lands?
I was reading a blog by an autocross racer and he lost an engine due to a block crack, which apparently was caused by broken ring lands. In the blog he says that the problem could have been avoided by ...
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Can revving the engine cause damage to the fuel pump?
I have a 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 and someone was revving my engine while they had the vehicle in park. The vehicle broke down on them losing all power to the engine not too long after. I’ve had some ...
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Rough idle just at start
The engine on my '04 Chevy Silverado 1500 recently overheated. It now has a rough idle when I start it, which disappears almost completely once I drive it a bit and it gets warmed up. What could be ...
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O-ring on oil pickup tube
I have an 06 Silverado 5.3. The o-ring on the oil pickup tube has been going bad . I've been driving it with some ticking from the lifters which goes away after warmed up and pressure comes up. Until ...
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Grinding Noise, Engine is Totaled. Is it possible the grinding noise is literally the piston hitting/scraping-against the metal of the engine?
I recently took a vehicle (2008 Sedona Automatic Transmission) in to a transmission place on the advice of a basic auto repair guy, because the metal grinding noise we were hearing, he believed, was ...
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What is the damage causing and caused by, a diesel run-on?
I recently learned the hard way about a phenomenon known as "diesel run-on", or "diesel run-away"!
I have a 20 year old Mercedes Sprinter, but with only 80,000 miles on the clock.
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What does it mean that my 2014 Fiat 500L has a "three-time engine"? (or maybe three-stroke)
Sorry for the naive question. Last year I bought a 2014 Fiat 500L second-handed, petrol. I noticed that the motor sounded a bit strange or "weak" (my friend says it sounds like a moped). I ...
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Should I lube the engine block bore before inserting a metal tube?
Consider:
A new flange inlet tube (number 2 in the photo) need to be inserted into the engine block's bore (cast iron).
Is it okay to apply a thin layer of silicone grease (against rust) on the walls ...
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Can I disable a cylinder on my 2009 Ford Ranger?
This is sort of a hypothetical at this point - I have a misfiring cylinder on my 2009 Ford Ranger 2.3L 4 cylinder engine. I'm trying to diagnose it, but am sort of preparing myself for the possibility ...
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Misfiring cylinder - does the ECM disable it?
I have a misfiring cylinder on my 2009 Ford Ranger 2.3L 4 cylinder engine.
I'll leave diagnosing the cause of the misfire to another thread, but I suspect it's related to retapping one of the spark ...
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Metal in engine, how does this happen in F-150s?
I brought my 2006 Ford 150 to the mechanic shop to be diagnosed with a check engine light. However, the explanation is not really clear. TLDR; the recommendation is a new engine.
When the truck runs, ...
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Loud grind like noise and starts gettin hot what could it be
2007 Pontiac g6
Just put antifreeze in for the winter. It's making a loud grinding like noise and starts getting hot. It lasts for a minute or two then stops for a minute and does it again
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Why do bad motor mounts cause the car to shake and vibrate at idle, but not when you give it gas and increase the rpms?
I have a 2000 FIAT Siena 1.4el with the FIAT Lampredi Monoalbero engine, and the car is 22 years old now still with its original engine mounts.
The whole car, and also the steering wheel, both shake ...
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Vibration in 2012 Opel Combo Cosmo CDTI at speed
I have read many related questions and answers here, but it looks like my question is still different, because in my case the vibration occurs only when I push on the accelerator pedal. That is, ...
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My 2014 Nissan versa won't start click in the interior lights does not come on
Just trying to figure out why my 2014 Nissan versa won't start. It won't click. The interior lights will not come on. One day coming from the grocery store at a red light my car started jerking doing ...
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