Recent content by jc1990

well my parants actually bought a brand new 1 st one on the lot 86 aerostar with the 2.8 v6 nice van but truck did burn some oil and started ticking around 24000 miles did not even last 5 yrs oil pump went along with the tranny which was common 3.0 s were better but the 88 safari they bought...

yeah i was told that for the other problem but been like that since i had it but now it shifts late which started after i found out some tranny fluid leaked out im probaly going to be stuck having to rebuild it anyways hopefully not we shall see

i went from regular champions that were in it to champion platinums for a 90 4.3 v6 although everone tells me to use ac

i went from regular champions that were in it to champion platinums for a 90 4.3 v6 although everone tells me to use ac

no did not mess with that like was working fine till 200 mile trip only problem i had with it before is as soon as it shifts into drive torque converter kicks in to early lugging the engine really annoying but i have gotten used to that but always shifted okay besides that

WELL THIS TRUCK HAS 170000 MILES ON IT ORIGANAL TRANNY AND BADLY NEGLECTED over yrs there was a lot of material stuck to magnet in pan fluid was brownish red se we changed it 5 qts advance auto parts dex 3 fluid and worked like usual until i got off highway then acted up still shifts hard but...

oh truck is a 90 s15 jimmy 4x4

hi everyone well i serviced my tranny today new fluid and filter what a pain that was had to take off crossmember, anyways drove the truck about 200 miles back home got off the highway would hardly shift would go up to 3500 rpm before shifting out of first 2000 rpm is the norm 2 nd to 3 rd was...

WE HAD ONE AN 88 4.3 TBI V6 3.42 POSI THIS VAN WAS A POS WE BOUGHT FROM OUR NEIGBOR IN 95 HE HAD ENGINE AND TRANNY REBUILT AT 62000 MILES WELL 6 MONTHS LATER WE HAD TRANNY FAIL REAR END AXLE SEALS BALL JOINTS IDLER ARM THING SMOKED AT START UP STARTER ALTERNATOR ALL THIS ON A WELL MAINTAINED VAN...

NO ITS THE TBI UNIT I ACTUALLY FOUND TODAY THAT MY COOLANT TEMP SENSOR HAD CHEWED UP WIRES PROBALY FROM MICE and found coolant temp sensor to dash bad so hopefully this solves it im also replacing the 02 sensor because it looks origanil see what happens

no this was not me that neglected it was the lying pos i bought it from i have replaced every single thing on this truck wish i never bought it but no according to the gauge it holds 30lbs pressure at idle when cold and about 50 when driving on highway which is better than when i got it so im...

no im going to do that in spring though i did take off oil filler tube rubbed my finger around valve cover area and probaly dug out quarter inch of sludge thats how i knew severly gunked up wish i knew this before i bought believe it or not runs ok ticks a little at startup and smokes a bit to...

HAVE NOT TRYED THAT YET ONE THING IT DOES IS FIRST start of the day it takes longer than usual to fire up usually 10 to 15 seconds before it fires rest of day starts fine been like that since i got it fuel filter is new seems to run good but it really sucks the gas even with a completly new tune...

5-20 qstate synthetic mobil 1 filter in the 09 sonata 4.5 qts supertech 10-30 half bottle mmo for a flush purolator classic filter

sounds like exact same problem had with my 94 ranger it needed a slave cylinder problem solved