Recent content by mk378

Check volts with the key on. Put the black lead of the voltmeter on battery minus for these tests. I would think the sensor voltages would go from 0 to 12 as the crank turns.

I don't know much about this system other than looking at a diagram. Disconnect the yellow wire SPOUT connector so the ICM is timing sparks internally and not depending on the PCM. The nearby red wire SPOUT only sets the PCM in a test mode. Check for power to the module and coils on the...

As the world's largest grower of natural rubber, Thailand also has much experience making finished rubber products such as tires, belts, and hoses. Raw synthetic rubber is typically imported then made to finished goods in Thailand.

Take a piece of ordinary low-voltage wire, hold one end on ground the other end about 1/2 inch from the coil tower, and crank. Should be strong blue sparks. The other side of the waste-spark coil should remain connected to its wire and plug while you do this. In other words disconnect one...

The truck is legally parked and it is not encroaching on a space where only pedestrians are allowed. People walking through a parking lot need to avoid all parts of the parked cars. Any contact with a parked car it is a very high bar to make it somehow the car owner's fault.

The trick is should you order four separately, they will send each one from a different warehouse.

My point is that this test really doesn't rise to the level of "medically necessary" and that is why insurance and national health plans don't typically cover it. What should someone with a score of zero do differently than someone with a score of 400? Nothing. The test doesn't detect soft...

It should not run on every start. It only should run after you put more weight in the car needing more pressure to get back to the proper ride height.

There are 40 line items we don't see just in the labor part. The cost of the taillight itself would be on one of the missing pages. It really looks like a collision repair. Only one taillight was replaced. There was $300 of paint labor. San Antonio is in Texas, a place that is not soft on crime.

I'm guessing that someone has a patent on the number score and/or the software that computes it. If you ever have a CT of your chest the routine report should say whether there is coronary calcification or not, just not as a number score.

If you're hearing noise from the sump pump even though there's no water, the float switch is stuck on(*). Easily checked by pulling the plug. I thought the radon fan is usually outside the house so you should not hear much noise from it. (*) Some pumps do not have a float switch, they start...

Does the engine just rev up like in neutral even though you are in gear, or does the car strain like it is trying to move but stuck? Does the car roll freely in neutral?

Additionally the problem is almost never the PCM itself. If you are doing parts cannon that would be one of the last parts to replace.

Consider risk / benefit before exposing yourself to X-rays. Scans that you don't want or need should be avoided. The nice new machines use less radiation and also produce a clearer picture.

Do the brake lights work? Do the PRNDL lights on the dash change when you move the shift lever? Shifting is partly controlled by the PCM. Fuses 15, 16, and 21 under the hood are involved. The shift interlock uses the BCM and the TURN/HAZ fuse under the dash. I think the BCM needs to receive...