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    Dry Dipstick story

    Originally Posted By: Smoky14 In the early 1980's Yamaha stopped putting oil pressure warning lights on their motorcycles and went with a low oil level light. So few engines are lost to oil pressure compared to low oil level that they made the change. Makes me wonder why autos don't do the...
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    What do you think of the 'new' BBC Top Gear?

    Hes not only out he is also being investigated for sexual assault. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...w-audience.html
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    What do you think of the 'new' BBC Top Gear?

    Evans is out http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36707266
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    UK Looks to be leaving the EU

    Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR Originally Posted By: Reddy45 What does the EU do that cannot be handled by each individual nation? (Besides not needing a passport to travel around) The only area I think is economy. EU has 1 currency(except Brittan) and trading between member states are duty...
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    What do you think of the 'new' BBC Top Gear?

    I have seen 2 episodes and i am not even going to bother to watch the rest. I cant stand Chris evans with all his yelling and screaming.. Its not getting more funny just because you scream it out..
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    Post your unusual maintenance story.

    Originally Posted By: dan_erickson I have never changed the oil in my lawn mower, ever. My old neighbor had a riding lawnmower and never did it either but he also never checked the oil in it. It worked for 6 years then one day as he was mowing his yard there was a loud bang from the engine and...
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    Well tank shocker

    Not much you can do about the slime as you call it. It looks the same in every other well tanks on the planet. Its the minerals and dirt thats in the water that is the slime. To try and stop it you could try to add a filter to the system if you dont already have one, they go in before the tank...
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    Barely Avoided Severe Accident Last Night!

    If dashcams are legal in your state i would put one in asap. Just as a safteything if someone else do the same thing and it ends up in a crash. Also to prove that the accident is not your fault if it is a crash just to collect insurance money.
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    Would you look at that ???

    Originally Posted By: Alfred_B Originally Posted By: Rand thats what happens when you let 100000 Syrian immigrants into your country. LOL what do the Syrians have to do with this? Because they all say they are from there to be granted asylum... Many are from Afghanistan,iraq and other middle...
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    Eric the Car Guy video about safety inspections

    Originally Posted By: rslifkin Heck, my Jeep couldn't pass some of those parking brake tests even if I'd just rebuilt the thing. It'll hold at 2000+ rpm in reverse, but 1000 rpm in drive is enough to make it start to slip. Something about the design causes them to be much more effective in...
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    ETCG goes gorilla on a wheel bearing

    Originally Posted By: chrisri Originally Posted By: The_Eric As for me, I would have used a bigger torch (cutting tip like Trav mentioned) or- I have found that with REALLY stuck things that an air hammer or press won't budge, a REALLY big hammer will almost always work. In this case here, I may...
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    Dodge 5.2L eating IACVs

    Originally Posted By: DemoFly Originally Posted By: rslifkin Sounds like the plenum gasket is fine then (although they do fail on any year with the stock beer keg intake, even the 98+). Personally, I haven't seen an IAC fail on one of these engines. Every time it's got an issue with poor IAC...
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    jeep oil pressure problems

    Replace the oilpressure sensor. They are the very fisrt thing that fails on jeep engines. They are also known for being more of an fancy "idiot light" IE dont trust them so much, if your mechanical testguage shows pressure there is. Oilpressure at idle should be at around 25-35psi At 1600+...
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    Clueless People- Customs Duty??????

    Originally Posted By: user52165 If you are an ebay seller - Use the Global shipping program - check it out. Eliminates a lot of problems. For a seller im sure there will be less problems. But as a buyer that program is a main reason to stay away from a seller that offers the gsp. But then...
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    Unusual A/C Compressor Issue

    Did he just vacuum the system down to check for leaks? No pressuretest before vacuuming it down? Not adding dye was not a smart move as it makes it very easy to spot leaks with a uv-light. I have had some weird things happen to me when i work on ac systems at work. In some cases there can be a...
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