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jmacmaster: The fuelpump is actually inside the gas tank and there's not access point above it like other cars in the trunk or rear seat. I'm sure holding a 2 gallong tank in the passenger seat with a pump and line would work, probably not the safest condition =) Dropping the gas tank itself...

Wonder if this will work. We have a geo prizm with a failed fuel pump. Unfortunately the pump is above the gas tank, but only accessible by dropping the gas tank! Would it be possible to Jerry Rig an electric fuel pump in the front engine bay before the fuel pressure regulator? Assuming that...

Personally old GERMAN cars and engine washing is a bad idea. Most likely a vacuum hose is cracked somewhere and water gets in. In my case my Dad powerwashed my 300D mercedes one day and knocked a vacuum line off. That line happen to be a vacuum that shuts off the engine. But for the most part...

Pablo - no problem, but I knew I was going to get some jokes =) I have a lot of plastic safety goggles from college, but it's really inconvienant to use when working on cars. It fogs up, they scratch easily. I heard the real nice dental safety glasses work well, since many of them are made of...

I got throttle body cleaner in the eye once after it bounced off the throttle body and it hurt pretty bad. When pulling a hose from the TB, i didnt know it was a coolant temp hose and got coolant in my eye. That stuff seemed to stay for a bit, didnt really sting, but I couldnt definately feel...

Pablo - "Got any picts?" Haha, no. But with all that eye washing, my eye was red. Which I assume was normal since you are drying out your eyes. Gary Allen - thanks, I probably will have it checked the next time I'm at the doctor. They usually put some flourescent dye in your eye and check for...

Got AutoRx in my eye. The stuff was coming out slowly, so I squeezed the bottle and it splattered off the engine and into my eye. It didn't burn, and I did do the whole washing thing for 15min. Is this stuff carcinogenic? Thanks.

Comparing an Accord engine to a Civic is almost apples and oranges to me.

Well speaking for a 93 del sol si. I've tried 10w30 (dino), Honda MTF, RL MT90, RL MTL, and GM syncromesh Friction modified. 10w30 - did not work well at all, hard to get into first, gear grinded from 4 to 5th at rpms above 4500rpms. Honda MTF - Pretty much the same except 1st gear was better...

Well its a DOHC engine, HOWEVER it is an 4AFE engine, and the design has one cam slaved to the other. So basically the dual cams are independant of each other.

Kenw, I always check the timing afterwards, so i guess I should be okay. Thanks

Not sure if I removed and installed the distributor right. All I did was remove the distributor and remembering the general direction of where the rotor was pointing to. Installing, was the reverse by inserting the distributor and making sure the rotor was pointing in the same direction. I am...

My Car specs for group 35 Break down of price and power from Costco Group 35 - 550CCA $37.79 $0.068/CCA Group 34 - 660CCA $42.99 $0.065/CCA Group 34/78DC - 720CCA $58.99 $0.081/CCA Well looks like the Group 34/78DC isn't worth the money per CCA, unless the car needs it

Just bought a size 35 with 550cca at Costco, Hmm looks like my original Panasonic is about the same size as group 34. Should I have gotten that? I think the group 34 battery had 650cca or something. I wonder if the alternator has to work harder to keep the battery charged with a higher capacity?

Wow my 2000 camry battery is at 12.07 volts today, I noticed it has been cranking slow for the last 2 weeks. I drive the car like once every 2-3weeks. It's the original Panasonic Factory Battery. I guess 4yrs been ok.