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Looking for some ideas about what to consider might be the problem. 2004 Nissan Sentra 216k miles. Car starts perfectly on cold starts. Car would sometimes sit for months and crank right up. Same thing when just sitting overnight. After it warms up, like a short trip to the store, it would take...

I had my 03 Suburban done at 137k. The pump was doing its job, the internal check valve was causing fuel system to lose prime causing the engine to crank a few times before it would start, at least that is what I was told. 960.00 job in 2020. My 04 Nissan is on its original still 216k.

I totaled a car once with a full tank of gas...that hurt more than the accident and losing my car🤕. Took me a long time to go back to filling up.

When I re-did my AC system, I just used the PAG oil to lubricate the seals while installing. Not even sure if I was supposed to do that. I used a Delco seal kit. I didn't even know what Nylog was (goes to show what I know about AC work), so I did a quick search. Looked like it was designed more...

I think I found the source of the problem. When I was manually making my connection to defog the window, I was lining up the solder on the pads with the matching locations on the defrost main strip. I have continuity everywhere, except where the #1 old pad location is on the side strip. When I...

I would not be surprised if there was a break with the removal of the old tint and scraping and cleaning process. Wouldn't explain why I have voltage and continuity on all lines though, unless my testing procedure is not correct.

Rear window was fogged up yesterday. Getting everything ready for a tint job. Tested rear defrost and only 50% of the feature is working. I have one contact on one side that needs to be re-attached, so this result in the picture is after me manually holding the contact in place. The one on the...

One day I woke up and battery was completely drained in 2020 Nissan Armada. Worked fine before, nothing after sitting just overnight. No lights or accessories left on or anything like that. It would not start using a battery jump pack, would not start with a cable jump from a good battery...

AMMONIA! I forgot to try that. Windex, I think has ammonia and non-ammonia formulations. I gotta go get some. May be the magic ingredient I am looking for. I will post after I try it. I use ammonia for cleaning shellac based products like BIN primer from brushes. Nothing else I know of will...

Funny! I am at that phase myself. I always say it was good that I learned enough skills while I was younger to carry me through the rest of my life, but I hear you...it seems like my hard drive is running out of space. New stuff in, something else has to go out to make room.

Yeah, I also noticed while removing the film with steam, which is easy, and you let it touch back to the glass anywhere, the glue transfers back to the glass and new mess to deal with, that steam alone will not remove. Steam followed immediately by alcohol worked though.

Tried a few things: 1) WD 40 - X 2) Acetone - X (This scared me...my glass got a milky color inside, but it soon cleared up...whew) Put that back on the shelf immediately. 3) Goof Off - X 4) Citrus Cleaner - X 5) Steam by itself - X 6) Steam with a plastic razor blade - Worked a little but...

Thanks Spasm 3 for the product recommendation. Looks easy enough.

This is what the tinter was telling me. He showed me a car where the orange lines stayed, but the current carrying lines were removed with a razor blade. Looked good, but no defrost option remained after that. He called the orange lines guide lines. I imagine their main purpose is to conceal the...

This was another consideration...we're handing it off to my son for his first car. Does the few times he needs good visibility out of the back on a humid day with the AC on, warrant the trade off of a lasting, quality tint job. Right now only 50% of the lines work anyways because the last tinter...

I removed the old tint years ago and then it sat parked exposed to the sun with a sun shade inside only with occasional use. The old tint was bubbled and purple and I used steam, heat, soap and water, plastic scrapers, you name it. It came off in some places in sheets, in other spots it would...

I went through the thread link above. To me, that looked like the same results of the oil cooler leaking to the coolant problem I had. I would agree that it was oil, however, red and green does make brown, so mixing coolants???Maybe??, but the thickness and slime looked like oil to me. Even...

Not sure if this is where this post belongs, feel free to move it if there is a better place for it. Went to get my 04 Nissan Sentra windows tinted. The tinter said that the old residue remaining on the rear window over and around the tint defrost lines will not likely come off without scraping...

Are the cooling hoses resistant to the oil contamination? I seem to recall replacing mine along with the radiator when my Expedition got the strawberry milkshake of death out of concern the ATF would compromise the hoses. I did have a mechanic diagnose and change my oil cooler on the same...

I wanted so bad to post the link to the car cleaning scene in Pulp Fiction, but after previewing it, it would probably violate 1000 forum rules and I would be kicked off for good...I am sure most know the one I am referencing. Pulled the carpet from my Suburban, used a carpet and upholstery...