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    What are you eating right now?

    Peanut butter and jelly sandwich and coffee
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    Oxygen Sensors - How they work & basic diagnosis

    Not really held at ideal fuel/air ratio, the computer toggles the ratio rich/lean the reason is to help the converters clean up the exhaust
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    Ford Ranger 3.0 Vulcan P0340 Camshaft Sensor - Already Replaced. Now what?

    Ripple on the signal will be nasty at the computer and i agree that every connector should be carefully unplugged. Ripple might be caused by bad ground somewhere .
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    Help about motorcycle

    Just had a similar problem on my friends car, 1 injector was stuck open and dumping fuel, replaced that injector now plugs foul very quickly, replace plugs ok for 5 mins plugs messed up with oil. story ends with 2009 cobalt being towed and being used as a Trade on a 2019 chevy Cruze, 60k miles...
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    AGM vs. Flooded

    I will rely on what a johnson controls rep told me. Absorbed Glass Matt AGM has a problem with charging. he told me that the matt is about as thick as toilet tissue and it's easy to 'blow a hole through the matt' I post this because he NEVER told me anything that didn't prove to be true. I spoke...
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    Looking for an all purpose grease, why the heck are there so many types of grease I'm lost.

    IMHO red and tacky is good but the Green stuff seemed to become more popular
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    Saw a $15,000+ markup on a new Honda Civic Si

    AZ you got it they must keep it so people can drive it and order of incoming inventory
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    Adding water to a flooded cell battery

    We were taught by Johnson to fill each cell individually till it just topped over the plates,
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    2017 Hyundai Elantra- One Year/20,000 Mile Review

    I agree on the willingness to walk. My wife had her MUSTANG GT stolen and we went to multiple dealers, finally ending up at a high volume ford dealer. We were walking away from a Ford Thunderbird Super coup with every option except cell phone. The owner of the dealership ran outside to stop us...
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    Calling all car "nerds": strangely optioned vehicles you've owned?

    I had a 280zx that did the same thing, the first time it said 'your door is open' actually not fully closed it freaked me out
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    What does LTFT mean?

    you failed to understand my post. LTFT the values stored become the startup defaults in open loop, i NEVER mentioned O2 sensors ,only that as various MONITORS set such as O2 heaters, coolant temp ambient air to intake air etc the computer will then enter closed loop and actively monitor air/fuel...
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    Songs that you simply never liked? Or can't stand.

    She was very popular yet was accused of promoting abortion through this song
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    What does LTFT mean?

    LTFT is used on cold start up to determine air/fuel ratio when in Open loop mode.. When most monitors become ready the computer goes into Closed loop with active monitoring. Cold start does not mean really freezing cold
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    Post your latest parts purchase

    4 fuel injectors for my friends 2009 chevrolet cobalt, all 4 delivered off Ebay were cheaper than 1 from AAP. Ironically the cobalt went to greener pastures 4 days ago She has to have a car and made a reasonable deal on a 2019 Chevrolet Cruz> Ebay returns of not needed items means paying return...
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    Plug a power strip into a surge protector? - Hear me out!

    Simple reply from Degree in Electrical, Mechanical and Aeronautical , it works
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    Helicoil or Timesert

    Trav is the man, 1/4 is close also but i not metric
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    One oil for multiple BMW's?

    Buy highest spec, they are usually downward compatible check so TSB that may report issues
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    2- 2019 Cadillacs that a dealer apparently couldn't sell new ... now 'used'.

    I agree, book keeping and 'sold' gets more new stock
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