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Matt, Many "trucks" are unit-body. Nissan Pathfinder is a good example.

I thought speedo info was taken from the ABS CPU, hence wheel speed sensors?

I've run the old tri-syn M1 15w50 year round in Central Indiana...including a 3 day -38F stint back in December 1993!!! My GTI was the only car rolling!

Ditto what steveh said on for my wife's Quest 3.5l. Never trust a dealer. Read the owner's manual.

The final drive is right behind the transmission, where the driveshafts connect to the diff. Is this the description you need? If you want to check the lube I think you need a VAG-COM or VW computer to read the level.

VW has too many darn oil spec's. This is one thing that pushed me away from the brand. In 2001 I even called the customer care line to get a definitive answer on oil for my new TDI, as the manual was a bit misleading. Customer Care WOULD NOT answer the question. (My problem was the dealer...

They nabbed this weasel A$$ twerp about 3 miles from my office. It was around lunch time, so a few of us rolled down there to see if they were allowing pot-shots, or maybe just a couple fists to the gut? I told the Troopers there was a good hanging tree about 8 miles away in Danville, IN. But...

What kind of shocks were used with the new struts? OE, aftermarket, etc???

Luckily, I only have to read dipstics about 3 time a year. Christmas, New Years Eve, 4th of July. It really is hard trying to figure out what the in-laws are all about! On a serious note, I find the dipstick on my wife's 3.5l Nissan engine DANGEROUS! It is practally part of the oil fill...

Sounds like the old "Operation Death Star" gammut from the 3 Ring Circus called Enron. http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-05-17/pols_capitol.html

I saw this on SpongeBob. SpongeBob stayed up late watching a SiFi flick about robots. The next day after a long day at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob sees Mr. Crabs singing in an odd fashion while replacing the batteries in his transistor radio. SpongeBob lets his imagination get away from him &...

What is the manufacture's treadlife warranty. See what others with that vehicle and tire combination are getting on the tirerack.com comments.

This is a funny turn of events: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10002232/

I After 30 years, VW figured out how to stop FWD wheel hop. They employ a pendulum type engine mount system. When loaded up, it squats the suspension down, like a traction bar on a jacked up & tubbed-out 1970 Nova. When you stomp on it, the front-end digs in and off you go! Hats off to VW for...

sjlee, You might check out all the valve stems for leaks.

I had a problem with Rotella 10w30 in one of my VWs a couple years ago. After the oil change I drove about 10 miles on the interstate. When I exited, smoke was rolling out from under the hood and oil was leaking out everywhere. I opened the hood and oil had blown out all over the engine. It...

I needed a coolant hose for an old Audi 5cyl. It was the "molded wye" hose. List was $123, in 1995! I went ahead & had the shop install it, however I should have gotten one from the 4cyl engine, and some overflow tubing and made a wye hose with a brass tee, for about $15 total. You live and...

1. 84 Impala. Smashed a Granada that ran a light. Granada didn't fair too well. 2. 82 Rabbit Diesel. Drove the snot out of this car. Sold to Mexican immigrant for $200 with a bad water pump, bad injection pump, bad brakes, bad shocks, bad windshield washer. I still see it around town! Shoulda...

Oh biy! The wrath of Wolfsburg. The infamous old VW trick of a molded hose with 2 different sized ends! Remove the hose. Take to an industrial/hydraulic hose shop (usually on the industrial side of town near the tractor-trailer & forklift dealers, or big racetrack), tell them what chemicals...

Thanks HEV! What a hunch! I just looked at them, noticed the engines, suspension, wheels and tires and all I saw was Dakota! Kinda like the days of the old Mighty Max & Ram 50 days? I guess since Hyundai and Mitsu. split, Mitsu. went back to (Diamler)Chrysler? Talk about a fork in the family...