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Trouble areas: Intake manifolds Exhaust manifolds Timing sets Transmission Rear axle shafts/bearings HVAC system as a whole

I did, on a 3.3 Kia Sedona. Just last fall. No problems.

I do agree that as a whole, things have gotten too far and we at a point where returns are diminishing. Like it or not, cars ARE tools/appliances. If you could chart a person's automobile investment vs return on investment over the life of a vehicle, between a new vehicle and a 2000's vintage...

The way they do things now is better than it used to be. At least failures are relatively isolated. Remember back in the day when all you had was a PCM/ECM and a BCM controlling everything? If one goes down, you're stuck. Sure, that can technically still happen now if the failure scatters the...

Not many special tricks here. If the head is aluminum, welding will be the way to go here, given the tight space. Else, you'll have to find a way to make room to extract with drill/tools.

Check for fuel pressure regulator leaking into the intake manifold.

Are you asking which size ball or actually trying to ask what length drop?

14,000 posts in 10 years, still on your own island. Ouch!

Of course you don't. They all pass through with no issue.

You should probably also run over to another thread to ask a new minivan owner how it performs on the track. Truly curious! Driving a minivan on the street involves very little curve carving and is VERY slow. Just so you are consistent.

31 years here: 1974 Dodge pickup 1978 Chrysler New Yorker 2008 Tahoe 2015 Mercedes

If you drive an older vehicle and are concerned about that, rentals are cheap and easy enough to come by. Not sure what you are arguing. Many ways to skin a cat, here.

If available, I find Magnaflow is consistently superior to pretty much all aftermarket options, and even better quality than OE in the applications I've used them in.

Pretty sure the strategy in a lot of these older Fords uses 140 as the "warm up" threshold.

Leaking purge valve or MAF problem.

This is another environmental discussion. Some of you guys down south/out west just don't get it. The chrome plating on the ball is a great protectant. Once its scratches off, which WILL happen, it will corrode, especially in the a harsh environment. Where I live, its necessary. Grease has two...

Some people don't mind paying to play, myself included.

Good proven cars, cheap and easy to maintain. Good choice if the car checks out.

Being roller, I wouldn't hesitate to reuse good cams, and buy good used cams for any replacements needed. Then replace all followers.

In my experience, if the rings are actually stuck, no solvent will free them. It always takes some prying to break stuck rings free and lots of scraping to clean out the grooves. Besides, aren't stuck rings pretty much a thing of the past nowadays? These modern engines and oils are so good, I...