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This small 208 cc engine will back fire once when I turn off the ignition switch. It does it all the time. Other than that is runs fine. For winter storage I completely drain the gas and remove the pump and bring it inside Original when I purchased it 2 years ago I adjusted the valve lash...

My brother gave me his husqvarna 445 x-torq chainsaw. it was running at full RPM hit the gound, brake bar got engaged flywheel broke off apparently. He had a local shop put on a new flywheel, but the saw still had issues when warm it would refuse the started. It was assumed the piston was...

Got a brand new GBU ( Garbage Bin Unit ) 2 wheel model from my city and on 1st pickup the garbage truck backed-up in a snowbank the rubber tire slid off the plastic rim. Before crying like baby to my city I was just going to fix it myself. No amount of stomping / pushing / prying is...

Every year I disassemble my brakes remove the slider pins and rubber boots, clean out with brake cleaner, blow dry with compressed Air re-grease with silicon based eze slide, re-insert pins without rubber boots to move grease around, remove pins reinstall rubber boots then slide the pin back...

I am a novice, home gamer wanna bee mechanic. I only aspire the keep my cars as long as possible and not see them destroyed by rust. Actually keeping the bolts for fusing in one big mass of rust is my biggest issue. I have no garage and my driveway is on an incline. So technically I can't...

Did my 1st spark plug change on a 2019 Highlander with 96000 KM. I only did the easy to access 3 plugs today and I have one big , that's unexpected, ( well I have 2) the new plugs, on my lang 4450a gap tool shows a gap of about .031 . All the 6 new plugs have a gap that's close to that...

On a recent trip to Vermont we drove our 2019 Highlander LE V6 AWD up the Burke Mtl toll road, the vehical was loaded with a hitch rack and 4 mountain bikes. Profile looks like this : https://www.brentacol.com/h/burke_toll Burke Toll Road is located in Vermont. It is 3737.6 meters long with...

I purchased some Knipex carpenters pliers from an online retailer in Canada. Noticed that the cutting edges of the pliers were "slightly" damaged something I would not have cared about that on a "lower tier" tool but when it says 100% Quality on the packaging and made in germany it's kind of...

My neighbors 2017 Tiguan is burning a bit of oil. On his last oil change his was missing 2 quarts of oil ! During covid he also let the same thing happen. I offered to help him remove his spark plugs and inspect his cylinders with borescope to see if the walls are scored or still have the...

Our SUV ( 2019 Highlander with the V6 2GR-FKS at 50 000 miles) had the engine taken out by local Toyota dealership to fix a leaking timing cover, ( 2end time this was repaired ) and a second oil leak on one of the engine head gaskets. The dealership sent me this pictureof the engine when it...

New here on the form. I have been servicing brakes on our vehicles for about 3 years, that means removing pads, caliper bracket, cleaning re-lubing slider pins with silicon grease, cleaning hardware re-assembly. Looks like this when I repaint the braket before final re-assembly these are with...