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Extraordinary engine design complexity for ordinary performance. Could this be the last cut in the death by 1000 cuts for Nissan? https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a65299070/nissan-rogue-altima-infiniti-qx50-gx55-engine-failure-recall/

Came across these in our shop. Things I noticed, all probably discussed before, but here we go. 1. Combustion chamber isn't hemi but oval 2. The valves are large, which made dual plugs necessary. Center mount plug not an option. 3. Spark plugs are not indexed, not sure if that's possible or if...

From what I understand, a valve spring broke at 400 miles. Decision still to be made on long block replacement or replace valve spring only. I don't have pictures of the head. Probably sent out for inspection. Interesting that it looks to be a closed deck design and there a lot more coolant flow...

Terrifying given all the safety measures built into planes.

The wider part, o-ring side, rotates on internal bearings. Many thanks!!

..this might be? Looks to be filled solid. Has some dents on the edges, possibly from being tossed over a cliff. Found at the base of a 75' cliff.

More news to hurt consumer confidence in BEVs. Car manufacturers use an EPA sanctioned arbitrary number to calculate the EV benefit to their total fleet EPA fuel efficiency number. In the end, another buried incentive to go EV, born by the consumer again. Let's not kid ourselves. Car prices...

Off-brands that we take on trade such as GMs or Fords quite often ship to the US, stronger dollar, more demand. Seems to me that lately Ford has a permanent "no fix" recall on their trucks. The recall has no resolution. Which means they can't be exported to the US. Latest one is a transmission...

... and protected the driver. I do know the driver and he was checked out from the hospital and home, 3 hours after the crash. No serious injuries. I don't know how the crash happened. The Jeep was a newer SRT Jeep Grand Cherokee, picture of the Jeep and what the Jeep hit. Just wow.

This consequence looks to be significant, sure the EV occupants should fair ok, but what about the folks in the other car? https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/science/us-official-warns-of-risks-posed-by-heavy-electric-vehicles/ar-AA16etCY?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=66295dddd2df4d49a0d25049f309ced2

Given the way EPA fuel economy numbers are calculated, we may see no improvement in fuel economy on the 2023 Canyon vs. the 2022 V6 model. The 2023 footprint is bigger by 8.3% than the 2022, which gives GM more "room" for fuel economy numbers. 2022 Wheelbase 128.5" Track 62.4" Footprint sq. ft...

Is this the big Tesla stock correction that a few have been predicting? Will it normalize on PE ratio? And what is that new PE normal? https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/TSLA

Have a 2016 Ram 3500 6.7L Cummins Limited Dually with 70,000 miles setting these codes. MAF was changed. Intake air leaks checked/fixed. The CEL illuminates and then the engine derates and goes into limp mode after driving 30 miles. Any thoughts on the remedy here? Thanks!

.... to buy some 1/2" copper water pipe to do a repair at mom's house. None to be found. Went to Lowes around the corner and found 1 - 12' piece left. I know most new builds are PEX now, but the lack of inventory in 1/2" copper was unexpected.

Switched out the steel wheels on my son's 2016 Sorento yesterday. It was quite the ordeal. Seems the wheel hubs were rusting tight to the wheel hubs, making it almost impossible to remove the steel wheels. Used some "Fluid Film" on the hubs in the fall, but it was gone this spring. Kicking the...

https://tfltruck.com/2021/12/breaking-news-ram-jeep-and-dodge-turbo-6-cylinder-tornado-engine-went-into-production-here-are-all-the-details/ Looks to be a clean sheet design. Should be interesting to follow.

This former Ford tech is pretty concerned about this recall. As he says, initial recall quantities tend to balloon as time goes on.

Saw this cam walking by a tech's work bench. 8,000 miles on the engine. In service 2 years. 3.6L in a Wrangler.

I have seen threads where an engine might be specced with a heavier weight oil outside of NA CAFE requirements. Thought I would look up what oil is specced for the Ram 5.7L Hemi and JGC 5.7L Hemi in the Middle East. The manuals are clear in wanting a 5W-20 meeting MS-6395 spec for both the Ram...

A customer brought this in as a trade on a yellow 2003 Monte Carlo SS. He was a body shop tech by trade. Retired now. The Curren is on dealer auction, running overnight. About 100,000 miles on it. According to the customer, this is the only one in North America. FWD, 4 cylinder.