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    Do the exhaust gasket "donuts" have asbestos in them?

    I was doing the exhaust in my beater this weekend, and this question was dogging me. I've used the sander to clean the old gasket off in the past (which would be bad if they had asbestos in them). the gaskets I'm talking about are the ones that are grey/silvery with metal inside.
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    TIP - easy way to flush coolant

    it's nuts for people to flush coolant by radiator drain/refill cycles, just do it like this: 1 with engine cool, drain radiator and refill with water 2 remove upper radiator hose (this is the return line from the engine) 3 start engine and turn on heater 4 refill radiator with clean water as it...
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    GM 3800 engine problem

    I've got a 2002 impala with the 38000 that will not rev past 4k rpm. during acceleration it runs fine up to that point and then acts like it has reached a fuel cut off. it has 40k highway miles, but could a spark plug/wire or coil pack be bad? the computer is not throwing any codes, which has me...
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    why use auto-rx?

    unless your car has deposit related problems (lifters maybe?), I don't understand why this is so popular.
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    Why are there METAL SHAVINGS in the oil return of these ******* filters?

    I've noticed metal shavings/other crap in the threads of many filters I've seen. it is so bad that I have to look through ten filters before finding one that is reasonably clean. Ac delco and motorcraft seem to be the best, but I've noticed this on mobil 1 filters, so it can't just be a quality...
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