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Finally got everything back together on the Firebird after changing the upper and lower intake gaskets, along with the heater hoses and upper/lower rad hoses for good measure. Pull a vacuum on the cooling system to refill it and the needle JUST. WILL. NOT. MOVE!!! Hook up some compressed and...

b I have wanted one of these for years, and finally picked up this '98 Firebird with the 3.8 and 5-speed transmission a couple weeks ago. Mechanically it's in great shape except it might need a thermostat (runs cold, especially on the freeway), one of the headlight gears is stripped, and the...

Also, we seem to be having some trouble putting gas in it...

Unfortunately, my daily driver 2007 Camry went to the scrap yard in the sky a few months ago. Sucks because I just replaced the engine less than a year ago and at "only" 175k it seemed like the rest of the car still had plenty of life left in it. After going through a particularly stressful...

So the factory Mach 460 sound system in my Mustang has always sounded terrible. I suspect something was broken or not working right, as it distorts terribly at higher volumes and almost sounds like entire frequency ranges are just missing. Unfortunately Ford used weird 3-ohm speakers and amps so...

Wife got a check wallet light today in her Versa, scanned it and got the dreaded P0420. She's still got 3 years before her first required smog check, but the car only has 110k miles on it, has never had a misfire, and doesn't burn a significant amount of oil (1 qt in 5k miles max). Is this all...

...off to the scrap yard with all of them!

The car was free and the cost of a rebuilt engine without installation was worth keeping it on the road. I knew it was coming for quite a while as I was burning a quart or more per 1,000 miles. A month or so it started spewing smoke under anything but the most gentle acceleration and at that...

... and this one is a bit embarrassing. Original thread here: https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/5041949/1 I thought I had fixed it after I replaced the tensioner, which was a bit sticky and I thought that was the problem, but apparently not) and I didn't hear any...

At the end of last year, my mom gave me her 2007 Camry with the 2AZ-FE 2-stroke engine, which currently burns a quart of 5w-20 every 1,000 miles or so. So far, I've put about 5,000 miles on it since then, it runs well other than the oil burning problem which I know is due to defective...

Original thread here So I bought a Mustang about 3 months ago that, as I came to find out, burned about 1 quart/1k miles. This annoyed me so I switched to MaxLife to try to slow down the consumption and ended up turning it into a smoker. It did not smoke at startup, but after taking some video...

Neither me nor the wife noticed any problems with my 2002 Mustang GT when I bought it. Once I started driving it regularly, I found out it burned oil at the rate of about 1 qt/1,000 miles. Wife has driven behind me and never said anything about smoke until the other day. I figured I would give...

...so I think it's time I changed that!

"Like new" condition does not mean faded and peeling paint, rips in both front seats, broken dash trim and dirt EVERYWHERE. I watched one of his kids stuff up the paint on the hood with a toy truck while I was checking out the car. I drove 50 miles in traffic to look at it only to decide I...

I had been battling a VERY intermittent misfire on my XTerra for a month or more, but it would only last a few seconds before correcting itself. Never long enough for the ECU to pick up which cylinder it was, so I never got a code. I thought I fixed it by replacing all 6 coils/plugs since it...

Replaced the secondary timing chains and tensioners, along with a bunch of other parts (water pump, primary chain guides/tensioner, drive belt, idler, and tensioner) while I had it apart just in case. Finished putting everything back together the other day, started it up, and proceeded to freak...

Wanted something with 4WD, more power than the truck, and an enclosed cargo area to haul all our [censored] and pull our teardrop trailer when we go camping. Ended up with this 2005 XTerra two days ago. 6-speed Off Road model with skid plates, locking rear diff, and upgraded suspension over...

Wife and I went up to the Priest Hole recreation area on the John Day River in central Oregon to view the eclipse last month. This was the first "real" test of our homebuilt teardrop trailer I made over the winter, and apparently I never posted the pics here. Just getting there, the traffic...

Here's a new one for comparison PS: It didn't even stop the leak!

Seriously, whoever came up with these things needs to be forced to do fluid changes on them for the rest of their lives. Here is the procedure for a drain and fill on a GM 4T40, for your information. 1. Raise front of vehicle on ramps. 2. Remove a couple of pan bolts. 3. Fluid will start to...