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Generally speaking, in a parked vehicle week after week. Do you think most of them eventually bend under downward pressure, or leak a little from the beginning eventually allowing the filter to empty?

So I'd like to be able to monitor a vehicle from afar, presumably over the internet. Does anyone know of an OBD scanner/dongle that will use a phone's wifi to send data to the internet? I see ones that require cell service, but I don't need all that if it can use the phone's hotspot. I guess...

I slapped some precut tint on my daughter's vehicle yesterday evening. She's leaving this weekend for college. I haven't done tint in... 25 years? It was hot, I was tired and this is not the job to do in that scenario but I'm under a time crunch. Anyway, one window is trimmed above the bottom...

I've had to fix so much crap over the past couple years I've been in an almost constant state of dread. Got to fix that, that's gonna break, etc. Vehicles and house. The biggest problem is there are no ethical, competent people in my area to do any of this so even though I can afford it, that's...

Like Tasca, gmpartsdirect, etc. Have you gotten, or do you suspect they are as susceptible to selling counterfeit parts as the sellers we already know or suspect of doing so? I'm thinking these OEM-only sellers may be the last trustworthy (?) sources for parts at decent prices. Summit also...

2002 Ford Taurus Vulcan 3.0 OHV, 142k miles. Unknown maintenance before I bought it with 96k. This car developed a cold start tap about 20k miles ago. The colder it is, or the longer the car sat, the worse it would be. It would last 30 seconds to 1 1/2 minutes. No other symptoms. Various oil...

I've been casually looking for a couple years for a good scanner that will do most actions like crank relearn, ABS bleed, TB relearn, keyfob programming, TPMS, etc but honestly I'm just overwhelmed. It seems they all have some sort of catch or something important they won't do. Digging down to...

I see they're still pushing it. Someone mentioned the C8 recommends M1. They have been pushing M1 for decades. I wonder if it's political or based on testing.

I noticed I had overfilled my 5.4 Triton by 1 1/2 - 2mm on the stick so I let a half quart out. The level dropped to the middle of the crosshatches. I thought wow, that was quick. I measured it about 5 times before and after so it was not a goofup. I'm still a bit in awe. I mean it holds 7...

Let's say I buy a $49 impact wrench from HF versus a $149 Milwaukee or whatever name brand, and they both have the exact same PSI and CFM requirements for the same torque output. Will the $49 produce the same power as the $149 in your experience?

Ok so those familiar with this engine know Ford narrowed the oil passages on the VCT's and roller rockers to supposedly increase flow to other parts of the engine. At the same time, the consensus is to go to 5W30 on this engine, particularly if you've needed timing and/or valvetrain parts. My...

October 2021 I bought two house brand tires from Discount for $44 each plus junk fees. These were the lowest cost tires I could find. Now, 14 months later, the same exact tires are $70. I'm simply not going to pay it. I'd like to hear from some folks that regularly buy used tires. There are...

So things like brake pads, shocks, etc will be the same. But like instead of fuel injector cleaning, might we need to clean brushes? Instead of serpentine belts, pinion gears? I can't image a decent electric motor ever wearing out, and the transmissions/transaxles are pretty simple correct...

I just did a timing job on a 5.4 Triton. I was able to get 45 degrees out of the specified 60 degrees after torqueing the TTY bolt the proper amount. This with an 18" 1/2" breaker bar, I just couldn't get anymore out of it, I simply gave out of strength to hold the crank and push on the breaker...

I've ran across the most irritating thing. For my '05 Expedition 5.4 3v hardly anyone makes a thermostat with the seal. You have to buy the friggin thing separately. The only mfg I see on rock auto with a seal is Motorad and I have no confidence in that brand. Thoughts? Same thing with the...

Anyone tried an aftermarket coil? I have a major misfire on cyl 5 and need to get it fixed this weekend, so limited to parts stores. NGK, Bosch?

It's a small 3 or 4 hp on a small push mower. It's started using several ounces of oil per 30 minute or so cut. However much it's using I have to add some every time we use it. The oil is also very dirty and grey looking. I've been using whatever 5W30 I had leftover from oil changes. I think...

Anybody done a self replacement of an old ac/heating system? This is one of those things at first I was like no way, but I also thought that about replacing engines, car a/c systems, installing Linux, etc at one time and LOOK AT ME NOW! Anyway... and I'm not talking about those modular things...

Depending on what's going on, I'll grab either brake cleaner, bleche-wyte or engine degreaser. I think good old gasoline would probably work just as well in most cases. I just need to find a squirt bottle it won't dry out, but gas odor tends to linger for a long time where the others don't.

A few weeks ago our '16 Town and Country transmission started whining. Apparently the filter was clogged. Changing it stopped the noise (knock on wood). During my subsequent pan drops (I'm on my 5th one) I noticed that the color on the stick can be very misleading. The fluid on the stick looks...