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I recently purchased an 03 GMC Sierra 4x4 with 397k miles to use as a farm truck. It belonged to a highway contractor and lived a pretty easy life as a supervisor truck. Its time for an oil change and I'm trying to decide what would be the best oil and filter to use would be? I'm leaning towards...

My father in law's 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis has always been a great running car, and he has taken excellent care of it since purchasing it new. It only has 140k miles on it, so I was very surprised when he called and told me that it had made a boom noise when he cranked it the other day and...

I have a 96 Grand Cherokee that ran great when I bought it a few weeks ago but now it will barely run at all. After it runs for a few minutes it starts missing and backfiring violently. It will not drive more than 25-30 mph at the best, and it cuts off at stoplights. The PO replaced ECM, plugs...

I finished diagnosing my power steering leak today; after cleaning off the gear & pump and refilling the reservoir, I cranked the truck and saw fluid spewing out of the seal on the gearbox near the pittman arm. The front end shops I've talked to have all said that its best to go ahead and...

Hey guys, I'm replacing the heater core on my beater pickup this afternoon (previous owner cut the hoses off after it started leaking and capped it off) and I was wondering if there is supposed to be a vacuum valve on the heater hose? My other TBI 350 Chevy was wrecked not long ago, and I...

Hey everyone, I've been using the entry level NAPA (Wix) filters on my GM vehicles for some time (ever since Delco went to the E-Core design). Just wondered what the consensus opinion of them on here was? I haven't had any trouble out of them since I started using them, and they work well for...

Hey everyone, I picked up a 2001 Tahoe 4X4 (5.3 Vortec V8) with 210k miles to replace my 95 Tahoe that recently met its demise thanks to a couple of Whitetail bucks . Anyway, I purchased the 01 from its original owner, who has done a wonderful job of keeping it up. It has a couple of minor...

Hey everyone, This is a long story, so I'll try and keep it short and sweet. I have a 2003 Lincoln Town Car with 215k on the clock. About 500 miles ago, I noticed it was losing coolant, so I took it into my regular mechanic. He did a pressure test, which showed absolutely nothing. So then he...

Hey everyone, My 95 Chevy Tahoe (350 TBI, not the Vortec) has all of a sudden began dropping back to 12 volts (according to the voltmeter on the dash cluster) whenever the truck is idling. Once you give it some gas, it gets back to 13-14 v. Up until this week, it always read a steady 14 volts...

Hey guys, I've never posted much on this site other than tech related questions, but an opportunity has come my way and I wanted to hear some opinions about it. My grandfather owned a 4 bay shop in the next town from where I live, and my grandmother is offering to let me use it since the man...

I'm looking at doing some long overdue repairs to my '95 Tahoe (350 V8, 4X4) and I've been price checking on the parts I'm going to need. (Radiator, Upper and Lower Hoses, Thermostat, Water Pump, Front Pads & Rotors, P.S. Pressure Line) It seems like, especially for the pads and rotors, there's...

Hey folks, On the fiance's '09 Mazda 3, we've been having trouble keeping tires on it. Originally, the issue was that they would wear out on the inside edge, causing the tires to have an irreparable split seam there. After two wheel alignments (first one was at a tire shop that just played...

Hey everyone, I have a '75 Corvette that I'm resurrecting, and I want to find some GM wheels to go on her. I know from the factory most C3's ran 15x8 steel rally wheels with the center cap and trim ring, but I'm on a tight budget (in college), so I was wondering if any other GM wheels would fit...

I'm getting ready to do a Head Gasket replacement on my '75 Corvette, and I'm trying to figure out whether or not I should have the heads done. It has 155k on it, was last rebuilt at around 100k. I really do not want to do a rebuild on the bottom end right now, and before the HG went out, the...

Hey y'all, The blower motor has been acting up on my 95 Tahoe for a few weeks now. The first time it simply wouldn't come on at all. The next time I got in the truck it worked fine, and kept working for a few days. Now it doesn't work at all. I checked the fuses and the 25 amp fuse for the...

Hey everyone, My father in law has a 1999 Olds Cutlass with the 3.1 V6 that he's been letting me drive for a while and recently its been suffering from some intermittent electrical problems. They started when suddenly all of his instrument panel warning lights ceased to work, except for the...

Hey everybody, I recently inherited a 99 Cutlass (3100 V6, basically a rebadged Malibu) with 98k miles on the clock. The car runs out pretty good, but a couple of days ago when I cranked it up the Fuel and Temp gauges failed to register. The Fuel gauge on it has always been sketchy (just like...

Hey guys, I have a '95 Chevy Tahoe 4X4 which needs some TLC. I've had the truck for a good while, and although I like it, I'm just somewhat tired of it. I've came across a really, really good deal on a 92 Range Rover County. Before anybody gives me the warning lecture about English cars, I'm...

Hey everyone, I have a 1995 Chevy Tahoe 4X4 that I use for my daily driver. It has about 190k on the clock and still looks pretty good. Mechanically, it runs out okay, meaning its drivable but it uses a quart of oil every 1000 miles, needs a new radiator, ball joints and an idler arm, the back...

Hey guys, My fiance drives a '09 Mazda 3 sedan with the 2.0 I-4 and around 40,000 miles on the clock. I've been doing the oil changes and tire rotations on it since she got it, and it seems to be a good little car. However, she keeps complaining that the gas mileage is dropping like a stone. If...