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Gotcha Maguires… 😂 it is Jan 2024 after all in NY, and for some reason never tired the Maguires ultimate detailer on the car under 40 degrees and sunny. Todays there a snow flake icon on the display, and full clouds but the truthfulness of the situation was the spay wax was never easier to...

For the curiosity in us (me) :LOL: I decided to disassemble a half dim H11 LED bulb to see what makes it... Light!. There is not too much going on inside of these LED bulbs. looks like a couple controllers, and 3 micro LEDs per side of the bulb for 6 micro LEDS total per bulb. The aluminum...

Figured it’s time to start exploring and purchase a “beginners” bidirectional scan tool to use for more advanced diagnostics, easier trouble shooting, and more in depth analysis of the systems. Some research later and an accidental marketplace find, it appears the Ancel MK808BT is actually a...

I have a general question regarding a timing chain life interval on the Koups 2.4L. MPI. I was so paranoid about the 2.4L self distracting, that I had tunnel vision regarding "ticks" knocks or anything abnormal sounding. I scheduled a appointment at the Kia dealership on 2nd day of ownership to...

Well.. Very concerned now.. The 13 Sonata 2.4L GDI threw a check engine light out of the blue, (after 5 plus hours detailing it!) Miles are about 85K. Oil consumption did not spike, no abnormal sounds, but the p1326 code is permanent even after erasing the code it will come back within 15...

Hi everyone, I have a client who just bought a 2000 ish (I believe 2001) jeep grand Cherokee limited 4.7 L V8 with the automatic quadra all-wheel-drive. It has about 114,000 miles. It was sitting for about a year parked on the previous owners lawn. I already replaced brake lines, transmission...

General question about factory tpms sensors valve stems and using metal valve stem caps. While I was at a local mom and pop tire shop getting the tires swapped over this past spring (yes this has been on my mind!) and at the time I just installed "premium" metal/chrome valve caps with the...

Two of my buddies blew brake lines in the last couple days and both times the lines blew at the guard holder for the lines. I got all worried and decided to pull out the ramps and pw with the foam cannon to give the brake and fuel line guards under the car a thorough clean. Even though I craw...

This to date was the oldest car I have ever cleaned. 😂 The client wanted the bare minimum while still looking nice from 10 feet away. They are NOT mechanically inclined in the very least and do not understand that a vehicle sitting outside not being driven for many months at a time is not the...

On the Kia it seems that this automatic dimming rear view mirror🪞 does not dim for blue LED lights of todays newer vehicles. It does work well for traditional lights, and even HIDs. Are newer automatic dimming mirrors able to dim for blue LED headlights, and if so would it be possible to just...

Quick back story to get the full picture... I have a Verizon Wireless Post Paid account for many years with a "Verizon" network unlocked i-Phone 13 Pro Max.. Verizon sells i-Phones with all the network bands, but they are software network locked to Verizon but only for 60 days. On the 61st day...

Current status: Worried. A few years ago found maybe lowest mile sonata (YF) 2.4L in the country with about 1900 total miles or around 300 miles a year for the first 7 years of it life... It was the typical grandma owned/operated... go to church on Sunday vehicle and parked in garage for the...

Well. This DID NOT go as planed... in the least 😆 I have a personal Husky 22 inch AWD mower with the 6.75 B&S 190CC quantum engine that I am sure lived a HARD life in the past with some serious hours on said machine. The 6.75 uses zero oil, but sounds like something is lightly "knocking" or...

I finally had a day off and wanted to give the Craftsman GT some attention and kinda "document" the part numbers in post 2 that will work with this 25 HP Kohler V-Twin CV730s, 1 barrel Nikki carburetor with accelerator pump / electronic fuel shut off solenoid, installed on a 917 series Craftsman...

After a thread popped up here about a "throttle controller" just like that the seed was planted.. 🌲 actually ordered it last year for the kia :LOL: there was supply issues @ PC so it took a couple months to ship out. The kia has a drive by wire system.. that is acceptable most of the time. I...

Maybe I need to live a little more and try this Mobil 1 5W30 ESP European car formula in both 2.4L's Sonata is DI, Kia is MPI I usually like to play it safe and not introduce variables that I don't know... maybe this time I am missing out on better protection and maybe even better performance...

Hey everyone, this dawned on me when I was adding fuel to a 2022 briggs CR950 and well the gas cap is huge - it's almost as big as the gas cap on the car. I dismissed this thought... Fast forward a couple days and I am reading reviews for said 9.50 Briggs engine with that huge gas cap, and...

Looking over honda and briggs manuals I think this "confirms" it is a good idea to do the first oil change on ANY new engine let it be small 4 cycle on a lawn mower or power washer or a Honda 3.5L early. Here are a couple screen shots from the briggs and honda service manual: as you can see...

This is more of a curiosity question than anything else. I was googling oil specs for other markets on the 2.4L and a few hits on "other" forums came up unrelated to oil spec.. Although 5W30 is the spec it appears in other markets - members were saying the Korean built kia's have "less" of a...

Ah man im mad at myself for this one. :mad: I left the 3100 Honda psi power washer hooked up outside after I used it on a nice day (with intentions of using it the next day.....) - got busy and it froze for a couple weeks. The plastic inlet hose attachment was also broken. I "thought" that was...