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    Exhaust for truck

    Due to heavy snow and salty roads my exhaust is deteriorating on my truck. This means that come spring ill have to probably get a new setup. I like the sound of my glass packs but anyone have any pipe size recommendation for optimal back pressure and performance. I don't want to go too big or...
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    Sputtering Engine

    My moms GMC Yukon has been acting funny lately when she first starts it the engine sputters and runs rough but within a minute it idles fine and runs normal....recently it had plugs wires and fuel filter replaced so doesn't need a tune up....it has been cold here lately which is the only...
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    Pre Winter Exterior detail with meguires

    Before the weather gets too bad around here I figured I would wash and wax the exterior of the Buick before winter. So I picked up some Meguires Gold class wax the other day and I never used it before. I have tried Turtle Wax and Eagle one so I figured I would try something new. I wasn't...
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    Jeep Cherokee gas in oil

    We have a 2000 Jeep Cherokee and I noticed the other day while checking my oil that it looked thinned out and smelled like gas. my initial thoughts are that its an injector issue because the motor only has 85k miles on it and I ruled out rings. Any input on this issue is it probably a leaky...
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    Jeep Cherokee Low oil pressure

    I recently bought a jeep Cherokee with 84k miles on it and it runs and drives great but the only concern I have is that the gague keeps reading really low on my oil pressure while at idle. I tried putting thicker oil in it which actually seems like it runs better with that but the pressure gauge...
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    Spring Cleaning

    I spent a couple hours cleaning the Buick today from the past winter...I detailed it in and out started off with an outside wash with Turtle Wax wash and wax soap...then vaccumed and cleaned off the floor mats inside detailed the plastic inside with armor all and cleaned the windows with spray...
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    Starting issue

    I have an issue right now with my truck that is very hard to diagnose because it wont duplicate the problem very oftem..the other day I went to start my truck and turned the key to the accesory position and all power came on as normel. Turned it to crank and it clicked once and lost all power. I...
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    scraping sound

    I have a 98 Buick century and I cannot figure out why but everyt time I first go to drive the car it makes a scraping sound from the front end. It is just for an instant and then never comes back only when I first drive it. Everything looks good any advice?
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    First Oil change in the Buick

    Yesterday I changed the oil in my new to me 98 Century. THe previous oil was over a year old but only just got to 3k miles after I purchased it. The P/O took it to a local Mech who changed it and when I pulled the filter it looked like he used Microguard filters which IMO seemed like a good...
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    Cleaning out the lines

    I recently purchased my 98 Buick Century and with only 65k miles the car sat alot...the P/O took very good care of the car and just had the Fuel filter changed out at 63k...today I did the first fill up and ran a bottle of Chevron Techron with it and I got a 2nd bottle for my next fill up just...
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    Window Weather stripping

    Does anyone know how to change out the weatherstripping on the outside of the windows that goes down onto the door. The Buick I just bought has some pretty beat up weatherstripping and I was hoping to change it out. Any ideas or suggestions?
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    Miles or year

    I was recently looking at a 1998 Bucik with only 65k miles on it and rust free...I was wondering other than the obvious being rusty is there any disadvantage of buying an older car with lower miles versus a newer car with more miles on it?
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    2000 K2500 new brake lines

    I was driving my truck yesterday and I went to stop and the pedal hit the floor. I drove and pulled off and noticed some leakeage coming from the gas tank area....upon further inspection it appears the rust belt got the best of my brake lines and has sprung a leak....looks like I will replace...
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    wearever brake pads from Adavance Auto

    I got the Wearever silver pads for my sonata from Advance auto and so far I am not very impressed with them. They leave alot of brake dust on my rims compared to the OEM ones I had and once in a while I get a squeek while braking. I lubed the outside of the pads and everything before install. I...
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    Hyundai Sonata Serp belt change

    I was going to replace the Serp belt on my 2009 Hyundai Sonata and was having a difficult time finding instructions on how the best way is to do this....I know that there should be a tensioner pulley but i cant seem to find it....Ive looked around and there are no manuals or youtube videos that...
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    grand am

    So I need your help with this, I just bought a 2004 Grand Am with 150k miles well maintained its whole life. I was thinking of keeping this vehicle instead of selling it but I was wondering if anyone knew of any issues these cars that are common? Any opinions?
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    Changed ATF on Hyundai Sonata

    The other day I dropped the plug and drained my ATF from my sonata and replaced it with Castrol Multi Import ATF. SO far it seems pretty good the 3-4 shift was kinda rough before I changed the fluid and the new stuff seems to be doing well so far. When I pulled the magnetic plug though I was...
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    Exhaust repair

    I have a crack in the headpipe of my truck that goes into the manifolds. The leak is vey small so I was hoping to just patch the crack and keep going. Do you guys reccomend any reapir stuff that works really well to fix this crack. I saw some patch kits but there are alot of choices and usually...
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    New Drill slotted rotors have a clunk

    I just put new drilled and slotted rotors and new pads on a G6. When I test drove the car it did fine until I stopped completely going forward it makes a clunk right when you almost get to the complete stop. It doesnt do this while applying it the rest of the time only when it is almost...
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    Forced to wash the car today

    It has been rather cold here the past few weeks so Tuesday i took the car to a drive through wash just to get the gunk off thinking I wouldnt be able to do it again by hand. Today circumstances made me change that, as I was changing out the oil on my four wheeler I heard lots of birds outside...
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