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Over the weekend I tried changing the front wheel bearings on a friends 2012 Impala. The bearing is a complete assembly, so I was hoping it'd be a pretty easy job. But when it came time to push the axle through the hub, it just would not go! I've changed a few axles on FWD cars before, and...

Recently my '09 traverse threw a CEL. I checked the code with my pocket reader and it shows: PO430: Catalyst system efficiency is below threshold. Band 2 The car runs fine. So in an effort to make a quick fix for emissions testing reasons, I put a 02 spacer on the downstream O2 sensor on bank...

My one owner 2009 Chevy Traverse. Just turned 100k miles. Always had 5k synthetic oil changes. CEL came on. Checked codes, getting multiple misfire codes. P0300, 301, 303, 304, 305 Is this a sign of the timing chains being bad? They are the original chains. According to the extended warranty...

Maybe it's just my area, but I notice what I consider to be a large amount of cars running around on expired tags/plates. Just this morning the car in front of me had temp tags dated: 11/26/16 !! I guess I could try to report it, but if cops aren't seeing this on the road and enforcing it, I...

Changed the original valve cover gasket, and timing chain tensioner over the weekend. The VC gasket around the spark plugs was very hard and brittle, cracked apart upon removal. I'm the original owner. It's been very reliable. Only other non original parts on the car are intake gasket, and...

I have U'Verse U300 package which has almost every channel. For some reason when I go ESPN, FOX Sports GO, AMC, etc. or try to authenticate these apps on my FireTV....that require log into my U-verse account. Even though I subscribe to those channels, they're all stating I don't. And block my...

'09 Traverse; have been having this problem intermittently. If I have the temp toward hot, it doesn't want to go back to cold, and vise versa. I have been getting it to change just by messing around with controls. Put blower on full blast, back and forth to hot/cold, etc. But this really should...

A guy I work with has a '05 Mini with 200k+ miles on it. He's had some costly repairs done lately, and another one just came up. It started loosing power at speed. Shop said they think it's a bad catalytic converter. This car has a manifold, to cat, to another cat one piece unit. They quoted him...

My '09 Traverse with 85k miles. CEL came on, here are the codes: PO300,P0301, PO303, PO306 I cleared the codes, so I'm going to wait and see if they come back. If they do; I'm thinking it may be carbon deposits on the back of the valves.? Any other ideas? Thanks

An acquaintance has said vehicle with 80k miles on it. The type of person who puts things off until there's a major problem I guess. Front tires were down to the cords before he had them replaced. I told him he should have the alignment checked too. The shop said the front wheel bearings were so...

Hello, I have Windows media center on my laptop, and I was thinking about getting a TV tuner to record over the air channels. TV tuner being a WinTV 995Q. My question is, to record future TV shows using the media center guide, does the computer need to be connected to the internet at time of...

Friend of a friend took her car to a big name oil change place. Not going to state name of oil change place. Maybe be of no fault of theirs. Car is a 2012 Kia Optima with around 60k miles. With a little less then 1000 miles on the oil change, the engine locked up. Took it to KIA, they said...

Trying to help a co-worker with her vehicle problem. She said the transmission is acting up, I haven't driven it so I'm not really sure what it's doing. It has a CEL, so I pulled the code and got a P0741. Did a little searching, but also wanted to ask here. Next I need to check the fluid...

Just filled up my '04 Pontiac Vibe at the local BP. First, the pump was super slow, but secondly, the pump showed I put 13.5 gallons in the car, but the owner manual shows the tank only holds 13.2 gallons. The tank was low, the gas light on, but the needle wasn't below E. Is the pump faulty...

Recently the fan on my desktop starting making a loud noise. I tried cleaning all the dust off it, but it's still loud. I'm trying to find a replacement but I'm having a hard time finding one. It's a Sunon KD1208PTS2 , 1.6W. It's a two wire fan, with no plug. Most of what I see have different...

On my Frigidaire dishwasher that's only about a two years old, it's filling with water, but it doesn't spray the water. It drains the water just fine. The pump is getting power. Any ideas? Thanks

I just got a new Dell laptop with Windows 8. I tried to download and install adobe reader from their website. After installing it, I'm getting tons of pop-ups and ads. So I re-set the computer to an earlier date, and everything was back to normal. So I then downloaded and installed foxit, and...

Just like the title says. Temp gauge reads operating temp, but no heat comes out the vents at all. Radiator and over flow have coolant. Any ideas? Sounds like I may have to take a trip to the stealership.

I've posted a link awhile back from the same poster concerning ZDDP. Here's another good one; Diesel Oil

Yesterday, my power went out for about 5 seconds. I was on the computer at the time, so everything was working okay. After restarting the computer, the modem won't come back on? It's a Netgear N300 Wireless ADSL2 = Modem Router, DGN2200v3. The DSL light keeps flashing green, and the internet...