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This will come up in a year or so . The water pump is driven by the serpentine belt , so will not be part of the project . https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/chevrolet,2015,sonic,1.8l+l4,3309721,engine,timing+belt+&+component+kit,5759 Less than $ 20 price difference between Gates and AC Delco...

Watched this movie , this weekend . If you like science fiction / medical movies with car chases , criminal kingpins and gun play , you might just like this flick . Probably not going to win an Oscar , but worth spending a couple of hours . And Morgan Freeman has a good supporting role . God...

I grew up watching Westerns and WWII movies . Tom Hanks does a pretty darn good job portraying a Navy officer with his first command . Of a destroyer on convoy from the USA to the UK . If you like military and / or WWII movies , give it a watch . Or if you like Tom Hanks , give it a watch . My...

Last week , Wife has a blow out on / at the sidewall on the RF tire . She called me & I went to try to change the flat . The sonic has a mickey mouse scissor jack & a lug wrench less than a foot long . The lug nuts must have been installed with a BIG impact wrench , set on HIGH . Could not...

Started researching free VPN's . Most I ran across were only free for a trial period . Decided to experiment with Opera browser , which claims to come with a free VPN . Advice ? Comment ?

Have not received notifications from this site , in the last few years . All of a sudden , in the last few days , notifications have started to show up in my emails . Which is fine . Any one know what happened / changed ?

Lite came on early this week . Parked the car . This afternoon , I hooked up our code reader , Had 3 codes , having to do with the evap purge system . Erased the coses , re-tightened the gas cap & wife & I went to Walmart and back , So far , the lite has not come back on , again . Praise the...

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What does this term mean . I run a " decent " filter on our vehicles & change the filter each oil change . Which is ~ 3000 miles on dino oil on" older " vehicles ( that do not require synthetic oil ) . Around 5000 miles on vehicles that require synthetic oil ) . Am I messing up ? Should I use...

A cousin was given what he thinks is a Astra 400 . He wishes to disassemble it to clean & lube it . Best we can tell , the procedure begins with locking the slide back ( strong spring ! ) and rotating the barrel . That has not worked . Maybe we are not rotating it enough / all the way ? I...

My understanding is Hyundai purchased KIA ? Been reading about engine problems with Hyundai . Do the KIA vehicles use the same engines as Hyundai ? Are the KIA vehicles having engine problems , too ?

Or tomorrow . In regard to our 2015 Chevy Sonic . Which was hit about 2 weeks ago by a lady running a stop sign . If they total it , one option would be to replace it with a 2019 or 2020 Sonic . Our Sonic has the 1.8l NA 4 cylinder . It seems , the 2020 Sonic has the 1.4l turbo 4 cylinder (...

Two Wednesdays ago , my wife was taking our daughter to work . A lady ran a stop sign and hit the Sonic on the driver's side , back part of the fender , front part of the door & folded the wheel / tire part way under . Towed away . No one injured , thank God ! :-) Filed a claim with the other...

Lady ran a stop sign . Our Sonic hit in LF fender , wheel & door . No one injured , thank God ! Best I remember , ~ 70,000 miles on the clock . Do not know if insurance will total it or not . If they do , thinking of what to replace it with . Choice between GM or Ford . If I could find another...

Yesterday afternoon / last night , with the assistance of my Wife . Sore & stiff , today . New faucet works well , no leaks that I know of . Praise the Lord ! :-)

The garage in the house Mom and Dad lived in , when they passed , had the garage converted into living space . Before they purchased it . My wire and I inherited the house , after they passed . It had a panel ray heater . Last year , I disconnected the gas from the panel ray and used it to...

The Tire Pressure symbol appeared on the instrument cluster of the Sonic . Aired up all 4 tires , no change . Figured the TPMS sensor went bad . Kind of disappointed . Wat I have read on the internet pretty much indicates the battery life should be 5 - 10 years . Far as I know , it has not been...

Has any one seen electrical wire ties used to secure CV joint boots . I have done this 1 or 2 times and the kits came with various types of metal " bands " . Do not know how much real stress the wire tie would be subject to ? The wire tie should be light enough not to present an out of balance...

With the iron sights and the red / green dot reflex sight mounted , a cousin and I went to the range Saturday AM . First off , with bright day light , even under the awning over the shooting tables , the red or green dots are not bright enough to see . UUQ® Tactical Holographic Red Green...

Got the carbine out of lay a way & installed the front sight post and rear sight assembly . Guessed at the front and rear sight " height " . Plan to start out adjusting the sights , at the range , starting out on paper at 25 yards ( using sand bags ) . Once I get it zeroed , move it out to a...