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I'm trying to help my brother diagnose (via txt) a humming/whining noise his truck is making. We cannot agree on what the most likely culprit is, so I'm looking for some 2nd opinions. Pertinent Info: 1) 2004 1 ton Dodge dually megacab longbed turbo Diesel with 321K miles on the clock. 2)...

I am closing in on 200K miles (100K since acquiring from police auction) and figured it was a good time to do another UOA to see how things look. Based on Blackstone's report, I do believe I will make it to 200K and beyond no problem.

I have been putting a lot of miles in driving through an area here that is lousy with deer, and judging by the sheer number of carcasses I'm having to dodge while watching out for the live ones, they are just as likely to run out in front of a moving car as they are to run away from it...

Anyone who's tried to order more than one thing from RA lately has seen the strangeness their shipping algorithms now employ while figuring up the total bill. I may have stumbled upon a way to defeat the insanity that can sometimes ensue when ordering several parts that show to be shipping from...

Disclaimer: Yes, I know a UOA would be best, but I aint getting one. I'm more interested in the discussion than I am the truth at the moment. As such, telling me to get a UOA will be a waste of your time. Feel free to do it, just know i will ignore it...and question your reading comprehension...

I pulled the lawnmower out of storage today, put some gas in it, and it started on the first pull. I proceeded to begin mowing the yard, and everything was fine for about 10 minutes. Then the engine sputtered and died as if it were out of gas. It was not. I tried pull-starting it again, and it...

The latest UOA is in for The Bacon Hauler, and no surprises this time either. The OCI was cut short by an OLM which I firmly believe is the automotive equivalent of a dullard. The good news is that I will no longer be paying attention to its chimes, messages, or any other attempt to bother me...

For some reason, my OLM has decided to leave the reservation and go set up residence in Crazy-Town. WWYD?? The facts: - the OLM was sane and functioning as expected when I got the car (in June, w/ ~100K miles). - 3 oil changes ago it started acting weird - coming on too early (2500 miles) and...

Transmission is the venerable NAG1 (MB 722.6?) that every Dodge LX has in them up until a few years ago. When checking the fluid level on that transmission, I made sure it was up to operating temp (170F), and I ran it slowly through all the gears immediately prior to checking the fluid, landing...

It seems like the popular theory used to be that replacing the (upstream) oxygen sensors wasn't necessary unless they were on the verge of taking The Big Dirt Nap. Is that still the general consensus (was it ever really?), or has it shifted to the proactive alternative of replacing after...

Cavitation around the water pump has always been something I knew was "a thing", but i'd never seen it affect anyone's engine i'd ever worked on. Well now I can say I have seen its effects for real, and it was in my own engine as it so happens. The engine is a 2012 5.7L Hemi in the Charger in...

The SILICON number seems out of place, seeing as I have been running a K&N air filter...oh well, I probably just got a bad (good?) one 1st UOA for the Bacon Hauler

Engine: 5.7L Hemi (w/ MDS) and > 115K miles on it Oil & filter: Pennzoil Platinum High Mileage 5w-20 w/ std. Mopar oil filter which both have right at 3K miles of daily work commutes in DFW traffic accrued. I will be driving that engine to Atlanta tomorrow and commuting in Atlanta traffic for...

That was at the tail end of my afternoon commute home yesterday, which consisted of 60 min or so if stop and go traffic covering about 35 miles. When I first saw that, knowing how many more of those the engine will have to endure in the coming weeks, I nearly broke my arm patting myself on the...

I have plans to help a coworker try to figure out what is going on with his car's A/C, but I have no experience working on late 2000's Nissans, so I figured I would see if anyone has some tips and tricks that I need to be aware of. The car is a 2007 Nissan Altima (base model) w/ ~ 120K miles...

Picked up a 2000 Acura Integra LS (1.8L I4 & 5 speed manual trans) w/ 140K miles on it from a co-worker to have for wife's local commutes and errand running. Nothing mechanically wrong with the car that I can tell other than just some 20 y/o parts needing to be replaced and usual wear/tear tasks...

General consensus among all who know me is that I’m crazy for taking care of the long term rentals I sometimes have to drive. The way I see it, if I am going to have it for a week or longer, I should treat it like my own if possible/practical. This usually includes, but isn’t necessarily limited...

I recently drained the radiator in my car and refilled with some 100% HOAT coolant (G-05) and Purified Drinking Water. It didn't occur to me at the time, but what I have used in the past was always Distilled Water (gallon jugs of Walmart's house brand). But it's starting to creep into my head as...

While watching this video (1486217741_1_liveclicker_iphone.mp4) extolling the virtues B-12 Chemtool Gasoline Treatment, I found myself running the complete gamut of emotions. Laughter, then anger, followed by shock, and even some pity came out for a while. But now that I've had a chance to...

(Car in question is a 2010 Dodge Challenger w/ the 3.5L) A couple of months back I was surprised when the battery light on the dash lit up after starting car one night. It had never done that, so I immediately turned off engine and restarted it. The light was gone, so I went on about my...