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    Ford 4.2L V6 water pump question

    Coming back to this awesome resource as my very amateur skills assemble this back together. Questions: 1. Do I need to apply any silicone based gasket maker to any of the mating surfaces if there is a gasket already included? Attached picture for reference of what the gasket looks like. 2...
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    Anybody knows their Mercedes Benz transmissions? Limp mode question

    Car in question is a 1999 Mercedes Benz CLK320 which I believe has the 722.6 automatic transmission. 75k miles on car. Previous to this incident car ran flawlessly. While driving, the check engine light came on, two miles later I see smoke pull over, look underneath the car and the...
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    AC compressor issue (video)

    Car is a 2007 Mazdaspeed 3, 100% stock , 180k miles. Today coming from work all of the sudden the car starts blowing hot air and I check the temperature gauge to realize the needle is 3/4 of the way up, very close to the H. I turn the heating on max and the car begins to cool down. Pull over...
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    Axle boots as regular maintenance?

    Why not make the axle boots a normal wear item to be replaced at say, 130k miles? Remanufactured axles are very cheap to purchase but I have had no good luck with them. The few I have installed on a couple of different vehicles started clicking within a year. Compared to the OEM axles which...
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