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    2018 Honda Civic block heater

    This cars only 4 years old and the OEM one failed so I'm not sold on the OE parts reliability, I'll call the dealer and compare pricing, what I want to know is does the temro one fit? its not listed however it seems all the Hondas use M28 threaded heaters and this one is too.
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    2018 Honda Civic block heater

    I am being tasked with changing out a block heater on a 2018 Civic 2.0 non turbo except I can't find any listing specific for that car, I'm finding some overlap in the fact it looks like its Hondas standard 28mm threaded block heater but I don't want to buy a Temro 3100006 and find out after...
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    Home Heating Costs

    All electric heating forced air furnace, I'm on a $212 equal payment monthly budget for electricity. Current rates are $0.0874 kw/h the coldest month I use about 4000 kw/h of electricity in a month however I run a 5kw construction heater in my detached garage to keep it around the freezing mark...
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    Castrol 0W-40 price shock!

    Originally Posted by Gixxer8989 I believe it's been discontinued in Canada. I think you're correct as all my local Canadian Tire stores had it on final clearance for $29.93 a jug and only one store remaining with a bit of stock. I hope they come out with another reasonably priced oil like that...
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    Toyota/Lexus spark plugs

    Who is OE for them? I've read some V6s come with NGK one side and Denso the other. I'm changing plugs and doing maintenance on a friends 2011 Lexus CT200H which from what I gather is a fancy Toyota Prius. It needs new plugs and I want to put OE plugs in it short of buying genuine Toyota from the...
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    Weird Clutch Failure

    this sounds exactly how it went when my pressure plate failed on my newish valeo clutch in my old Pontiac Sunbird, full movement of the pivot arm off the slave but no disengagement.
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    New Scanner Autel MK808BT

    Originally Posted by Trav You want VCDS (VAG COM) if you do VW/Audi. There is another super cheap and primative looking tool option that works great but you need to know the pids to work with it. https://store.ross-tech.com/shop/cat/VCDS Friend of mine has a hex can cable I use whenever I...
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    New Scanner Autel MK808BT

    This one says communicates with all available modules, does that mean it can connect to the hvac control in my Audi A4 and show me flap postion? or BCM in a chevy? This one if it does that fits the bill, the website does not really give any specific info as I've been really looking into the...
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    Replacing Center Bearing on Driveshaft

    Best practice is to mark it and put it back exactly however the really critical part is that the two halves go back together exactly the same after the center bearing is changed as they are balanced as one assembly
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    Tie Rod adjustment directions to Center Steering Wheel ?

    Originally Posted by bmwtechguy If your tie rods are behind the front axle, then you need to shorten the right side tie rod starting with one full turn and lengthen the left side tie rod by one full turn. This will cause the wheels to actually be turned even MORE to the RIGHT slightly and in...
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    Trailer wiring/light converters

    So since I pulled the lights out I checked all the wiring and its solid. The lights are Wesbar branded and there are 2 way connectors for the signals/running lights and bullet connectors for the grounds, nothing is grounded to the trailer frame itself its all plugged back into the harness and...
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    Ever bought/changed a coil pack?

    Done lots of coils on various vag 1.8t over the years from the old ICM style 3wire bolt down coils to the newer cheaper push down ones. 2 of my Audi 2.7t powered cars had missfires but no CEL had to diagnose via individual cyl missfire counter. Brother's 06 F150 has had a few coils fail as well...
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    Trailer wiring/light converters

    I seem to be having a bit of a problem with my trailer light converter in my 2004 Audi A4, I've had 2 burn out on me. They are Curt 56146 powered tail light converter. I realize my car has PWM brake/running light so to get around that and use the above converter I tapped into the 3rd brake light...
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    New Mystic 2 Cycle boat oil

    For $52 a jug no thanks, I'll keep buying the Mystik JT4 2-Cycle Premium Plus Outboard Engine Oil TCW3 syn blend stuff for $28 a jug for my Yamaha Waverunner. No one I know uses it either because you don't need an ethanol treatment when you use 91 octane ethanol free fuel. Originally Posted by...
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    post your latest differential fluid change

    2004 Audi A4 out I'm assuming was the nasty factory fill with 256k km on it in Fuchs Titan Sintopoid FE 75w85 and in the m/t which has shared oil for center diff and front diff it got Fuchs Titan Sintofluid 75w80 2013 Q5 out was factory fill which looked nice and clean in Fuchs Titan...
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    VW Passat B5 Oil Consumption

    was the PCV system cleaned/replaced when the engine was rebuilt? Having had 3 Audi A4s with 1.8ts the PCV system needed servicing in all of them.
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    2011 Mazda 3 clutch

    Update: got the car here finally and the floor mat is covered in brake fluid, going to change the master as soon as I locate one, unfortunately all the stores around here say they are 3-5 days out and $200, rockauto with priority shipping totals $88 so hopefully I have it by Tuesday. I ordered a...
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    2011 Mazda 3 clutch

    Update shop is saying a bad clutch fork caused the master to fail and the estimate is always just to replace everything to cover their bases which makes sense on a warranty/comeback kind of thing. I'm still thinking I can get away with just changing the master and going from there, worse case I...
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    2011 Mazda 3 clutch

    Long story short, cousin called me and said the clutch pedal is stuck to the floor of his Mazda 3, was a solid -40C here yesterday with wind -50 I'm thinking the clutch hydraulics failed, I never looked at it as he managed to get a tow truck to take it to a shop before I could come drag it back...
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    Garage tunes

    I've got a pioneer home theatre 5.1 amp with A + B speaker sets. A nice set of towers I scored on free day mounted to the ceiling as set A and some commercial outdoor speakers on the patio as set B tied to my garage computer with spotify. I spend a lot of time working on stuff out there and...
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