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I paid $130 for mine, and have gotten far more than my money's worth out of it. I've never had a problem with timing or with the work not being done correctly. Sure they've tried to upsell me a time or two, but that's to be expected. I just tell them I'll check it out. I do all of my own work...

Originally Posted By: Samilcar I can understand the better mileage using straight gas, but knocking less? How would a higher octane e-10 blended gas cause more knocking? Who said it's higher octane? If the pump says 87 octane minimum, it doesn't matter if it's E10 or straight gasoline, it's...

Originally Posted By: Chris142 Underhood sticker said it was an 03 with a 3.1L also Must have been a Century, then. No biggie, just would have changed things if it wasn't an original engine. The Regal and the Century are pretty close in appearance.

I gotta ask, was this engine swapped into this car? There's no such thing as an 03 Regal with a 3.1 from the factory. The Regal came with the 3.8 standard, the Century was the Buick w-body with the 3.1 Maybe a junkyard engine?

Just what car/year are we talking about, anyway?

Originally Posted By: speer seems to me if you paint the outer edge it would stop rust but retain the heat It may, but so would the rust, IMHO.

I use paypal for free all the time. If you have a personal account instead of a premier account, you can get payments from a PP balance or from someone's bank account for free, but they charge higher rates for CC transactions with a personal account. My roommate and I use it to transfer money...

Remember the safety scissors from kindergarten? Eventually that's all we'll be able to buy.

StevieC, you mention the O2 kit so that you don't run lean, but you're injecting a stoich mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, so how would that affect the O2 readings? I went around and around with a guy here at the office about these kits until he mentioned screwing around with the O2 readings...

I recently pulled the stock plugs from a 2000 Regal with ~110K on it, and the plugs looked perfect. On the other hand, I pulled the plugs on a 2000 Taurus with ~80K, and they were in horrible shape. There's a lot of difference in engine ignition systems and in quality of the plugs themselves, I...

Originally Posted By: Bluestream Originally Posted By: Big Jim You may be interested to learn that all brake fluid is synthetic. It has been for decades. IIRC, sometime in the 30s. There were no synthetic fluids in the 1930's From internet: What’s new in brake fluids? Non-silicone based...

Originally Posted By: IndyIan I doubt you could tell a 2002-04 3.8 lesabre from a 2008 one if you were blindfolded I bet I could, comparing a w-body to an h-body.

I'm biased, since I'm running a Regal with a 3800 and 4T65E right now, but it really depends what you want out of the car. The Buick will have more low end, but the Ford will have more high end. I'm a GM guy because they build good ole pushrod engines with great low end torque, there's not much...

Originally Posted By: jonny-b It is of no interest if someone who has his own ideas about it, without having tested it, want to express his thoughts. Too bad. It's a simple bypass cap, nothing more. It will slightly increase turn on and turn off times, effectively increasing the deadtime...

Well, if the manufacturers are ignoring it and not specifying it, why would the aftermarket bottlers do any different?

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan Laugh away I didn't see (though it surely could have been there) what the code was (as in meaning) and I didn't bother to look it up. ..but..as I said in my laughable post, the EVAP PURGE protocol may not occur if the tank is full or close to empty. No...

If it was just sucked in a little, then yes, that's normal. The inlet that's open to atmosphere generally isn't that big, so there's going to be some restriction there. If it sucked it in a lot, then you have a problem, either the PCV valve is letting way too much through, or the inlet is blocked.

Originally Posted By: bepperb "I was told to put a rubber glove ove the oil fill hole with the engine running and if it sucks the glove in that it means the PCV is working. If it inflates the golve it is not functioning. Is this correct? " I would say no. The pressure in the crankcase is...

I'm sorry, but I've just got to laugh at most of these responses. How in the world is the P0446 - Vent Control Circuit Low going to be caused by a bad gas cap? If he's getting a hissing, it's obviously sealing. I don't know anything about Toyota's setup, but it sounds to me like a bad vent...

Resetting the codes also resets all of the emissions tests, so you'll fail if you do that. After resetting the codes, you generally need a couple hundred miles of regular driving for the tests to rerun, depending on your driving habits. You're going to need to either fix it or disable it in the...