helping to troubleshoot a co-worker's car: 98 Neon (auto and A/C) that has the "service engine soon" light lit. Hooked up my autotap, it showed a P0300 and P0301 misfire/cylinder 1. tried to clear them, my autotap thinks the MIL is off, but it won't turn off, and my autotap thinks there are no...

I have a 1998 corolla and it is overcooling. I think the engine temperature sensor is bad. However, it is located against the engine block by coolant inlet ports and hard to get at with conventional tools? Anyone know how to do it?

I have a 1998 toyota corolla and it is overcooling. I think the engine temperature sensor is bad. However, it is located against the engine block by coolant inlet ports and hard to get at with conventional tools? Anyone know how to do it?

I have a 1998 corolla and it is overcooling. I think the engine temperature sensor is bad. However, it is located against the engine block by coolant inlet ports and hard to get at with conventional tools? Anyone know how to do it?

I'm considering buying a late 70s Dodge van which the seller indicates has a little over 110,000 kms on it. THat's what the odometer reads. However, this van has a 5 digit odometer, so I'm concerned that it may have gone around more than once. THe VIN of this van is not the modern 17 character...

I am doing an engine swap for a SBC and the power steering pump (Saginaw) is in the way. I can mount it on the passenger side, but that means turning the short water pump upside down. Can the water pump be mounted upside down? Anything special about doing it that way? Thanks for the help. Dave

Our family has two Isuzu Rodeos, a 1995 and a 1997. The AC on the 1995 works great. the 1997 stinks. On the '97 Rodeo when I'm sitting still, it gets very hot when the car is idling. My first thought is that the engine is getting so hot, I need to be moving to have the additional air cooling. ...

The heater on my 1994 Corsica with V-6 engine has not put out more than lukewarm heat for the past couple years in the winter. I have kept the car in immaculate condition including keeping the coolant changed regularly. I have flushed the radiator and heater core, tried a couple different brands of...

('99 Cavalier) I had a broken piece on my turn signal cam, so I disassembled the steering column to replace that. In reassembling, the Chevy book talks about "centering" the airbag coil. I find the directions confusing. The book says to ... 2. rotate the coil hub CW until the coil ribbon...

I have a 96 chevy corsica and my air will not work! All at once the fan and the air stoped working could this be a bad relay? all my controls work fine for the heater and the vent. The fan only turns on if the car gets hot enough and will not turn on when i turn on the air and the air feels just...

Hello every1 , I got Isuzu Trooper 1999 . its problem is : when i switch on the engine , the A/C works , but hot air comes out , Unless when i press the gas on , after some time it works , or when i am on a high way, but as soon as i stop for a trafic light , it become humid , and hot... So i...

Dear all: We are researchers from Shih Hsin University and we are currently launching the 2006 New Energy and Environmental Media Issues Survey, this is a non-profit academic research. In this survey, we would like to know your opinions about the topics of adoption and safety of new energy related...

i have a 1991 corolla with about 140,000 miles on it. a few months ago a noise started happening and i figured it was just a plastic piece or something loose underneath the car, but now it's getting worse. the sound i hear is like a popping noise, or maybe like a piece of hard plastic or rubber...

Hello, I am trying to replace the alternator on my 92 colt 1.5 . I have the top bolt removed but I can't seem to get the bottom bolt out. I have the nut off but the square headed bolt will not go through. Has anyone removed this alternator before. Is there something I am missing here? Any...

Hi all Where alloy wheels have a tapered seat I commonly see these fastened with nuts/bolts having seats of a different taper or even with the rounded seats used on steel wheels! Seems to me that if an engineer has designed a wheel with a particular angle of taper there must have been equivalent...

Hello, I'm trying to fix a van that has been sitting for a year and a half. Assuming that the mechanical stuff gets fixed right (HA!), what about the gas? I've been told to drain the tank, because the gasoline has degraded -- but I don't know how to do it, nor where to dump (legally) the spoiled...

ok iam new here but looking for a little help i have a 2000 frontier crew cab 4x2 automatic and its on her third set of head gaskets ( is that normal i dont drive it hard mostly highway miles)107,000 miles about a month ago i started getting tell tales signs of a leak, low coolant levels a...

hey i need the wiring diagram to a 1996 2X4 Chevy Suburban LS!!! any help would be awesome!!!!

Some of the electrical connectors on my '63 Corvair have heavy rust. They are plated steel. I can use rust remover to clean them up but the bare metal will rust eventually. I am looking for ways to tin, plate or seal the metal. The only idea that I have is to use silicone grease. Any...

I have been using Google groups to read news, as my ISP does not support usenet very well. I find both auto.tech and autos.tech inactive in Google groups. Anyone know why Google does not carry this group?