On Feb 3, 2:34*am, RichD > wrote: > Low air pressure in tires retards fuel milege, but why? larger perimeter of deformation of the tyre and more abrupt change of angle lead to higher hysteresis loses which are found as heat. > > The obvious answer is, greater friction. *But...

On Feb 2, 9:34*pm, RichD > wrote: > Low air pressure in tires retards fuel milege, but why? > > The obvious answer is, greater friction. *But even though > the tire is flatter, still it rolls, there's no relative movement > between the pavement and tire, *hence no sliding...

I have a 1979 Toyota landcruiser, 2F engine. Thedistributor rotor and cap finally needed replacing. Upon opening up the distributor, I found that the little plastic shield betwen the lower pickup area and the upper HV terminal area has become brittle and is breaking up into little pieces. So I...

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2011/01/what-the-inside-of-a-torture-tested-ecoboost-v-6-looks-like.html bob

My driveway angles at a sharp angle to an infrequently used road such that I almost never have to even look to see if there's traffic (because there's only traffic about once a month at the time I'm entering the road). Still, that's not a safety margin so I have to stop all the time (of...

I had a car that was prone to going POP and blowing up air filters, when running on LPG. Eventually, found the cause was crossfiring, as 3 spark plug cables were bunched together in a narrow space. After rerouting the cables in a less intimate fashion, the problem is gone (for several months...

Thanks to Tegger (cylinder firing order) and to the rest of you I solved my misfire problem. Took the 2nd cylinder spark plug boot/coil assembly and swapped it with the adjacent cylinder (#4). Yup, the misfire code changed to P0304. Had a hard time finding the coil. Everybody shows it, no body...

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If yes, why is that? Serious question.

Putting in valve cover gaskets on my 89 - 7MGE. Gasket seats in a channel around the cover. Anyone know of any tricks for ensuring a leakless install? Thanks!

.... but did not bother to check tv channel youtube :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lku2LjcwWL8 seems to hold up better than I implied earlier not that you'd want that crap in the usa anyway

Had to sledgehammer the flat tire/rim off the hub, it had rusted on so hard -- which is strange, bec the tires had been rotated a month or two ago. I've had to kick rims off hubs before, but never sledgehammer it off -- and I'm not talking taps, I'm talking full swings. I almost gave up!! ...

Bought a completely stock 2000 Ford Focus hatchback(Ztec 2.0, 5 speed) 3 weeks ago and now it has gas fumes in Passenger compartment, but not in engine compartment. Put new clamps on the rubber hose from the metal gas line to the engine. There are no apparent leaks. Right after I bought it I had...

Went to Firestone today because I have a slow leak in one of my tires. The car is a 2002 Subaru Impreza TS with factory spec tires 195/60/R15. Turns out the slow leak was due to a puncture in the sidewall of the tire, so that tire is garbage. The tires are all about a year old and have...

Got the above code on my Kia 2008 Rondo 6 cyl. 2.7 liter engine. Car runs crappy! I will diagnose the problem, HOWEVER, does the computer shut down the fuel to cylinder 2 because it is misfiring? When I had this trouble with my Chevy Silverado 5.3 liter (bad spark plug wire), replacing the wire...

> wrote in message ... >> >>gm doesn't empower its workers to stop the line like japanese >>manufacturers do. > > You don't know what you are talking about. It's undoubtedly his actual stock in trade.

"jim beam" > wrote in message ... > On 01/12/2012 07:04 PM, phaeton wrote: >> ....and we wonder why Detroit has had such a hard time lately. >> >> Seriously. I know that 'stuff' happens when you're assembling something >> as complex as an...

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web search only says "Nissan PS fluid." do you have to buy it from Nissan dealer or is FLAPS PS fluid acceptable? Friend's GF has an Xterra that is leaking PS fluid from the hose leading from the reservoir to the steering box. I'd fix it in about 10 minutes but I don't know whether any old fluid...