Last November, NHTSA opened an investigation into the 2006 Toyota Corolla and Matrix with the 1ZZ-FE engine after receiving 26 complaints alleging engine stall. Some of the stalls took place on highways or intersections -- a situation that could pose a safety hazard. NHTSA has since received...

What have you found are the worst kind of clothing stains you get (or have seen any friends or relatives obtain) while driving in your car, or their car ?

After the news came out about the unintended acceleration problem that killed the cop and his family one of the ladies in my office said she was ruling out buying a Highlander as a result. She wants to get a bigger car for her family and was looking at Highlanders but not anymore. Frankly I was...

I have a lot of bolts on my car that are completely inaccessible with a standard torque wrench. If I put a 3" extension on the wrench, I can access them. How much will this mess up the reading? Is it better to use the torque wrench with the extension, or no torque wrench at all? Do torque...

I don't know why some dealers like to BS like this: faults are normal and "within spec", so "get used to it" !!! Bart has taken her Prius into the dealer twice. "They've said they can't find anything and they can't duplicate it," she said. "You have to hit it just so." One owner from Commerce...

AC condensers (the part that's in front of the radiator) can be purchased in bare aluminum or painted black. The purpose is to transfer heat to the air. It seems to me that for maximum heat transfer the best choice would be the bare aluminum. If it has paint on it it seems like the paint would...

On Apr 10, 4:04*pm, "E. Meyer" > wrote: > On 4/10/09 3:36 PM, in article > , "liu" > > > wrote: > >http://www.gassavers.org/showthread.php?t=2584 > > > I can seem to find more info on this...

Hi all: I am a regular guy. I have changed my own oil, transmission fluid, thermostat, oil filter. I have never changed my own starter, alternator, etc. I would like to learn. The reason I would like to do so is that I would like to buy a real old car--something like the old seventy's Toyota,...

http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=305001 I can believe it. cuhulin

Hello, I have all ready read other posts but I am not sure where I can buy "copper grease" or "dielectric" here in Canada so I thought I would make my own post. Last summer I replaced the windshield washer pump because the old one stopped working. When I installed the new one I couldn't get the...

I have a 91 Camry LE with 180k miles. Recently, it has been running as if it lacks complete power. This morning I began to look at variious aspects of the engine to determine the problem. When I pulled the spark plugs, I notices that all of them had good appearance (light gray in the firing...

"Stuart A. Bronstein" wrote: > > > This is nonsense. Excessive braking can result in warped rotors, but > > braking on turns has nothing to do with it. > > According to this article (probably the best on the Internet) > http://www.babcox.com/editorial/bf/bf100326.htm > > "Many technicians are under...

James Robinson wrote: > Thomas & Sons Cycle Shop wrote: snip > A second consideration is fuel efficiency, since the anti-knock sensors > will retard the timing on an engine, when lower octane fuel is used in > an engine designed for higher octane fuel. The side effect is that fuel > efficiency...

failure mode for an autolite spark plug. no need to remind me to never buy their crappy product. now you see a gap: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/6108185694 now you don't: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/6108185686 seriously, what kind of manufacturing short cuts could...

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I successfully changed the fuel pump on my 2001 Ford Ranger 3.0L 126" wheelbase, flex-fuel truck . But I have some unanswered questions, and they'll plague me the rest of my life if they remain so. Is there a fuel pump timer? How does it work, and where is it? If indeed, the pump is cooled by...

I have a problem with the daytime running lights on a '97 Mazda 626. They only work intermittently, and sometimes they stay on when the car is turned off. They have killed the battery more than once, so I want to disable them. I can't find any information specific to Mazdas, in fact a lot of...

Which is the best car in the world.It is your choice,but if you have the information the choice becomes easier.We can see solar cars by the end of 2007.Japanese car makers are working hard to bring new features to the cars.What are the features everyone is looking for.Do you have the answer :...

Looking to buy a car, check the VIN on carfax, and the repair history there conflicts with the seller's story about where the car has been. So maybe I copied the VIN wrong, probably just one digit, but the make and model of the car that carfax reports is the same as the one I'm looking at. Does...

I bought a 3/8's great neck torgue wrench at autozone for $19.99. It has a range from 120 to 960 Inch-pounds, and is also calibrated in Meter-kilograms. It is a very gentle click torque wrench. I had never used a torque wrench before, and thought surely it was not accurate. I barely pulled on...