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It has good compression and it gets fire down to the cylinders but the 3rd and 4th and the 5th and 7 cylinders act like they're not firing even though we took them out and they are

And I put a new distributor on it all be it I got it from ebat brand new Chineses

Depends on the chassis. Cast iron logs vs long tube headers? 5-20 HP. Performance oem manifolds, vs crappy block hugger headers? You may lose power.

Wife's van makes buzzing sound, but only in reverse. Reminds me of alternator sound, but replaced that about 10k miles ago.

My car is not starting up as quickly. It sounds like it doesn't want to start.

I learned in the shop from the old timers and also worked with college mechanics. The college guys know their shit, but they don’t know how to make money. It really ruffles their feathers when the high school dropout in the next bay is pulling in six figs when they can barely make $50k/yr.

I even got desperate and changed the timing order to the old Ford V8 timing order but no matter what we try we get fire back up through the manifold in the carburetor

Are you Scotty Kilmer?

based on your experience, what is the leading cause of parisitic battery drain

Do you even lift?

yes hello, my ? , do these newer suv,s, really need this e 15 I mean they say I can use both types but some people prefer a cleaner engine and use a higher octane. thanks

What do you know about the honda 1.5 turbo oil dilution problem? Should I worry? Just got one and didn't find out about the oil thing until after I bought it.

07 Civic with some sort of slow battery drain! I've had it to Honda and the shop down the street both gave it a clean bill of health. I put a new battery in, attachments/posts are clean and on tight, alternator checks out. I pulled fuse on radio and amp as they have been acting up. I cannot find any lights on at night including truck light. I drive car for 3 weeks or so and I'll come out to a dead battery, WTF? I now charge it weekly and I'm fine but somethings not right? thanks!

do you ever delete obd codes while the engine is running?

Best pickup without many integrated circuits.

Room in there to work on myself. Fairly uncomplicated.

Reliable once it's in good working order.

Which year? Brand?

Diesel or gas?

I'm not much of a wrench yet. Been working on old two-stroke yamahas to get my feet wet and knuckles bruised.

Oh, what to look for in a body, too. What's a deal-breaker? What's not?

I don't mind putting money in to make it reliable. Could afford new. Don't want.

I'm running 12.5:1 static compression ratio @ 22 lbs. of boost at 14 degrees of timing on e85. Can I bump that timing up 2 more degrees?

2007 Mazda3

After turning right, the turn signal thingy doesn’t return to its original position and my right turn indicator light will keep blinking until I manually return the turn signal thingy to its original position.

Only happens with the right turns.

Thanks in advance

Fine if you won't help take this thing to gapplebee's.

I have question about an gen 2 sbc lt1 vette that is missing on 5 and 7. Have replaced the opti-spark twice. Injectors are firing, replaced the injectors, replaced coil and module, has compression, has spark, removed head and surfaced (was slightly warped), ground the valves new gasket. The cam is opening the valves, no wires in the harness are broken, has new good gas, still no fire.

89 full size bronco
Makes a "chirping sound" when in four wheel drive. Sounds similar to a slipping belt. Doesn't matter if she's turning or going straight ahead, it will chip somewhat rhythmically if it's moving.

The chirping seems to start about, maybe, 5 minutes after engaging 4x4.

It has the OEM automatic locking hubs, which I've heard were junk even in 1989. Do you think switching to manual hubs might solve it?

I'd probably replace the evaporator as well as any mode doors or actuators that are known to be troublesome.

Jeep Grand Cherokees love to split the blend door pins so it's a good idea to do it all while you're there, instead of chancing having to get back into it to replace something you were just looking at.

As for the "long route", what you're paying for is an agreed upon price for the job.

And brand new lifters and the head was reworked the only thing in there that's the same as the rocker arms and pushrods because they were in good shape and I cleaned them up good

2010 silverado
Motor swap complete this past Thursday.
Since the engine has been chirping/slight squeal and when parked you can feel the whole truck slightly rocking. Oil Gauge moves up and down irregularly. They didn't hook up remote start. Smells of heavy gasoline.
They said give it a week to settle in and it should be fine. I call bs.
What do you think?
My uneducated thought was engine isn't in correctly causing belts and pulleys to be off and causing the rocking.
I feel like they said wait a week so they can charge us for more. (Side question is there any laws on mechanic work and guaranteed for x-days and this is why they're having us wait and see to skirt a law?)
Thx for your help.