Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Weekly Newsletter - Friday, October 31, 2014

Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair newsletter

Top new questions this week: What can cause a car to consume more fuel? All over my long driver career, I had 4 cars (5 years). I always compare my fuel consumption with other people who have the same car. 3 times out of 4, I found out that my cars were consuming more ... fuel-consumption   asked by Jean-François Savard 5 votes answered by Juann Strauss 6 votes Old Briggs Dies After Running / Tilt Kills I've got an old (1988) 8HP Briggs & Stratton engine (195422-0751-01) on a leaf blower with some problems. Symptoms: After ~10 minutes of running okay, (choke open, 1/3 to 1/2 throttle), it ... carburetor   asked by user2280110 5 votes How much improvement from replacing an O2 sensor? I'm currently getting about 19.6 mpg city in my 97 Mazda Lantis 323 / Protege 1.8L. According to fuelly a car like this should be getting around 26 mpg. The car has about 127k miles on it, and I ... fuel-consumption o2-sensor   asked by Robert S. Barnes 3 votes answered by Lynn Crumbling 4 votes Winter tyres - how necessary are they? I am in the UK and we don't usually have a lot of snowfall. But sometimes the roads can be a little rough. I drive a 1.2L Mitsubishi Colt CZI and I haven't put the winter tyres yet. My concern is ... tires mitsubishi winter   asked by hagubear 3 votes answered by Bob Cross 1 vote How do I fix a wrapped seatbelt? I've got a carseat that has a looped seatbelt and I have fought with it for the last hour. I don't want to send it in, I want to fix it myself. Anyone have any advice? repair   asked by Kirk 2 votes answered by keshlam 2 votes 99 Mustang Volt Gauge Issue I have a 99 Mustang 3.8 liter engine. Battery gauge was going down so I had the battery and alternator tested. Was told battery was bad and I replaced it. Same thing happened. I replaced the ... electrical ford mustang   asked by user7377 2 votes answered by Paulster2 1 vote After swapping batteries, truck is really dead, except the headlights. I removed battery from 1997 Tacoma to replace dead battery in Sienna Van and took dead battery to repair shop for testing. Repair shop tested and charged the battery. Now Tacoma is using a fully ... electrical battery   asked by zundarz 2 votes answered by zundarz 0 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Can I drive a car with only water and no coolant if it has a leak? Recently, I was informed that a car I share ('02 Nissan Sentra) was close to overheating. I was told it gets close to the upper limit very quickly upon running the car. When I inspected the vehicle, I ... coolant radiator cooling-system   asked by Travis J 9 votes answered by Timo Geusch 7 votes Reasons for loss of radiator fluid I've had to top up my car's radiator fluid twice in the last month after discovering that the expansion tank (plastic container where one usually tops up) had completely drained out (roughly a ... radiator   asked by Zaid 7 votes answered by jzd 7 votes Can you answer these? Remove rubber nut from wiper motor arm? How do I remove the control arm from the wiper motor? All videos I've seen show the motor removed with the short actuator arm still attached (via the only real nut I can see. Also I'm not sure if that ... chevrolet windshield-wipers astro   asked by Mazura 1 vote Car stalls when shifting from reverse to forward On a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee, I'm seeing the vehicle stall occasionally after I back out of my driveway (~40 feet) and shift into forward. It doesn't exhibit the problem every time, but it seems to ... jeep shifting grand-cherokee stall   asked by Lynn Crumbling 2 votes OBDII Codes P0304 and P0430 On a 2005 Lexus RX330: P0304 Says cylinder 4 misfire. What is the cause and is it a big job to fix? P0430 Says catalyst system efficiency below threshold - Bank 2. Is this a big job? How much ... cel lexus p0304 p0430 rx330   asked by ahamed 1 vote

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