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Ha. If they flew in an engineer, for real, then it was probably a really unusual inverter fail. Or a fault mode that they're tracking. Or they put...
Mike, I was on the opposite side of the ship: Ship's company on an aircraft carrier, but assigned to fix aircraft electronics. (Airdale or tweet,...
Nope, the jackstands. But the car can't go any higher than the hydraulic jack will lift it, so it's a tight fit. KBeck
Odd. The number is calculated by the on-board engine computer. It knows how much gas is going into the engine since the gas in the fuel injection...
As they say, "Ha!". One second whilst I get my 2010 service manual from the car. Check installation of driver's floor mat. (You can do that - is...
Two fun stories. Had a car which really did blow a brake line. Hold down the brake and the pedal would sllooowwllly go to the floor. Small...
Regarding the key. Even if the battery wears out, there's an RFID transponder inside the case that the car will power up and recognize. The...
Yep. 1. The gas gauge, like all analog gas gauges, just gives you a hint about how much gas is actually in there. On the Prius, "Full" means that...
Gen 3 Priuses get serviced with minor (oil change) and major (anything else) stuff at 10K intervals. At 5K it's an excuse to fill your windshield...
Point #1: Most fatal accidents happen close to home, not on freeways. Freeways tend to be designed for high speed travel. While deaths on them...
Back in the day I owned a true-blue VW Beetle, air cooled engine and all. The manual specified lots of different oils; 30W fixed over one...
Manual says 0W20 synthetic. Says you can use 5W20, but then you've got to change it every 5K miles and your mileage will suffer. For those who...
Weirdly enough, head gaskets are simple. Between the block (where ye cylinders, pistions, et. al. live) and the head (where valves, spark plugs,...
Assuming you get a good price and all that, what you're describing is a III. One step up from base, it's got the JBL and bluetooth for the phone,...
Don't trust the Carfax too much. It's not even close to be accurate, according to Carfax themselves. (Cars with no accidents read as nearly...
Look: I'm an engineer. One of the things I do for a living is troubleshoot mixed hardware/software systems for faults. Sometimes the faults are in...
Got one of the letters from this crowd. My wife happens to own a Sienna in the affected class. So, if you've got a Toyota, non-Prius,...
Um. I've been mucking with tires on and off since 1971. Bias ply tires: Front to back and side to side. Plus, if you have a full-sized spare, you...
YMMV, but take a look under the car and check to see if the oil door under the engine is hanging down and making contact with the ground....
My comments below. P196/65R15 are the right size, all right, but say nothing about the manufacturer, how much wear, or what all. The usual trick...
