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totalnewbie posted:My ECU disconnected momentarily overnight even though my car started up no problems. (Clock was reset, some OBD lights were on but went away after a few seconds driving, that sort of thing). Any thoughts? STR posted:I've had batteries last anywhere from 5 minutes to 9 years after purchase. Don't trust it just because it's <6 months old. Just acquired an '04 CR-V that's cranking slow. Battery says January '19. Looks clean. Still getting it tested. If yours tests robust, it could be the starter...but I don't see how that would sink the voltage low & long enough to cause your symptoms. (edit) ugh, new page
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With snow falling into the car and getting tracked in by boots, should I worry about any sort of damp rid type product? E: my car will sit for days without being run as I bike most everywhere Literally Lewis Hamilton fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Nov 14, 2019 |
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Found a mouse nest the size of a cantaloupe on top of my cabin air filter in my 2017 WRX yesterday while doing my 48k service. I suspect it's leftover from some mice I caught in the trunk last winter, but aside from doing more trapping to try to get any more mice that go in the car going forward, is there anything I need to do? I cleaned the whole thing out and replaced the cabin air filter. Wires seem OK, no other issues. Not sure how they're getting in exactly but I know for sure they were in the trunk (that's where I trapped them last winter) and at one point they were in the cabin as well and chewed on my camelbak bottle. Then obviously they were in the dashboard somewhere and on top of the cabin air filter. Edit: big crush on Chad OMG posted:With snow falling into the car and getting tracked in by boots, should I worry about any sort of damp rid type product? If you have decent floor mats (weathertech or at least something rubber) it is probably fine - I've tracked snow/ice into my car and then left it sit for a couple weeks without any issues at all. If you have fabric floor mats or are otherwise getting the water into fabric, I'd maybe get better floor mats but I'm not sure if there's anything you should do in that situation. Then again - how much snow is falling into your car? If you just mean what happens when you open the door or whatever then it's probably fine, just brush off the door seams before you open them I guess. ssb fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Nov 14, 2019 |
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Nov 14, 2019 16:13
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shortspecialbus posted:Found a mouse nest the size of a cantaloupe on top of my cabin air filter in my 2017 WRX yesterday while doing my 48k service. I suspect it's leftover from some mice I caught in the trunk last winter, but aside from doing more trapping to try to get any more mice that go in the car going forward, is there anything I need to do? I cleaned the whole thing out and replaced the cabin air filter. It sounds like you got it covered: check for chewed on wires, etc. Check your engine air filter too. Mice seem to love air filter boxes. If you got a garage, I'd invest in some traps and maybe a cat. The downside is little footprints on the windshield.
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kid sinister posted:It sounds like you got it covered: check for chewed on wires, etc. Check your engine air filter too. Mice seem to love air filter boxes. If you got a garage, I'd invest in some traps and maybe a cat. The downside is little footprints on the windshield. We have 3 cats but they're indoor cats and the garage isn't insulated so we're not opening it up to them. I have a ton of traps that I'll be putting out and setting in the trunk at least a couple nights a week going forward, plus around the garage some. Engine air filter is a cone on the end of the CAI (Cobb BigSF) so I'm not sure if they could really do anything with it or get to it easily, but I check and clean that every oil change rather than every other and I'd probably notice a power change pretty quick if it was blocked by a mouse nest. Thanks for confirming - it seemed enough to me but wasn't sure if there was something I was missing.
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Nov 14, 2019 21:49
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Try putting the cats in during the day at least, get that catty smell mice avoid? Might not work but costs nothing to try.
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Nov 14, 2019 22:07
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simplefish posted:Try putting the cats in during the day at least, get that catty smell mice avoid? Might not work but costs nothing to try. Garage is not really pet-safe and my wife is a veterinarian and would therefore want it as such. It really isn't an option, plus in the winter when this is a problem, it's well below freezing in there, so I don't think I'd be OK with them in there either. They're great at catching mice when they get in the house, they can keep doing that.
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Fair enough, if they're indoor cats do you have a litter tray or something you could park in there for a bit before cleaning it out? It's just it worked for me in the past. We didn't lock kitty in overnight or anything but when the cat was in the garage more often the mouse problem stopped.
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simplefish posted:Fair enough, if they're indoor cats do you have a litter tray or something you could park in there for a bit before cleaning it out? It's just it worked for me in the past. We didn't lock kitty in overnight or anything but when the cat was in the garage more often the mouse problem stopped. I really appreciate what you're trying to do, but there is no way I'm even going to try to convince my wife that it's perfectly fine for the cats to be in the garage with the various oil, gas, chemicals, and other wildly un-pet-friendly things that we keep in there and that we could only move out of the garage for short amounts of time. You should have seen the battle she had with the exterminator who tried convincing her that certain rodent poisons, one of which she had just treated an animal for, were completely harmless to pets. She's 100 lbs soaking wet but terrifying when it comes to things like that. So, picking my battles and all. Snap traps with peanut butter will get the job done well enough and we can give the garage a once-over to try to figure out where they're getting in, although I suspect it's just a gap around the garage door that will be hard to deal with.
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Maybe try just putting some (used) litter out there in an old or disposable litter box/tray? The mice will smell the cats from that, and it may deter them a bit.big crush on Chad OMG posted:With snow falling into the car and getting tracked in by boots, should I worry about any sort of damp rid type product? It won't hurt, just DON'T LET IT TIP OVER. I learned that the hard way; that poo poo is impossible to clean out of the carpet. They make a version made to hang in closets, I'd probably use that over the tub and just hang it from the clothes hook in the back seat. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Nov 14, 2019 |
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Yo, how important is it to replace my worn rear end shocks and struts really?
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Nov 15, 2019 03:55
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Drink-Mix Man posted:Yo, how important is it to replace my worn rear end shocks and struts really? After brakes and tires I'd say your suspension is the next most important.
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I would say moderately, you usually don't notice how bad they are until you replace them, on 3 of my cars that I bought with worn struts they went from bottoming on speed humps to being able to corner about twice as fast as before they were replaced, bad/worn struts really hurt your ability to turn and make quick maneuvers. They also all rode a lot better too. Also if they are really bad they can cause your tires to wear faster.
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They can also significantly affect how the car tracks, and how the tires stick to the road surface through turns on non-ideal roads, and, especially, in wet conditions. It can get real hairy, real fast. Change them as soon as you are able.
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PainterofCrap posted:They can also significantly affect how the car tracks, and how the tires stick to the road surface through turns on non-ideal roads, and, especially, in wet conditions. It can get real hairy, real fast. Change them as soon as you are able. Yup, a lot of people forget the suspension's most important job is to keep traction. That being said, how worn are we talking about here?
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I generally consider shocks to be worn out if I get more than two rebounds/compressions out of a single bump. Mine have been marginal for quite some time but they still settle after one cycle for most bumps, and I only get a second cycle if I'm bombing down some cratered dirt road.
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Beach Bum posted:I generally consider shocks to be worn out if I get more than two rebounds/compressions out of a single bump. Mine have been marginal for quite some time but they still settle after one cycle for most bumps, and I only get a second cycle if I'm bombing down some cratered dirt road. I replaced mine a few years ago, I didn't get much in the way of rebound after bouncing on the back and front. It wasn't because the poo poo was still good, but because the struts were seized. Or close to being seized.
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What are some excellent aftermarket floor mats for the front two seats of a 2016 Mazda CX-5? I live in PA, so the winters are bad.
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Nov 15, 2019 18:28
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WeatherTech is pretty much the go-to, and worth the money.
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Mourne posted:What are some excellent aftermarket floor mats for the front two seats of a 2016 Mazda CX-5? I live in PA, so the winters are bad. Weathertech. https://www.weathertech.com/mazda/2016/cx-5/floor-mats-all-weather/ E: they don't make mats for your car. But they to make floor liners, which are also nice, but more expensive.
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Mourne posted:What are some excellent aftermarket floor mats for the front two seats of a 2016 Mazda CX-5? I live in PA, so the winters are bad. Also Husky Liners for significantly less money (in a lot of cases, but not for you  ), but virtually the same performance:https://www.huskyliners.com/WeatherBeater-Floor-Mats/2016/mazda/cx-5 meatpimp fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Nov 15, 2019 |
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Does Weather tech have a patent on that poo poo? It amazes me that there is almost nothing competitive to their offerings.
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Anyone ever try out Rain Eater https://www.raineater.com/ wiper blades? They were recommended on Rennlist and at ~$50 a set, I'd like to know they're worth it before plunking down the cash.
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The Wonder Weapon posted:Anyone ever try out Rain Eater https://www.raineater.com/ wiper blades? They were recommended on Rennlist and at ~$50 a set, I'd like to know they're worth it before plunking down the cash. In warm, low-rain climates like where I live, there's basically never going to be a reason to spend that much on wipers - they get used for mayyyyyybe a month, then sit all year and need to be replaced before the next "season". I've never found a set that defied this, so something to keep in mind. All that being said, never used 'em, but $50 a set is pretty steep. Considering wipers can be as cheap as $10/set online and wipers are pretty much standard goods (some small variations, but no huge feature changes), I can't imagine where that $40 is going.
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Aquapel and decent wipers will smoke the most expensive wiper you can get probably.
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Been having cooling issues on the Capri again, the damned thing just runs cold. I elevated and burped the cooling system for an hour straight with the proper mix of the proper coolant, I cleaned out the IAC and throttle body, and even tried blocking the radiator, but it won't get up to temperature unless it feels like it. I have good heat, but the oil pressure is a little volatile in this cold. The thermostat is only 10k miles old, but I'm pretty sure it's to blame The problem is that between the PO stripping a difficult to reach nut and me being too stupid to put a fresh one on when I reinstalled it, even a flare wrench can't get a solid grip on the thing anymore. Are any of those "stripped nut" sockets actually useful, am I going to have to cut/weld this thing, and is there some other problem that I could be missing? I'm hesitant to use too much heat, since the temperature sending unit is directly attached to the tiny, aluminum thermostat housing and don't want to accidentally fry the only thing that could tell me if I hosed up
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`Nemesis posted:Does Weather tech have a patent on that poo poo? It amazes me that there is almost nothing competitive to their offerings. If you search for "3D car floor mats" you can find a few competitors. I couldn't find one that had mats for my older car but weather tech did so I got theirs.
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Going to give weathertech's warranty a try. Got a set for xmas a few years back and the back ones are curling on the sides (they are hardly used much). Will be interesting to see how they handle it.
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Fwiw my Husky mats on my 16 Mazda 3 are great. Time to swap them in for the winter I suppose.
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Charles posted:Yup, a lot of people forget the suspension's most important job is to keep traction. That being said, how worn are we talking about here? It's hard for me to tell from driving it, I must have gradually gotten used to the way the car drives and handles bumps. I'm going off my mechanic's recommendation that the rear ones are due for replacement and leaked out all fluid.
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Drink-Mix Man posted:It's hard for me to tell from driving it, I must have gradually gotten used to the way the car drives and handles bumps. I'm going off my mechanic's recommendation that the rear ones are due for replacement and leaked out all fluid. If they're that dead, yes, replace them. You can try the bounce test -- it won't necessarily tell you if they're good, but it can prove they're bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqJA2USNons
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Stupid question. 1992 Y60 Patrol: Option 1 - Get a wrecked Colorado with the 2.8 LWM and auto tranny and basically turn it into a Chevy, or Option 2 - Buy a Cummins R2.8, rebuild the manual tranny and yeet Basically the Colorado would turn it into a soulless automatic beast and the Cummins would be a massive headache and require a lot of custom work and random parts. They're both about the same cost overall but definitely not the same amount of sanity. This will be my first engine swap job and I have a habit of completing my projects to some degree. I will definitely post progress.
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Reacon posted:Stupid question. Option 1 would be more powerful, at least without further modification, but would probably be more work because as you note you'd basically have to carry over most of the Colorado's major components and sensors and trick them in to thinking everything is normal. Option 2 seems like it would be a lot easier because the R2.8 is sold as a complete crate package with an electrical setup designed for installation in to whatever you feel like. It knows it's in your Frankensteined beast and it's OK with that. If there's an adapter for your trans it seems like that'd be about as close to bolt-in as a modern engine could be.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074WGYC37/ Is there any chance these cheaper-than-dirt Chinese garbage motor mounts actually work at all? I've got a 2005 Accord that's in great shape but has been sitting for a couple years and it's shaking when it starts to go into the 30s and continues even after it comes back down. The wheels are balanced and everything looks okay but the transmission mounts are a bit soft to the touch and the shop manager where the tires were balanced said it felt like the mounts or the axle were not happy. I'm all for getting by on the bare, bare minimum with this car if it doesn't impact safety and it's not going to just suck and/or fail in less than a year, ish. So I wouldn't mind having garbage mounts if they sorta get the job done for a while at less than a quarter the cost of Napa... But it just seems crazy cheap. Anyways, the pictures seem to match the OEM parts pretty well.
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TheBananaKing posted:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074WGYC37/ Rock Auto has some too. No idea about those Amazon ones, but I trust Rock Auto a little more than Amazon at least. That's totally subjective though.
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TheBananaKing posted:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074WGYC37/ If you need to replace them, I'm sure that even cheapo chinese mounts will be better than what you've got Just make sure they're the right ones. IIRC, Honda of that era basically had a different motor mount configuration for every trim level on every model of every market. I had to try 4 different trans mounts on my 05 civic
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nitsuga posted:Rock Auto has some too. No idea about those Amazon ones, but I trust Rock Auto a little more than Amazon at least. That's totally subjective though. The price was so right and Amazon's promise to have them here by Monday with guaranteed free return if I don't want them was too good to pass up so I ordered them and I'll guess I'll find out about the quality. Though if anyone has any horror stories I'm fully prepared to spend the dough to get proper parts. It just seems so impossibly cheap...  The Door Frame posted:If you need to replace them, I'm sure that even cheapo chinese mounts will be better than what you've got Haha, oh gently caress I guess we'll see. Napa only gave me one option for each mount on their website but I haven't looked at other stores. E- honestly for $90 it's worth it just to find out if I need to replace the axle too. I'm not really sure how that would be making me wobble only when getting up to speed but he had some half convincing explanation that I immediately forgot. TheBananaKing fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Nov 17, 2019 |
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If the axle had bad CV joints, it would shake noticeably under acceleration (and a bit while cruising if they're really bad), increasing in frequency with car speed, not engine speed (though as it upshifts into higher gears, the shaking would become less pronounced, as the joints won't be seeing as much torque). If it's mounts, the shaking would be tied to engine speed.
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A lot of times when CV joints go is you'll get a clicking sound when going around a corner. As for the mounts, pop the hood. Rev the engine, see it you the top of it rock.
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