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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Camry struggling to start after sitting for a few hours | 18Relevance | 2 years ago | colson2026 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey guys. I have a 2003 Toyota Camry 4cyl that it’s having trouble starting after sitting for a few hours. It starts perfect after sitting all night and it starts right up when it’s all the way warmed up. I seems like it will crank a lot longer and and then sputter and it will start a second later. Just cleaned throttle body and mass air flow sensor ran fuel injector cleaner through and replaced spark plugs no trouble code. Thank you!!!! | |||||
| Change trans fluid+filter after sitting 2 years? | 18Relevance | 2 years ago | Scion08 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello, so I am restoring my 2008 scion with 189,000 miles due to head gasket blown. It has an automatic transmission. It has been sitting in my driveway since June 2022, I had the transmission replaced in June 2021. I stated this work this year in February. Since my vehicle has been just sitting for two years, should I change the fluid in the transmission along with filter? The transmission has less than 14000 miles since it was changed. I live in Phoenix AZ too. | |||||
| What could be causing my truck to act weird after sitting for 2 days? | 18Relevance | 2 years ago | alexusw | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I have a 2007 Tundra 5.7L w/ close to 245k miles. I went out of town and left my truck sitting for almost 3 days. When I started it up this morning it had this strange smell (the best way I can describe it is “burning pollen”) normally when I start my truck it has this fuel smell. It also had medium sized gray/white smoke initially then it immediately became less (the exhaust had that same odor briefly). When I shifted it from park to drive (it had a slight delay but I could feel it engaging) it shifted kinda hard at first and now it’s back to normal. Either ... | |||||
| Should by girlfriend buy a 96 Yukon that’s been sitting for 8 years? | 18Relevance | 2 years ago | Blakevallen | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| My girlfriend has recently been offered a FREE 1996 GMC Yukon with 176k miles on it by a family member. The catch is that it’s been sitting for about 8 years. It was a county maintained vehicle for all of its life. Apparently the only issue currently is a broken gas line. What kinds of issues would we be looking at with a vehicle that has been sitting so long? Is it worth the hassle? Anything helps. Thanks ! | |||||
| How does seat base inclination angle affect driver comfort? | 19Relevance | 4 years ago | etre2244 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... your butt. Question to forum: what is your observation, knowledge, or experience with respect to this question? Restated in objective form, my question is: do different car manufacturers tend to use front seats with specific seat base inclination angles with respect to the horizontal plane? The reason I ask this question is because I feel it's relevant to my car buying decision process. The questions that I am trying to answer for myself are: 1. Are Honda seats different enough from other manufacturers' seats that I should focus on Honda for my upcoming ... | |||||
| A car sitting in a lawn for 3 years. | 18Relevance | 1 year ago | Soupe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi there, Been wondering if its a good idea to attempt to fix our family's old SAAB 9000 CS 2.0T M/T 1997, around 250 000km driven. Situation is as follows: is that this car has been sitting in a garden lawn for nearly 3 years in Latvia, a place which is essentially a swamp. The car has sat there through all 4 seasons with the parking brake engaged. It has been started every few months, engine seems to be in a decent running condition, so should the transmission. The reason for why its there, is because of rust in the floor, which according to local mecha ... | |||||
| 2001 Ford Expedition has been sitting for over 2 years | 18Relevance | 5 years ago | Dh1906 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello Scotty, My father has a 2001 Ford Expedition with only 80.000 miles on it that has been sitting for over two years. Outside of the dead battery, dry rotted tires, 3 year old oil, 10 year old coolant, brake fluid and transmission fluid and 20 year old differential fluid, where do we start to get this thing back running? What are some major concerns with a vehicle sitting this long? Should we just have it towed to a shop for repair? Or just crank it up and drive after getting a new battery? Help? | |||||
| How do I treat an F150 that has been sitting for a year | 18Relevance | 5 years ago | Nino4you | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I was gifted 06 F-150 has been sitting for 1 year start a write-up when the gifter started it has 300,000 miles on it what should I do with it before I even drive it away I just had it tagged but I don't want to drive it and break something because it's been sitting so long and has so many miles Scotty you're a great guy I just discovered you you're funny and you make working on cars seemed so much fun please help | |||||
| 7-8MPG city driving First car 2004 Camry LE | 16Relevance | 4 years ago | Chrysaor Chronos | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... miles. Paid 3.5k cash CAD$ from a garage. It seemed like a good deal and I got it checked/inspected at another garage where my stepdad was working. Missing Link kit and only ac blowing warm air to have fixed. They fixed it and I bought it the very next day. I was pretty desperate because I have been biking to work everyday for 20 minutes during raining days and thunderstorms... It’s been 6 days that I’ve had the car under my name and I filled the tank to full with 100$ and 150km (93 miles) later I’m almost out of gas 1/4. I went to see the my stepdad and h ... | |||||
| Car sitting low, rough ride | 15Relevance | 5 years ago | WeAllBroke | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey Scotty! I have a honda and lately i have been observing that my car has been sitting quite low and the ride has been rough. However, all the videos and websites that i have visited say that the strut and shocks are going when the ride is soft, but for my car, is harder. Do i need to change my car suspension? Also, Should i go for the stock ones, which are pretty hard, but given that I live in india, the roads are not good for the most part. So I want a softer setup, In that case should i go for a gabriel or a monroe setup, since those are the only co ... | |||||
| Car jerks after sitting in traffic | 15Relevance | 3 years ago | FelixG10 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey. I have a 2014 automatic VW Passat 86,000miles. car runs great, engine sounds fine, and has plenty of power. I noticed when I'm sitting in traffic the car tends to get a little jerky around 10-20mph. If there's no traffic and I drive normally, it doesn't jerk. Only when I'm in stop and go traffic. Could this be the transmission or fuel pump? Got it inspect at the dealer and they mentioned the fuel pump is only ready at half capacity. Thanks for your insight. | |||||
| RE: What should I address if my truck has been sitting for a while? | 18Relevance | 2 years ago | B. Pennington | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... my vehicle. After it has been sitting, although the good news is that when my wife needs to go to the market or take me to see my eye surgeon. We will take the truck sometimes, so it's not completely just sitting, and it has had a current oil change. As I mentioned, the coolant system was flushed along with the throttle body cleaning in 2015 before I left Texas. So if that's recommended again, I could certainly do that. As I mentioned, I know that it will need new tires and a new battery for sure. Based on the age of the vehicle, should I be concerned or ha ... | |||||
| Getting a sitting truck started? Weird issues | 18Relevance | 4 years ago | abbygeiger | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello! I have recently started working on a 1994 Ford Ranger. Was told it had been sitting, but have no idea for how long, just trying to get it started. It has the 4.0 v6, automatic transmission, and just about 230k miles. I have done all the recommended services for sitting cars, as well as replacing parts I proved to be faulty: - changed the oil and coolant (oil looked fine, just dirty. no sparkles or milkshake) - new oil, air, and fuel filter(s) - new battery - spark plugs (even tested to make sure they were all sparking, and yep they were) - ig ... | |||||
| 1988 Chevy pickup won't start after sitting overnight. | 18Relevance | 5 years ago | VirginiaPI | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I have a 1988 Chevy C1500 (350 engine) that will not start after sitting overnight. It cranks over fine but does not seem to be getting fuel even if I pump the accelerator. If I pour gasoline into the intake it will start right up and continue to run great. I can shut it off and it starts right back up. It will continue to start as long a it has not been sitting for a while. However, the next morning it will not start again. I am not familiar with throttle body operation, so I don't know it it has an accelerator pump as with older conventional carburet ... | |||||
| Starting a Carburated Engine that's been Sitting | 18Relevance | 5 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I started working on getting the carburated Pontiac V8 engine that's in a 1979 Catalina ready to start again after sitting for at least 5 years. I want it to be as gentle as possible on the engine, as it's sat outside the whole time. I'm going to take the plugs out of each cylinder and add either a small amount of motor oil to them, or spray PB Blaster in there so the piston rings and cylinder walls will have some lubricant after sitting for so long. Which would be better to use? Also planning on siphoning old fuel out of the tank, and removing it fro ... | |||||