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| Supposed Camry transmission fluid leak | 23Relevance | 4 years ago | captainobvious | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey all, I have a 2010 Toyota Camry i4 XLE with about 83,000 miles on it. A day ago I noticed a massive amount of smoke coming from the rear of the vehicle, so I pulled over. After pulling over I noticed smoke coming from the engine bay, and noticed liquid under the car. It looked black, and I thought it was oil. I let things stop smoking, and then got back on the road towards my dealer. I then noticed a trail of liquid coming from under the car on the right side (when looking at it from the back) very consistently, and only when the vehicle was on. I stoppe ... | |||||
| Air on Cooling System | 23Relevance | 4 years ago | miltonque | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... level inside the radiator when cool and I notice level is always down and the reservoir full… the liquid expands when hot but is not returning to the radiator when cold. The car is not overheating at all, never. 2 weeks ago I performed a general maintenance of the cooling system: Coolant flush and replace (Toyota pink 50/50) New thermostat from dealer (82C) New temperature sensor /switch from dealer New inlet and outlet radiator hoses and clamps New cap from dealer (108 kPa) Air bleeding Scangauge installation for real time temperature check ... | |||||
| Honda Warranty not covering piston rings due to VCM | 21Relevance | 4 years ago | Curtis_from_Tulsa | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I have a 2016 Honda Odyssey with only 63,0000 miles (bought new). I got a misfire on a cylinder, took it to the Honda dealer. They said, "piston ring failure". It just so happens i got the bumper to bumper warranty to 80,000 miles. But Honda Warranty "inspects the engine" and says, "no parts broke, it is just failure due to carbon build up on the piston rings and carbon build up is not covered under warranty." I thought Honda was supposed to be reputable. I can't belive this. Has anyone gotten Honda to cover this under warranty? | |||||
| Piston Ring Sealer | 21Relevance | 4 years ago | FletchLives68 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Good day Scotty, In the past you have featured a product that helped reseal piston rings… I have a 2008 Toyota RAV4 with the oil burning 2.4L w/ 150,0000K due to poor piston ring engineering. Do you think the product would help curtail oil burning by helping the rings to seat properly? If so what is the name of the product? Do you know if anyone else has successfully used the product for this application? Do you think it would hurt the engine i.e. make it even worse to try it? Thanks in advance, Fletch | |||||
| Piston knock on new car | 21Relevance | 5 years ago | Marcos Lopez | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello, I bought a new car from a dealership. It is a 2020 mitsubishi outlander sport, it have 16k miles run and since 5k miles it started to have a very loud piston knock. The manufacturers book says that it must run with 87octane and thats what im using. Shells gasoline, in the dealership they said that I must switch from regular 87 octane gasoline to premium that is 91, it can run with that but before I do so, can someone please help or give me an advice on how can I get rid of that hard annoying piston knock. Thanks! | |||||
| Easy faded headlights restoration procedure | 23Relevance | 5 years ago | DontKnowler | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... polished headlights start noticeably fading again in one year or so. And putting transparent protective coat on the freshly-polished headlights often resulted in this coat peeling off soon. If I remember correctly, in one of his videos Scotty suggested a good solution for the UV-related fading - to cover the plastic, after polishing, with some sort of UV-protective liquid. However this liquid (if I am not mistaken) only protects from UV and does not render any noticeable mechanical protection; neither does it allow to avoid the actual headlights polishing ... | |||||
| Answer to: Liquid piston engines | 23Relevance | 4 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I do not see any of these companies abandoning their current suppliers with proven designs to use some new design that promises improvements in areas that don't matter to them.-Just a reminder that commercial engines are ultra conservative - Hyundai's commercial petrol engine offering is a G4FC (Gamma MPi) originally launched in 2006.Same with pretty much any manufacturer, Volvo's Deutz engines that power most of their equipment have been originally launched in 1998 with the latest version (D13K) being introduced in 2012 - Volvo is also not interested with changing what has been proven as a reliable engine.Same with military applications, the newest engine I found in any military truck is the PowerStroke 6.7 that was launched in 2011. Even the newest military truck on the market, the JLTV ships with a modified 6.6 DuraMax, an engine from 2001.-Notiably, all these engines, when they do into commercial/military/equipment applications they de-rate their output severely, remove efficiency tech, and (in most cases) all tons of room around them -so again, I do not see the appeal of a higher output smaller engines in such equipment when all that matters is cost and the design being proven reliable over time. | |||||
| If the cover over the piston has rusted off, should I replace the shock? | 21Relevance | 5 years ago | sshpark | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| On my 2006 Honda Odyssey EXL (160K mi), right rear shock (still original) is currently missing the cover over the piston rod because I believe it has rotted out and fallen off (so I see the shiny piston). There is no leak on it. The van still rides fine and the tire is wearing normally. Should I not worry about it, or would this fail abruptly? This is my concern so that I don't take it on long trips any more. But if this shock won't fail all at once, then I'd like to keep riding until I see symptoms of problems. | |||||
| 2011 BMW 535i piston and rod was damaged 3 days after purchase | 21Relevance | 5 years ago | reaBrotherLeo | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| {black}:idontknow: Scotty. I purchased a 2011 BMW 535i. Three days after the purchase, a piston and rod was damaged. Pepboys, suggested replacing the engine. What do you think about replacing the damaged piston and rod, and do I need to think long term about replacing the engine? I just picked up a third party Car Warranty through Endurance. I hope it's worth the $100 a month. | |||||
| RE: 2008 Acura TSX 6MT Piston Slap on Cold Starts | 21Relevance | 5 years ago | rc_velocity | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It seems like bottom end noise. I believe it is piston slap as it goes away once the piston expands when the engine warms up. I made a video the other day, let me know what you think | |||||
| Answer to: What’s the difference between 4 piston & 6 piston brake callipers? | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Brakes are pistons. So if you can imagine a hydraulic press, or an arm on an excavator... that's what squeezing the rotor and stopping your car. More pistons usually means more surface area, so more braking capacity. If you drive a small, light car, you will notice absolutely no difference unless you're doing time trials on a track. | |||||
| Answer to: should I | 23Relevance | 5 years ago | geriscan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... Forum. It seems informed and credible. Read it and decide: __ From ClubFrontier.org: The URL: +++Quote is Below+++ The issue was caused by a failure of a seal in the radiator's integral cooler; it's not a corrosion issue as some have suggested. When the seal fails, the engine coolant and transmission fluid can cross-contaminate. This issue occurs on 2005 though 2010 Frontiers/Xterras/Pathfinders with the VQ40DE engine with the orignial, Calsonic radiator. Most of the failures have occurred on 05-07 models, but there have been failures on later models ... | |||||
| Answer to: Liquid piston engines | 23Relevance | 4 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| The question is wether there’s even a market for a rotary engine. As it seems, as far as cars - with modern engines it’s not about size, it’s not about performance - it’s about compliance, and cost. There’s a reason why Hyundai still uses Gamma and Kappa engine architecture, and Honda uses the same L-series from the Jazz, with the addition of a turbo and GDi, on pretty much on all cars. Emissions / cost - nothing else really matters all that much. It’s just another company that builds rotaries like UEL (UAV Engines Limited) that is actually a very strong contender on that market. So yeah, I don’t think that we’ll see a serious rotary in a production car any time soon. | |||||
| Answer to: Recommended oil viscosity | 21Relevance | 11 months ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| My F-150's 3.7L V6 requires 5W-20 oil, so I put it it the truck. My Mustang has the same engine. I've never had issues with either engine, and sometimes I spiritedly drive the Mustang. The truck has gone 168k miles and it has had no problems. 0W oil is a measure of its cold start performance. It has the viscosity-equivalent of 0-weight oil. At operating temperature, it transitions into a 20-weight oil. With modern engines, you want oil to be pumped up to the top of the engine as quick as possible. I have a piston from a 2010 Dodge Journey that had a 3.6L Pentastar V6. I can easily squeeze in the piston rings. It took 5W-20 oil. My old Pontiac Catalina has very stiff piston rings; I put 10W-40 in there, and I've run 20W-50 as well. The owner's manual forbids putting anything lighter weight than 5W-30; the oil film will break down when it gets to the piston rings. My Catalina also doesn't have overdrive. When I'm on the highway, the engine turns rapidly; your truck has overdrive, if not several overdrive gears, which means your truck is going to be under considerably less load going down the highway than my Pontiac. There are probably more variables than that, but that's the jist of it. Bottom line is, engineers designed your truck, if you do what it says in your owner's manual, you most likely won't have any problems. | |||||
| Answer to: What’s the difference between 4 piston or 6 piston brake callipers? | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | InThrustWeTrust | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| For which vehicle? | |||||