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Maximum safe psi to EGR diaphragm? Does anyone know the maximum psi to which an EGR valve diaphragm should be subjected? This particular EGR valve is on an 87 Dodge 3.9L engine. It opens at about 5-6 psi. I hooked up a vacuum gauge to it and found out, while driving on the freeway, that the vacuum can reach a sustained 12 psi. I'm asking because ... 8 May 2010 21:08
Air Horns. I have two old 18 wheeler truck style air horns, I bought them at a junk yard a bunch of years ago.One of them is really two horns/dual horns, mounted together.I have a small five gallon air tank too.I was thinking I might fix up my van, maybe use it at my front door once in a while. Fun! cuhulin ... 7 May 2010 21:12
World's Most Expensive Car Sold for $30 - $40M http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=288830 Nice car. cuhulin ... 6 May 2010 20:59
Auto Park THose cars that parallel park on their own, might they also be able to slip into narrow gates and protect the real right blind spot? - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. ... 6 May 2010 19:54
Site for some reason, and forbidden Site for some reason, and forbidden http://downfree.zymichost.com/free ... 6 May 2010 17:40
what is best for plastic surfaces (not ArmorAll) trying to protect an older car that used to be garage stored (no longer have that garage) from outside UV/sun exposure have been reading that it's best not to use ArmorAll for the plastic step plate on rear bumber and plastic parts of front grille color used to be dark grey and are slowly turning opaque or wh... 6 May 2010 11:59
1970 Cadillac Eldorado coolant overflow again It's happening again. A new cap helped for a while but since the weather got warmer, I get coolant overflow out the overflow tank once I turn the car off. This is a 1970 Cadillac Eldorado (yes, the monster 500 CI motor with 400 HP). As long as the car's on, it's fine. Turn it off and there's monstrous gurgling,... 8 May 2010 01:33
Air bubbles in blead fluid?? I have been bleeding,changing, or flushing the brake and clutch hydraulic fluid on our two older cars which I due every 5 years or 50000 miles. We used to use the two person pump the pedal and hold until the bleed screw is opened and the pedal is near the floor then close the bleed screw method. Which is done unti... 5 May 2010 12:42
Something else we used to work on... ■ 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood V-8-6-4: The V-8-6-4 program, the first attempt to idle unneeded cylinders to save energy, became the Titanic of all engine programs -- as Time magazine put it. The big cars often shook, stalled, made crude noises and misbehaved until owners hauled them to have the system disabled. From... 7 May 2010 21:12
Lexus HS Under Performing Sales Target That's too bad. Lexus is the great Buick that the old GM couldn't build. "U.S. sales of the Lexus HS 250h, the first dedicated hybrid-electric vehicle from Toyota Motor Corp.s luxury division, are running below target with 1,076 deliveries in April, according to Wards data. Lexus had hoped to sell 20,000-22,... 10 May 2010 23:15 |