Technical

Toyota's routine questionable, evasive and deceptive legaltactics
My snail mail May 2010 Popular Mechanics magazine has an article (Car Clinic section by Mike Allen, Toyota's Woes) about the Toyota gas pedal situation.The article might be online now. http://www.popularmechanics.com Check it out at the stores magazines racks, or at your local area library.It is a good article. ... 14 Apr 2010 11:06

European car?
I was recently in Spain, and took a side trip to Gibralter. Saw this really tiny car, and was wondering what it was. It was smaller than a smart car, sort of looked like a miniature dune buggy, or a gold cart. It was open- no roof or doors. It had a longitudinal "roll bar" over the two seat (side by side) pa... 16 Apr 2010 14:02

Fuel-Cell Cars
There is a fuel-cell car currently being leased to consumers in southern California. It's the Honda Clarity but also MB was said to have a fuel-cell car for the U.S. market in 2010. Now the fuel-cell car fuels with hydrogen, takes oxygen out of the air, produces electricity, runs an electric motor, and sends wate... 14 Apr 2010 18:59

Toyota 3S-FE Engine Oil Change Guide With Pictures (Celica, Camry, Corona & Carina)
Paul Michaels <paulmichaels79uf(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:a631a5d3-e791-4d64-a8c2-e6300faba0b3(a)s9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com: I just changed the oil in the used car we bought during our trip to New Zealand. It's a 1994 Toyota Carina ED with the 3S-FE 2.0 liter inline 4 cylinder engine that is also in a few ot... 13 Apr 2010 14:00

Body Part Manufacturer In High Demand
http://www.impomag.com/scripts/ShowPR.asp?RID=13840&CommonCount=0 bob ... 13 Apr 2010 10:38

Toyota 3S-FE Engine Oil Change Guide With Pictures (Celica, Camry, Corona & Carina)
I just changed the oil in the used car we bought during our trip to New Zealand. It's a 1994 Toyota Carina ED with the 3S-FE 2.0 liter inline 4 cylinder engine that is also in a few other Toyota vehicles such as the Celica, Camry, Corona and MR2. I took pictures of the process and wrote up a quick guide to help ... 14 Apr 2010 08:49

Water Pump Top Hole?
Got a new (not reman.) water pump for a '96 Intrepid, 3.3L engine, was surprised to see that the replacement part, a Master CP7140, had the water pump weep hole at the top. The OEM part (with an asymmetric mounting flange) has the weep hole at the bottom. First time I've seen this. Is this now common? Might the re... 15 Apr 2010 22:37

Ford 3.0L Engines' Timing Chain Longevity?
I'm going to be doing some major work on the front of my 93 Aerostar's engine compartment soon.....changing the A/C compressor, radiator hoses, belts, etc. The van runs great at 173,000 miles and I plan on keeping it for quite a while as a second vehicle. Just wondering how long timing chains usually last in that e... 9 Apr 2010 08:56

GM post 4.3 billion loss for 2009 (obamamotors crashes)
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=287082 obamamotors/government motors. What is that Crashing sound I hear? cuhulin ... 7 Apr 2010 13:34

Symptoms of Alternator Going Bad
What are the symptoms of alternator going bad? Does it go bad gradually or suddenly? Have '90 Seville and the battery is almost 3 yrs old (w/ 5 yr warranty) and AFAIK, the alerternator is the original one. Asking because one time the engine did not start right off when the ignition key was turned on when the car wa... 9 Apr 2010 19:02