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Someones explanation of how water cools an engine - agree or n... In message <hl4th5$2ad$1(a)theodyn.ncf.ca>, M.A. Stewart <cf005(a)FreeNet.Carleton.CA> writes My understanding is, with water-cooled engines, the oil does something like 5% of the cooling. With air cooled engines the oil does about 30% of the cooling. Always keep the oil 'topped up' on air cooled engines. Yes, l... 13 Feb 2010 12:43
Yet a New Recall over Toyota Brake Leaks Like Toyota can't put a brake on its quality problems. ;) ;) ;) Washington -- Toyota Motor Corp. announced it would recall another three models in the United States -- covering 155,000 vehicles -- as it struggles to bolster it reputation. The recalls announced shortly before 4 a.m. today in the United States i... 10 Feb 2010 10:03
{BS} Ray Lahood gets TOUGH with Toyota! =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in news:hkt1nr$9dv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:55:18 -0500, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: That's what makes Lahood's comments doubly wrong. Can you imagine if a Japanese official said that General Motors... 11 Feb 2010 23:00
Dealers to 2010 Prius Customer: Car Within Spec and "Get Usedt... A buddy of mine owns a 2001 Chevrolet full size pickup truck.His truck has electric windows and the windows also have a roll up/roll down knob on them. cuhulin ... 9 Feb 2010 19:45
Apple Co-founder's 2010 Toyota Prius has Sudden AccelerationF... Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius cars and other hybrids to fix brake problems.I saw that this morning on the internet. cuhulin ... 9 Feb 2010 11:45
Accidentally overtorqued head bolts Over torqued head bolts due to faulty torque wrench (not known at the time). Was suspicious so stopped tightening-thinking I well below required torque. Went and bought new torque wrench. I got clicking right away on some bolts and only slight tightening on others which tells me I am approximately at proper torque ... 9 Feb 2010 20:52
Dealers to 2010 Prius Customer: Car Within Spec and "Get Usedto It" Al Falfa wrote: "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message news:Xns9D1750E6FA99tegger(a)208.90.168.18... john <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in news:099eb70a-19f1-46de-b6d5-2c63c0d3642d(a)u15g2000prd.googlegroups.com: I don't know why some dealers like to BS like this: faults are normal ... 8 Feb 2010 06:44
Someones explanation of how water cools an engine - agreeorno... I am not going to spend a bunch of time looking for something to back up my post. Heh, a few days ago, I started working on that pecan tree stump in my front yard. (I am too scared to use a chainsaw) The next day it was pouring down rain.The next day I worked on that stump again.Today it is too cold outside.That... 7 Feb 2010 22:03
Toyota struggles to stop runaway crisis "Remarkable doesn't begin to describe what's happening to Toyota Motor Corp. Its reputation for delivering safe, reliable, quality-engineered vehicles is in tatters. Governments from Tokyo to Washington, clearly on the muscle, are pressuring the automaker to act openly and quickly. Toyota's executives, corporate... 11 Feb 2010 23:00 |