My mechanic buddy told me about an alternate way to burn the carbon out of the cylinders Rather than risk a ticket flooring it on the highway he suggested I trickle a stream of water down the carburetor intake while...
I'm very interested in automobiles I get all the magazines read them from cover to cover and of course read your column and listen to your radio show every week I'm only a junior in high school and I want...
I've been feeling guilty ever since a trip to Italy in In Sicily I was buying a candy bar while my travel partner was putting gas in the rental car When I returned he said Boy I'm not sure what...
I got what I thought was some rather heartening news yesterday My ex-wife who has done her best to flaunt the fact that she got the house the dog and all my tools and albums even the ones I got...
I need to do a brake job on my Mercury Grand Marquis and I want to know the correct procedure for bleeding off the excess hydraulic fluid Some mechanics have said that when you depress the caliper piston to make...
I'm planning on moving about miles I'm renting a truck for this move and I would like to tow a car behind it I was told I have three options I can drag the car on all four wheels use...
I live in Portland Maine cold winters and I own a Nissan Pathfinder My husband told me that on winter mornings I should leave the temperature knob all the way to the cold position until my engine heats up He...
Since installing a new cubic-inch engine in my Chevy G Van I have been using Mobil synthetic oil It says I can wait miles between oil changes but I change it every miles Will this prolong the life of my...
On my th birthday my husband and our -year-old son took me blindfolded to a car dealership and surprised me with a Mercedes Benz E with a giant red ribbon I had mentioned that I'd always wanted a Mercedes since...
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