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I messed up and melted part of the negative post of my battery. Can I still use it, since it still works?
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Please tell me these aren’t cracks that I have to worry about🙏
Aluminium can look like this right? Right?? I have no money left, ts has costed me about 2k already
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Wife’s Bf’s Car making noise
Mazda 3 2015, 150k miles. Knocking noise going over bumps. Can’t tell if it’s sway bar link, outer tie rod end, ball joint, all the above, or none of the above.
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Do mechnics mind if you watch them work on cars?
Hi Im 17M and I am trying to learn more about cars. I was wondering if most mechanics would mind if i just sit in and watch them work on different cars, and may
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Car I’m looking to buy…
2012 ford fusion 2.5L 103,000 miles Coolant seems over filled is this a red flag? Car seems to run good and didn’t over heat for the 30 mins we drove/had it ru
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Is this safe to drive to a mechanic shop?
I heard some popping noise yesterday while driving and when I returned home I checked under the hood I found my strut in 2 pieces. My mechanic is 8 min drive a
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Minimally different oil filter cover dimensions?
I needed to change the oil filter holder because of a stripped screw on the bottom of my old one - and the new filter cover i bought seems just very minimally d
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Cam Is this correct
Can someone tell me if this is correct does the three at the end look changed or defect or is this normal for this cam?? comments would be great
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Tried to do my first oil change and rounded off the oil drain plug. Advice?
New to car maintenance, been learning the basics from Youtube. Don’t have a ton of tools besides a set of wrenches and floor jack and stands. I couldn’t get the
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To use or not to use?
In a span of year the product in a photo was recommended by one mechanic and disapproved by other mechanic. The reason first mechanic recommended it is becaus
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PLEASE HELP!!!! Could anybody PLEASE give me advice as to what the clunking would be on a 2006 Hyundai Elantra?
I have a 2006 Hyundai Elantra. To give you a little background to the car: It has about 152,000 miles on it. The car is regularly taken care of. Oil chang
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Anybody know what this sound is? Starting making these noises a couple days ago
For context 2015 Kia Soul Base, with 1.6 4 cylinder engine.
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Circular wear on rotor hat - issue ?
Just recently replaced my pads and rotors on front and rear. Noticed holes on caliper dust boot in front while doing rotors/pads and piston was for sure seized
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do i need to change this?
my dumb ass reversed into the edge of a wall when i wasn’t paying attention and i just noticed a piece of this rubber part broke off like the rubber bit broke w
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Stuck cv joint
Hi! Im trying to change the outer cv joint boot, but have no luck with getting the joint out. I’ve bought this tool that I’ve seen many recommend for this but I
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Hello, I could really use some help
I have a 2005 dodge grand caravan 3.3l v6 gas no flex. I was driving the other day and it completely shut off turned out had a faulty fuel pump installed. Just
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Audi A5 2.0 tfsi
Hello, ive recently owned a 2018 audi a5 2.0 tfsi the 190bhp version, its seeming to burn a lot of oil and now recently loosing coolant aswell. Ive had it check
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Chipped my valve guide on a chevy 250/292 head I got.
Valve got stuck so in all my wisdom I thought "A little hammering with a valve should do it" surprise, 1 bent valve, stuck valve and chipped engine head later.
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Rear suspension noise
Started to notice this loud noise whenever i go over any bump. Made my girl bounce while i tried to pin point it and definitely heard it from the passenger side
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Honest question ❓
I had my car in for a rear wheel bearing replacement start of 2022 a few days ago I had to change it again but this bearing hub looked very very old I suspect t
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Truck electronics / diagnostics training for everybody
Hello, It might sound like an ad or a brag. But actualy after long consideration I decided that it's enough to work for a big man. With 10 years of on-site pra
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Mechanic said the AC system has something other than Refrigerant in it. What do I do?
I just took a 2016 Acura Ilx to a local auto shop to fix the AC blowing warm. They said their machine said that there was something other than refrigerant in it
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2008 Prius, piston tops have ton of carbon and all 4 spark plugs fouled with gas, what would cause this, bad fuel injectors? (1st pic is piston top after rebuild). Only 500 miles on the rebuilt engine...
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