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Clean way to drain oil?

Is there any tool or device that allows me to remove an oil drain plug (a hex nut) without used oil splashing all over...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nospam
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

Car starts most of time

Ford Focus Have replaced battery and alternator. Checked grounds could not find main negative battery ground os bought...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rdwall51
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by rdwall51

OBD2 advice please

Hello, I have 2 Skoda felicias, and used to use a diagnostic interface quite successfully. Now neither car will connect...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by UKOncology
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by UKOncology

Car license fees shoot up after Tuesday.

www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=264562 Mine wont, I have Antique plates on my two old Dodge vans. cuhulin
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cuhulin
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by cuhulin

96 Buick - No Hot Start

1996 Buick Regal, 3.8L NA, ~ 85K Miles Starts and runs fine until fully warm (approx. 1/4 temp. sweep range), then dies...
50 comments posted 17yrs
posted by snuckfoe
50 comments posted 17yrs posted by snuckfoe

Re: quick poll - american cars

> Vic Smith wrote: >> >> >>> Vic Smith wrote: >>> >>>> I have heard the apocryphal stories about Corollas going 200 mil...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rollingviolation
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by rollingviolation

Natural petroleum seeps

www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=264365 Natural oil? Abiotic oil? How did all those old dead Dinasaurs get...
18 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cuhulin
18 comments posted 17yrs posted by cuhulin

Duralube, slick50, lubegard

I had used duralube a number of years ago and had found it does improve on the mileage. Recently I had acquired 2 old c...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by chiongguo
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by chiongguo

Ford Escort with over 100K good idea ?

Hi, Browsing thru car ads I see a few Ford Escort wagons. They all have just over 100K miles, for some reason. How long...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Noveau67
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by Noveau67

Thumping noise related to flat tire fix?

Honda Civic Hybrid 2008 A few months ago, I got a flat tire at rear right, because of a nail in the garage. The shop fi...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by yong321
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by yong321

Using Vaseline on Battery Terminals

For years I've heard the advice to coat battery posts & terminals with Vaseline to prevent corrosion. I've never done i...
18 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jimsTAKEOUTnews2
18 comments posted 17yrs posted by jimsTAKEOUTnews2

Starter motors and alternators - which to buy?

Hi, Here is an ignorant question I'm hoping there is an easy answer to: who makes the decisions when it comes to which...
23 comments posted 17yrs
posted by stucarr81
23 comments posted 17yrs posted by stucarr81