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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 82435355  United States08/14/2022 03:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 82103633 United States08/14/2022 03:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my 3.5L ecoboost motor in my 2017 f150 needs new cam phasers. Ford has a TSB for it and the dealer told me im basically waiting in line now to have it done. Wait could be as long as 6 months since there are so many trucks with the same problem. Will this damage anything else in my motor if i keep driving the truck daily? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71295875 United States08/14/2022 03:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | toyota sequoia , 2005 4.7 limited. bought with 320,000 miles. runs, drives like new, everything works, best car ever owned. my question is the timing belt, was replaced at 169. is there a way to test timing. things to look out for. fuel efficiency down 10%., or maybe my imagination, still quiet, no weird noises , maybe a very small hesitation upon gassing it. im looking for another 30 to 50 thousand miles. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 73318782 United States08/14/2022 03:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a 2004 Ford Expedition with only 122k miles on it (bought new). On the dash is a power port (for cell phones ect) plus the ashtray has a lighter (I don't smoke). The power port and the lighter blow the fuse on a regular basis (each is on a separate 20 amp fuse). I keep the cover on the power port and don't use the ashtray or lighter so it stays closed - not really an issue of getting trash in the socket. I really have only used the power port to charge a phone and the lighter socket for the same when the power port goes out. I have bought several different phone charges but they still blow fuses.... |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 83635896 United States08/14/2022 03:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ok here is one. Maybe it's easy to answer. I purchased a 2016 Ford F 150 XL (couldn't afford the T) in 2017. It is a Ecoboost system. That means it shuts off when you are in drive and stopped, with brake depressed, like at a red light, for 40 seconds or a minute. The engine turns off but all your systems remain running, like your AC. When your brake begins to come up, your engine turns back on. You can see and feel when it stops and starts as your lights and radio seem to have a tiny break in them. But you would not notice really. Quoting: sad pony My question: my husband told me to turn this function off (it's a button on the dashboard to deactivate) as he would rather pay more for gas than have to replace a starter or ignition. Sometimes at red lights the truck may cycle thru this 4 or 5 times starting up each time. Do you think starters and ignitions are made longer lasting for all these extra starts and stops? Does it affect my alternator too? I do always turn it off as my husband told me too. Does it matter? Will it wear out my starter, alternator, and stuff like that faster? You should listen to your husband. Yep. Turn off that function unless you want to pay a mechanic $160 an hour plus the cost of a new starter. They did beef up the starters for this duty cycle of stop start cars. |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 83635896 United States08/14/2022 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a '15 Ram 1500 w/5.7 Hemi . Tick started @ about 88k on ODO. It is intermittent. Loud at start up and then dies down BUT! I can hear it on acceleration and when MDS kicks in. Truck currently has 133k on ODO. I took it to local Ram Stealership for evaluation and all I got out of them was "The tick is not as bad as it could be" Engine runs fine otherwise. I was thinking of having a real mechanic look at it is this a good idea? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79691611 Probably a broken manifold bolt or three. Listen at the wheel wells for it. It's always the corners under the heat shield so give it a poke. If you can move the heat shield corners where it's bolted, the stud under it is broken. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84015231 United States08/14/2022 03:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i'M ONLY GETTING 578 hP to the rear wheels. Any ideas on how i can get more.??? My friends car. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 62070264 [link to youtube.com (secure)] If you don't have racing stripes you should get them. Guaranteed 10% horsepower increase. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84015231 United States08/14/2022 03:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | along with tie rods ( upper and lower) bad cv joints Ball joints and lets not forget front sub frame bushings Yes, all of those things will affect the alignment. A good shop will check all of those things before doing an alignment. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84015231 United States08/14/2022 04:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alright. I have a good one. 2019 Ram 1500 tradesman 5.7 hemi…. It came Quoting: Taz With the shitty little 3 inch screen radio which I upgraded to the 8.3 touch screen / CarPlay / android auto XM and nav dual climate control all that. Ordered the parts and cables from a salvage yard had a dealer reprogram the BCU that all works fine. However - ever since then I randomly get this loud obnoxious low level “hum” sound has nothing to do with radio volume or weather it’s on or off but I did eventually determine it’s actually coming from the speakers. And on further investigation I learned that this truck has active noise cancelation and it actually pumps engine noise into the speakers (make the truck sound mean I guess idk). But what ever I did replacing the cluster components mucked the system up. Upon further research I have learned many people who mess around with the radio in my truck run into this same problem and they have a solution but it kinda scares me. If you flip to about 4 min into this video it will explain, they are basically disabling the system that is responsible for active noise cancelation. What are your thoughts on this ? Shameless one time bump :) Ground loop noise is my best guess. A ground loop isolation unit will fix it on an old school car stereo. The modern stuff is all so integrated and convoluted that I have no idea if it would solve your problem. Hopefully DT knows more about it than I do. |
| Taz
User ID: 46688382 United States08/14/2022 04:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alright. I have a good one. 2019 Ram 1500 tradesman 5.7 hemi…. It came Quoting: Taz With the shitty little 3 inch screen radio which I upgraded to the 8.3 touch screen / CarPlay / android auto XM and nav dual climate control all that. Ordered the parts and cables from a salvage yard had a dealer reprogram the BCU that all works fine. However - ever since then I randomly get this loud obnoxious low level “hum” sound has nothing to do with radio volume or weather it’s on or off but I did eventually determine it’s actually coming from the speakers. And on further investigation I learned that this truck has active noise cancelation and it actually pumps engine noise into the speakers (make the truck sound mean I guess idk). But what ever I did replacing the cluster components mucked the system up. Upon further research I have learned many people who mess around with the radio in my truck run into this same problem and they have a solution but it kinda scares me. If you flip to about 4 min into this video it will explain, they are basically disabling the system that is responsible for active noise cancelation. What are your thoughts on this ? Shameless one time bump :) Ground loop noise is my best guess. A ground loop isolation unit will fix it on an old school car stereo. The modern stuff is all so integrated and convoluted that I have no idea if it would solve your problem. Hopefully DT knows more about it than I do. Yeah so this is all factory including the new head unit I installed - OEM which the dealer programmed for my VIN and made it as if my truck rolled off the assembly line with it. No altercations and I don’t think it’s ground loop because it’s not constant. Only under certain conditions I have yet to quantify if windows are up or down or engine in eco mode or what ever the trigger is it’s not constant which is what’s made it so hard to pin down. I am very confident it’s the ANC System having done a ton of research and I can disable it as is shown in the video I posted my questions are what kind of other effects will that have does it Disable my microphone do I loose Siri and hands free support will it do something else I couldn’t imagine to the truck these new canbus aystems all depend on each other you take something out of the equation it has repercussions down the line. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84015231 United States08/14/2022 04:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | toyota sequoia , 2005 4.7 limited. bought with 320,000 miles. runs, drives like new, everything works, best car ever owned. my question is the timing belt, was replaced at 169. is there a way to test timing. things to look out for. fuel efficiency down 10%., or maybe my imagination, still quiet, no weird noises , maybe a very small hesitation upon gassing it. im looking for another 30 to 50 thousand miles. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71295875 If the truck still runs and drives good and is in overall good condition I would replace the belt again just as a precautionary measure. It is just good practice and it will cost a lot less money then replacing the truck or the engine. |
| Fadedcharacter
User ID: 77622631 United States08/14/2022 04:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2007 VW GTI. Needs driver’s side cv joint replaced (it’s ticking like I need one, anyway). I’m a small female. What will be the hardest part of replacing it myself? For reference, I’ve taken the front end of the car off numerous times to replace headlight units, changed tires and even plugged them. I just don’t have a tremendous amount of upper body strength. I jump on the tire iron to loosen bolts on wheel. I have access to any tools I might need, but hate bothering my husband or brother (both frequently work on heavy equipment -so I really do have any tools I might need). Last Edited by Fadedcharacter on 08/14/2022 04:10 PM I am a hard worker, IAMIAM. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79691611 United States08/14/2022 04:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a '15 Ram 1500 w/5.7 Hemi . Tick started @ about 88k on ODO. It is intermittent. Loud at start up and then dies down BUT! I can hear it on acceleration and when MDS kicks in. Truck currently has 133k on ODO. I took it to local Ram Stealership for evaluation and all I got out of them was "The tick is not as bad as it could be" Engine runs fine otherwise. I was thinking of having a real mechanic look at it is this a good idea? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79691611 Probably a broken manifold bolt or three. Listen at the wheel wells for it. It's always the corners under the heat shield so give it a poke. If you can move the heat shield corners where it's bolted, the stud under it is broken. Thanks ! |
| Garman906
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| Professional Amateur
Cancelling Tomorrow User ID: 83877239 United States08/14/2022 04:10 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Professional Amateur When I was 20 years old I worked in a factory that assembled fan clutches. I was the fastest assembler with the most accurate quality. Side note, check the thermostat, if that's good then it's probably the fan clutch. Thermostat It will not run hot when idling and cool at highway speed unless then fan clutch is fucked up. At speedd it does not require a fan I have this exact problem! My husband says "thermostat". But regarding fan clutch ... could the fan still be running if the clutch is shot? When my car does this, I turn it off and the sound of the fan is clearly audible so the fan is definitely running. Yes the fan will still spin, but fan clutches have an actual thermostat (spring) and oil in them, so when it heats up, the spring contracts and opens a valve to make it spin faster. When they go, it's usually a bearing on the shaft that's gone bad. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84015231 United States08/14/2022 04:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ok here is one. Maybe it's easy to answer. I purchased a 2016 Ford F 150 XL (couldn't afford the T) in 2017. It is a Ecoboost system. That means it shuts off when you are in drive and stopped, with brake depressed, like at a red light, for 40 seconds or a minute. The engine turns off but all your systems remain running, like your AC. When your brake begins to come up, your engine turns back on. You can see and feel when it stops and starts as your lights and radio seem to have a tiny break in them. But you would not notice really. Quoting: sad pony My question: my husband told me to turn this function off (it's a button on the dashboard to deactivate) as he would rather pay more for gas than have to replace a starter or ignition. Sometimes at red lights the truck may cycle thru this 4 or 5 times starting up each time. Do you think starters and ignitions are made longer lasting for all these extra starts and stops? Does it affect my alternator too? I do always turn it off as my husband told me too. Does it matter? Will it wear out my starter, alternator, and stuff like that faster? You should listen to your husband. Yep. Turn off that function unless you want to pay a mechanic $160 an hour plus the cost of a new starter. They did beef up the starters for this duty cycle of stop start cars. Does that mean that a new starter will cost even more than a normal one? I would assume so. Would you recommend using the function or turning it off? I would just turn it off rather than prematurely having to turn a wrench. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84015231 United States08/14/2022 04:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alright. I have a good one. 2019 Ram 1500 tradesman 5.7 hemi…. It came Quoting: Taz With the shitty little 3 inch screen radio which I upgraded to the 8.3 touch screen / CarPlay / android auto XM and nav dual climate control all that. Ordered the parts and cables from a salvage yard had a dealer reprogram the BCU that all works fine. However - ever since then I randomly get this loud obnoxious low level “hum” sound has nothing to do with radio volume or weather it’s on or off but I did eventually determine it’s actually coming from the speakers. And on further investigation I learned that this truck has active noise cancelation and it actually pumps engine noise into the speakers (make the truck sound mean I guess idk). But what ever I did replacing the cluster components mucked the system up. Upon further research I have learned many people who mess around with the radio in my truck run into this same problem and they have a solution but it kinda scares me. If you flip to about 4 min into this video it will explain, they are basically disabling the system that is responsible for active noise cancelation. What are your thoughts on this ? Shameless one time bump :) Ground loop noise is my best guess. A ground loop isolation unit will fix it on an old school car stereo. The modern stuff is all so integrated and convoluted that I have no idea if it would solve your problem. Hopefully DT knows more about it than I do. Yeah so this is all factory including the new head unit I installed - OEM which the dealer programmed for my VIN and made it as if my truck rolled off the assembly line with it. No altercations and I don’t think it’s ground loop because it’s not constant. Only under certain conditions I have yet to quantify if windows are up or down or engine in eco mode or what ever the trigger is it’s not constant which is what’s made it so hard to pin down. I am very confident it’s the ANC System having done a ton of research and I can disable it as is shown in the video I posted my questions are what kind of other effects will that have does it Disable my microphone do I loose Siri and hands free support will it do something else I couldn’t imagine to the truck these new canbus aystems all depend on each other you take something out of the equation it has repercussions down the line. Yeah, that is why I drive an older pick up. I think if I had a newer truck I would figure out a way to remove or disable most of that stuff and replace it with systems that I know understand. That is just me though. Good luck with your problem. |
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| JustmeTX
User ID: 80193276 United States08/14/2022 04:21 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK, I'll ask a question. I have a 2015 Honda Crosstour with the 3.5 engine. It has the variable cylinder cutout function so that it will turn off 2 or 3 cylinders when the power is not needed. I bought a little kit that disables this feature. The mileage might have gotten 1 mpg worse. But the power increase is incredible. I bought the function delete kit because I don't like the idea of a camshaft changing configurations 10 times a minute or whatever. Just seems like a really bad design. Also I have heard that the cylinders wear prematurely in the ones that it turns off. Any thoughts or concerns? The kit fakes out the coolant temperature sensor that is used to prevent the feature from working during warm-up. The Coolant temperature gauge still works, but the ECO light never comes on now, and the power is always there. Way overpowered for such a light vehicle. I think it is just under 300 HP. Last Edited by JustmeTX on 08/14/2022 04:23 PM Justme |
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| Jheard
User ID: 81107505 United States08/14/2022 04:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2008 Escalade EXT with 6.2L. Engine is ticking intermittently. Only noticeable at idle. Happens with engine cold and hot. Also getting a puff of blue smoke on startup that is intermittent, both cold and hot as well. 160K miles. I’m guessing I need a valve job which I didn’t think would be too costly. Quote from a local MX was ~$5k, or $7K for a new engine. At this point I’m just planning on running it until it fails and then do the new engine. I also have a 2002 EXT with 350K miles, original engine that runs perfect. Leaks a little oil but doesn’t burn it, so I plan to keep the 2008 for a long time. What would you do? Jheard |
| Hoseman
User ID: 80009574 United States08/14/2022 04:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I went to the Toyota dealer for scheduled maintenance a few weeks ago, which included tire rotation. The same day I got the car back the low tire pressure light came on. Even though they marked all tires at 32 psi one of them was 28. I inflated back to 32 but the light keeps coming on. BTW it's a 2005, it doesn't have the TPMS radio thingies. I don't know how it works, maybe counts the revolutions or something. Quoting: Hoseman Any ideas? Could they have damaged something whilst rotating the tires? I doubt they damaged them unless they took your tires off the rims. Most TPMS systems only use 3 body sensors to detect the 4 tire sensors. They do this through triangulation. If a tire has a weak battery in a sensor and got moved to a farther point away from the receiver it might not be picking it up. The Autel MX sensors are cheap and most shops have a tool that will program them. The tool can also diagnose the sensors on the car. AFAIK doesn't have the radio/battery things. |
| Hoseman
User ID: 80009574 United States08/14/2022 04:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I went to the Toyota dealer for scheduled maintenance a few weeks ago, which included tire rotation. The same day I got the car back the low tire pressure light came on. Even though they marked all tires at 32 psi one of them was 28. I inflated back to 32 but the light keeps coming on. BTW it's a 2005, it doesn't have the TPMS radio thingies. I don't know how it works, maybe counts the revolutions or something. Quoting: Hoseman Any ideas? Could they have damaged something whilst rotating the tires? I doubt they damaged them unless they took your tires off the rims. Most TPMS systems only use 3 body sensors to detect the 4 tire sensors. They do this through triangulation. If a tire has a weak battery in a sensor and got moved to a farther point away from the receiver it might not be picking it up. The Autel MX sensors are cheap and most shops have a tool that will program them. The tool can also diagnose the sensors on the car. Doesn't have the radio/battery things. |
| SerenaSeesAll
User ID: 78926188 United States08/14/2022 04:31 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2008 F 350 Triton 5.4 Auto Quoting: SerenaSeesAll barely stock options (even has roll up windows, non-electric door locks lol) We had cam sensors done then it started coding timing errors. Local mechanic says it needs a new motor, because if we do timing it would cost the same as R&R. This is after I drove it to the shop. It was rough, but ok. They had it a week, went through 3/4 tank of fuel, and we had to tow it home from the shop. Any thoughts? timing chain stretch/skip time to find good engine at breakers and swap Here? [link to www.breakerlink.com (secure)] ============================================================= Noticing Miracles Is My Hobby The Bible - When you carry the Bible, Satan has a headache, when you open it, he collapses, when he sees you reading it, he loses his strength, AND when you stand on the Word of God, Satan can't hurt you! |
