Juss wondering - Page 2

ya you need to save all the money you can to be able to aford to put gas in you car with the price of it now.

ok i got another question....2day on my way home i notice my engine temperatur needle rising lil by lil every minute or so....wen I was bout 5 minutes away from home my "check gauges" light came on n I noticed that the needle was now all the way into red....I think it mite be becuz of the oil since its 100 miles b4 its gotta be changed, but wen I checked it wen i got home it was like 2 circles below full...like there are 4 lil circles from full n mine was 2 from it so I tihnk its got enough but u never kno....IM juss wondering if there is nething else 2 consider checking? It juss started doin this 2day, I dont wanna start thinking its becuz of my intake cuz then i'll be pissed lol.

if you cheacked the oil when it was hot you wont get the right reading on the stick you have to wait for it to be cold to get the right reading. so you are probly low on oil cuse it always reads higher on the stick when its hot. as for why its running hot it my be that its low on oil or maby you moved or cut anything when you put the intake on?

well Im not sure its the intake tho becuz I've had the intake on for an entire week as of now n it hasnt caused ne problems...so Im thinkin its the oil, either way im takin it in the shop to get the oil changed...since I got a 1-year coupon for it lol.

Also, there is a light that has been going on n off while I drive....im not really sure as to wat it is 4...it looks like a tank with an arrow pointing downward...like its a low liquid level symbol but idk wat its for....wen i checked the owner's manual I thought it was for the coolant, but I already filled that up...so I have no clue wat it is....would it go off for brake fluid? power steering fluid? tranny fluid? or nething else???

this sounds dumb but its probly for your washer fluid. but if your taking it to the shop anyway they will check all the fluids for you so if the light is still on when you get the car back then i would check your washer fluid.

I figured it out, my dad told me that its the water pump...thats y its heating up so quickly...now tha problem is how do I change water pumps? Is it really hard 2 or could it be done urself?

you could do it yourself but its a real pain in the ass if you have the money i would go to thegarage and get it done.

I juss need 2 know where its located on my engine.

its on the drivers side under the altinator.

ok heres teh deal, my dad n some of my friends say it could be the thermostat that is messed up...not sure if my dad changed it tho....the car stays at low temps 4 like 5 minutes then after that it starts going up quickly....so wats up wit it...also wen i turned it on 2day there was some smoke coming from the engine bay from underneath...not sure wat that was!!!

the thermostat is easy and cheap to fix. as for the smoke i dont know about. folow the top rad hose to the motor, the part that the hose is concted to is where your thermosat is under that peice.

the smoke was from the antifreeze that got on the engine, it wasnt the thermostat...its the water pump...so we're already fixing, juss gotta put it in n put the belt back on....god I need my car, i cant drive my dad's blazer nemore...dam gas hog!!! Ialready spent almost 80 bucks in the past week for gas on that thing lol.

i got another question, wat exactly are underdrive pulleys? r those the pulleys that are attached to the belt?

undredrive pullys are for your waterpump alt. powerstering and anything run from the motor they are after market pullys to replace the stock ones. they help the engine get a bit more power by spining the accereys faster.

k thnx, now another question lol. Wat exactly is a short shifter? Also does ne1 kno where I can get automatic shift knobs...like U kno how U can buy new shift knobs for stick shifts...ne1 know where I can get 1 for automatics???

you can get shift knobs for an auto same place as for a stick any that i have seen for the auto look stupid. but thats my opinion. a short shifter makes the car shift quicker and gives it a bit more power when shifting but its only for stick shift cars. hope this helps.

ok i got a question bout an intake system i bought for my uncle....yes it was ebay lol. I bought it, it came, wen I open the box i had everything but instructions n the intake pipe didnt have a hole for the o2 sensor. But it came with 2 long things of silicone tubing or w/e....my question is wat does the tubing hook up 2 n can we juss hook up the o2 sensor 2 one of the tubes...but we prolly cant cuz teh tubing is really small. So wat does it hook up 2???

i think the 02 senser goes into your exuast down tube from the manifold. as for the rest of the stuff i cant say cuse eavery kit is diff.

the reason i asked was becuz on my intake, the 02 sensor goes into the hole on the intake pipe. N on my uncles, it doesnt have the little hole, its got 2 lil pipes that run off the intake pipe that hook up to the silicon tubing i guess,but we dont kno wat THAT hooks upto.