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    Steering Wheel Sounds and No A/C

    Hi Everyone, It's been a while. I'm in the middle of moving and haven't had much time to do anything with my car, but I did have a friend change the brakes a couple months ago. Since I got the car back, when I turn my steering wheel dry or at low speeds (while parking), I hear/feel this loud...
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    Cooling System Issues

    Hi Guys, I haven't been around in a while... I was spending too much time/money on my car and there was really nothing wrong with it at the time, lol. I'm just a perfectionist, but I had to stop trying to make a 14 year old car perfect. Before I get into what's wrong, does anyone have the...
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    Weird sound on acceleration?

    I thought I possibly had a vac leak, so I bought a can of WD-40 and sprayed the connections according to the diagram on the hood. The idle never changed and I tried feeling around and making sure everything was pushed into place. I got back in the car and the idle seemed to stabilize, which...
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    high-pitched whistle and bouncing idle

    Hi guys, Over the weekend, I changed my thermostat, which went well. The car now heats up to temp, which I'm pretty excited about. I even got asked out by the guy at Auto Zone, because he was so impressed I was doing it myself, LOL. This morning, I was sitting in my car with the window down...
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    Heater Core Hose Restriction

    So, I figured out where the heater core hoses are and one of them has some sort of clog/blockage in a certain section, because when I squeeze it, it feels much harder than other parts of the hose. Should I flush the core or should I just replace the hoses. If I flush the core, should I...
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    I was almost mugged last night :(

    So, I now know that a young, single, white female walking in NYC at 8:45 is a no-no. :th_nervous: I went to a networking event in Manhattan and was walking with another girl ONE AVENUE over to get to the subway to come home. As we were walking down the street, two bums were approaching us...
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    Really frustrated - fluid sound in dash!

    Okay, since I bought my car, every time I put my foot on the accelerator, I hear this fluid/bubbling sound in the dash. Everyone said it was an air bubble, but my radiator was clogged, so I had the upper and lower radiator hoses replaced, as well as the radiator and thermostat themselves...
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    100 RPM Fluctuations

    This might be a totally stupid question, but I'm curious. Are frequent fluctuations of about 100 RPMs at idle normal? While I'm sitting in park, I noticed that my RPMs are bouncing between 700-800 RPMs the whole time. Meaning, its not holding steady on the gauge. The car itself seems to...
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    Aw geez... tell me spilled coolant is okay???

    Okay, I had a little accident. I was trying to burp/bleed my coolant system, because I was getting the "Low coolant" light sometimes. So, I ran the car with the radiator cap off and topped it off. Then, I decided, to help get the air bubbles out, I'd rev the engine...with the cap off. I...
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    Oil Cap Broken Internally

    Okay, I've been searching not just this site, but the whole web and I can't find an answer to this question. Yesterday, I had to take the engine cover off in order to access the vacuum lines. In doing so, I had to take off the oil cap. After I pulled the cap off, I noticed a chunk of the...
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    Horn Only Works Sometimes

    Let's add another issue to the mix :th_bangheadonwall: My horn only works sometimes. If I press down on it, I have to press a certain way to get it to blow and it doesn't always work. In NYS, the horn needs to be working in order to pass inspection and lucky for me, inspection is up this...
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    **FIXED!** Fixing One Problem Created Another...

    I was really proud of myself. I had figured out a problem and thought I fixed it, all by myself. I was getting an SES light and the scanner said it was po171 - vacuum leak. I found out exactly where it was coming from. The vacuum line coming from the throttle body to the fuel rail was...
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    WHAT exactly is causing this sound? (video)

    I have a loud gurgling/bubbling sound coming from inside the dash. I hear it in the cabin, every single time I accelerate. Hear it here: YouTube - VID%2000003-20100403-1227.3GP It was doing this before, but I've recently had my coolant system flushed, a new radiator put in and new upper and...
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    Percolating Pontiac w/ Video of sound

    Okay, I have an obnoxious problem. Inside the cabin, whenever I slowly accelerate from a stop, I hear a percolating sound in the dash. It sounds like my car is taking a hit from a bong (I can't think of a better way to describe it). I had the radiator replaced, upper and lower radiator...
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    A tire and a vocabulary problem!

    Okay, here are my two main issues: I had a friend work on my car for me. He took the tires off and checked the meat on the brakes and he said next oil change. Now that the tires are back on, the driver's side tire rubs against something when I make sharp right hand turns only. I think it's...
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