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    99 grand am PS screaming

    My friend has a 99 grand am, and her PS pump is screaming. I'm thinking, for now, I'm going to change the fluid for her and bleed the system with a hand vacuum pump,a nd see if that helps. She just lost her job, so buying a new pump is out of the question till at least she gets a new job. It...
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    Oil for 1984 BMW 533i

    I've done alot of research, I am quite familiar with my car, and am an Auto technician by trade. My car calls for 20W-50 in the summertime. I bought the car with about 275k on the clock, and to be honest, I'm really not sure what oil was run in it by the PO. Normally, I would simply run Castrol...
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    Tune up?

    On my 97 Ranger with the 4.0L OHV engine, it has 106k miles, I need to replace plugs and wires (I'm just now buying the truck, we'll assume for all intensive purposes it hasn't been maintained). Should I spend the money for the OEM Motorcraft plugs and wires, or is there something out there that...
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    What oil for 97 Ranger 4.0L?

    I'm about to buy a 97 Ford Ranger with a 4.0L v-6, and 106k miles on it. It calls for 5w-30, and I want to run mobil 1, but, I've read so much on here not too long ago about the mobil 1 5-30 and others shearing rather badly. How would a 0-40 run in my truck? I've read very, very good thigns...
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    05 Subaru Outback Sport (Impreza)

    Hey, guys. I have an '05 Outback Sport,t eh Impreze Outback, with a 5 speed. The car only has 12k miles on it, so all the gear/rear end lubs are still original. I've started to notice that it's getting hard to shift into gears, particularly 1st gear. More often that not, 1st gear is very hard...
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    How do you determine what is a good

    oil change interval for your particular driving? I own currently an '05 Subaru Outback Sport, 2.5L non turbo. Right now, I do the normal 3k mile oil change, with castrol GTX 5w-30. the car has 12k miles on it,a dn I plan on switching to a synthetic near 20k. Now, I do do alot of quite...
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    Whats the difference in brands of coolant?

    At work, I can get green Quaker State coolant for free, out of a 55 gallon barrel we get it in. Is there any difference between that and any other green coolants?
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