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What’s the best way to inject the dye if I’m using a recharge can of R134a from an auto store?
Thanks for the advice. If it was a stretched accelerator cable wouldn’t we experience this problem all the time not just when it gets hot outside? Thanks!
I just noticed that the bottom of the bolts have an opening for an Allen wrench. I’m going to try that and see if that allows me to get it off.
Thanks for that. Very helpful.
i really just want to negotiate via email. Basically, give them my “out the door” price. I have already been working with a salesman so he can call me or reply with a counter offer. I don’t see the need to really go in just to tell them my offer and leave, because I’m not going to go into their office unless we have a price settled.
I’m prepared to walk away.
I found a 2012 T&C Limited Edition with 33k miles on it locally at a dealer. All maintenance and oil changes have been done regularly. Car is off lease. They want $25,300 for it but that seems a little ridiculous. Pretty sure a new 2015 Touring model could be had for that or under. The Edmunds trade in value is $20,800. I was going to offer $19,500 out the door. Probably work my way up to trade in value if needed. Good idea or is that offer to low?
Also, anything to be concerned about with the 3.6L V6?
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Thank you! Actually I’ll be buying used. Most likely something 1 or 2 years old. Something that’s off lease, etc… Like the van I linked to above.
Thanks.
So taking a real world example.
I know this isn’t a rural dealership, but how would you arrive at a good “out the door” price to offer? For instance I took the vehicle above and went to Edmunds.com and ran an appraisal.
True Market Value for ‘Trade-In’ was $18,200 and the ‘Dealer Retail’ was $20,005.
This car is priced at $20,251 so surely there has to be some sort of markup. Would an “out the door’ offer of $19,110 be legit? I took trade-in value and added 5% to it.
Took all the spark plugs out last night and did a compression test. That passed with no issues. It was then we looked at the spark plugs and noticed two of them were not even close to being gapped correctly. We corrected and double checked them and put them back in. The car now runs just fine!
Took all the spark plugs out last night and did a compression test. That passed with no issues. It was then we looked at the spark plugs and noticed two of them were not even close to being gapped correctly. We corrected and double checked them and put them back in. The car now runs just fine!
I haven’t had a chance to get back to the car, but just looking at stuff online. Could a bad o2 sensor be a cause of the symptoms the car is now having?
I haven’t had a chance to get back to the car, but just looking at stuff online. Could a bad o2 sensor be a cause of the symptoms the car is now having?
Thank you so much for the ideas.
We actually replaced the 7x crank sensor on the engine block. I didn’t know there was another one. So might have to replace the 24x. We will check the wiring. Although to get to the cam sensor I think the water pump has to come off?
Unfortunately I don’t think we have access to a lab scope unless we could rent one.
Thank you so much for the ideas.
We actually replaced the 7x crank sensor on the engine block. I didn’t know there was another one. So might have to replace the 24x. We will check the wiring. Although to get to the cam sensor I think the water pump has to come off?
Unfortunately I don’t think we have access to a lab scope unless we could rent one.
Update to this issue.
We happened to have an ignition module and coil pack taken from another car that was compatible with the 03 Malibu. We swapped it out and turned on the car to observe behavior.
Behavior: When the car is cold it runs fine. Once it warms and the idle settles down then the misfires begin to happen. We hooked a timing light up to various wires and all of the cylinders are actually misfiring it’s just happening more on 3 and 5. But watching the timing light it sparks fine for awhile then misses and sparks fine and misses.
Any ideas? As mentioned before the crankshaft sensor was replaced. Could be cam sensor or computer related?