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No sir. I don’t have a special tool to push the seal in and it is kinda being stubborn. I tried using a socket but it just wont go in evenly.
Thank you for the info. Everything is going smooth except for the output shaft seal on the transaxle. I can’t get a good seal on it for the life of me.
[quote=”Hockeyclark” post=175791]Is it an ex-police car? I mean those things get beat on. They hold up to it, but you will have to do some repairs after you get your hands on it.[/quote]
Currently none of the ones I am looking at are ex-police, and I would only get one of those from a government website for like $800.
My serpentine belt went the other day and I had to replace it (I didn’t have a torque wrench so that was a pain in the ass) and it stopped. I haven’t had a problem since.
The problem was solved.
[quote=”wellsmotorsports” post=175783]Closer to Atlantic Beach…. and nothing is worse than a squatted truck[/quote]
Those wannabe’s don’t use their truck-beds anyways, so why would they care if their truck is “Carolina Squatted”.
When you say Eastern NC am I to interpret that as Greenville or just the good ol’ east coast? I only ask because I was Southport, NC born and raised. There’s kinda a weird beach bum/ redneck hybrid vibe down here, like, teenagers go surfing then go shoot a deer in their dumb-ass squatted trucks haha!
Well when you take the car to a mechanic for an oil change, they typically do just an oil change but sometimes they do a chassis lubrication. Essentially, you take a grease gun and go behind the car’s tires. There’s a little nozzle (I guess is what you would call it) for you to attach the grease gun to. After you attach it, pump the grease inside until the grease starts oozing out (some people prefer to pump until they see nothing but clean, new grease). Essentially, you have “lubricated the chassis”.
This lubricates both the front and rear joints and gives you a smoother ride.
HAHA! I’ve done that before with the screws on the engine block cover. I ended up rounding the damn things. You bet they were fun to get off since I did it to three of them. At that point I thought it would be better just to go inside, sit down for a couple of minutes, then come back to it.
I’m just happy driving my 91 Cavalier. I paid $250 for it. Insurance is $80/month, gas is $80-$100 a month, 72K miles. The only thing that was wrong with it was that it had old tires, no radio speakers, and a water leak. I replaced the tires and fixed most of the water leak in a week, and it has been good to me ever since.
I enjoy working on the car, and I enjoy how easy it is to fix everything on it. Much better than taking it to the crooked mechanics that plague my town.
Here is a list I found on possible causes for po446:
-Charcoal canister is clogged, loaded with fuel or with moisture
-Fuel tank over-fill check valve cracked or damaged
-Fuel tank seal leaking, fuel tank cracked, damaged or leaking
-Fuel vapor hoses/tubes blocked or restricted, or fuel vapor control valve tube or fuel vapor vent valve assembly blocked
-Vacuum hose or tubing cracked, damaged or disconnected
-Vapor pressure sensor has failed
-VSV circuit for the canister purge is open, shorted to ground or to voltage
-VSV for the CCV is open, shorted to ground or shorted to voltage
-VSV for the pressure switching valve is open, shorted to ground or to voltage
-VSV for vapor pressure sensor circuit is open, shorted to ground or to voltage
-Vapor pressure sensor has failedHere are the possibilities for p0420:
-Bad o2 sensor
-bad o2 sensor wiring
-Bad Cat
-bad Engine Control ModuleI hope it isn’t a bad cat or ecm because they can be pretty pricey to replace. Good luck and I hope this information proved at least somewhat useful.
I’ve never owned a Toyota Camry and I haven’t heard of that, and I couldn’t find any articles on them chewing through cats, but it is a possibility given their problems with sticky gas pedals and floor mats.
Have you checked your o2 sensor? That might be the cause of p0420.
As for the po446, check your vsv valve. It should stay closed unless powered up. If it isn’t closing and opening properly, that’s the problem.The biggest reason you may be having difficulties is because these codes tend to be broad and there could be many possibilities as to what triggered them. All you can do is check everything to see if it is working properly and isolate the issue.