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Yesterday was 80 degrees with high humidity and the car ran rough. Today is 70 degrees with low humidity and the car is running fine.
I was thinking lean condition also because of the knocking. Im just not sure about the temprature being the deciding factor. It makes sense and easy to do. Ill give it a shot. Thanks.
Did you bleed the new master cylinder? It sounds like the master cylinder isn’t working correctly assuming there is no air in the system. Do you have ABS? Some vehicles have a very specific bleed procedure with ABS. If your system is “open” too long while doing brake lines, master cylinders, etc. you will most likely get air in your ABS system. I hear its a b_tch to fix after that. I don’t personally have experience with this though.
[quote=”Searay45db” post=136475]I put all new brakes on about 5k ago. It’s a 2000 Yukon XL with 175k miles, and rear disc brakes. Lately the brakes have been squishy. I bled the brakes, but nothing happened. Watched the etcg video on ,aster cylinder. Flushed the whole system. Nope. Nothing has changed. Not sure I really have a leak as the reservoir is not going down.
Thoughts?[/quote]
Can you elaborate “squishy”. Also, when you bled the brakes you mentioned nothing happened. Can you clarify “nothing”.I’m still slightly nervous but am very confident in his abilities. What he did really wasn’t a fix, more like a diagnosis. He removed the tire and lubed where it meets the rim. I went 24 hours or so with no squeak/noise. Today it came back. I’m assuming whatever he put on there is wearing off. I ordered new tires today so we will see. I needed tires anyway.
Eric, your wrench picture is almost creepy, ha ha.
The verdict…. bad tire! I had a guy I know who owns a local shop looked at it in in minutes fixed it. He said the tire was starting to dry rot and was slipping in the rim. Got to love the stealership that wanted to replace my transmission!!!
nickwarner- I’m starting to learn the “get hosed” thing already. I laughed when I read that. I still don’t think its the transmission. I think they gave me a 2nd wrong diagnosis.
UPDATE part 2
After another 2 hours they said its the transmission, although they don’t know what, but the noise is coming from inside.
This is where it gets interesting. I bought my Eclipse at a Ford dealership. The extended warranty is a 3rd party. The work is supposed to be performed at the selling dealer. Ford basically said to bring it to Mitsubishi. Hopefully the warranty company okay’s this? I went to Mitsubishi after (by the way, the Mitsubishi dealer here SUCKS) and made an appointment to basically start all over. Gotta love it!
Anyone have a squeaky transaxle story that could help?
UPDATE
I went to the dealer today They changed the axle seal and said I was all set. On the way home it was still squeaking. Called them and they said to bring it back tomorrow. They spent an hour diagnosing it and 3 hours “fixing” it. Still squeaks. I’m starting to freak…..
[quote=”nickwarner” post=135218]They could be right. Last fall I had to go into the front end of an F-150. Put in brand new seals after replacing the worn bearings. Got the same type of squeak you did, annoyed the hell out of me. Looked back over my work and couldn’t find anything. Sprayed silicone spray on the wheel seal and it shut up. This was on a brand new seal, really threw me off and was the only one I have ever seen or heard of doing this. So it is possible.
I don’t have the seal in front of me, but some of these seals have 2 lips on them. One holds the oil in and one keeps the dust out so it can’t cut the lip of the inner. That outer lip could get dry and possibly make your noise.[/quote]
Wow, thats what i was hoping to hear. Thanks for the info!
I wish I could but I’m kind of stuck now. I have an extended warranty that I figured I’d take advantage of. I signed away when I got there and basically told them to do what they had to do. While they were looking at it they found a couple other issues that the warranty will cover so I decided to have them do it all while it was there.
A $10 part made my life tough. I spent days looking at the brakes, wheel bearings, and basically everything that moves when the car moves. Little did I know….
I have many years experience working on cars but have never seen an axle seal squeak. Leak, yes. I am still reluctant to accept the “verdict”. I was kind of hoping someone might have had this problem and could enlighten me.
Interesting…every manual I’ve seen shows this or something similar.
VALVE CLEARANCE CHECK AND ADJUSTMENT
M1111001500409
1.Before checks, check that the engine oil, starter and battery are normal. Also, set the vehicle in the following condition:
•Engine coolant temperature: 80 − 95°C (176 − 203°F)Thanks!
Interesting…every manual I’ve seen shows this or something similar.
VALVE CLEARANCE CHECK AND ADJUSTMENT
M1111001500409
1.Before checks, check that the engine oil, starter and battery are normal. Also, set the vehicle in the following condition:
•Engine coolant temperature: 80 − 95°C (176 − 203°F)Thanks!
Ceramic are the better choice. Quieter,longer life,better heat displacement,less dust and less wear on your rotors. Only downside is cost.