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pasadena_commut replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".
Apparently the MMR vaccine is "quite lethal" and assorted other vaccine idiocy. Trump says so, must be true, right? Doctors push back...
Aug 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread check engine light + soft whirring noise.
Sloshing, as in fluid being moved in a container? The thermos pump runs after the car is turned off, but it does that on a hill or not,...
Aug 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread Valve seals or oil control rings? Which most likely?.
Our car is on its 3rd year of VRP (1 oil change per year - we don't drive that much) and oil consumption is still increasing. So your...
Aug 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread Valve seals or oil control rings? Which most likely?.
Do you mean the honing marks? Those are supposed to be there. What you don't want to see are vertical scratches or patches of cylinder...
Aug 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread Programming request/job - spoofing SOC.
Why would you want to convert the SOC value to a constant string? And recalculate the checksum how and for what? Sure you can, just...
Aug 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread Valve seals or oil control rings? Which most likely?.
My son briefly had a 2007 Tacoma. He bought it from a friend whose father had passed away, and it was the father's work vehicle. It...
Aug 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread Valve seals or oil control rings? Which most likely?.
Nevertheless, the Gen 2 oil rings can still get stuck, leading to increased oil consumption. If the valve seals are bad in a car...
Aug 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread 2006 throwing up service lights.
Hmm. In the era when the MFD display was designed LCD backlights were usually small fluorescent tubes on two opposing sides of the...
Aug 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread 2006 throwing up service lights.
Car details, recent maintenance/accident history?
Aug 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread 2008,new to me.
Was the spare tire bolt stuck in place because it was rusty? This car frequently develops water leaks into the trunk area and that can...
Aug 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread What would you do IF you had to replace your A/C evaporator-core?.
That would be a very big hole. After the sawzall (or whatever) was done, how would you put the MFD and radio back on the car?
Aug 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread Rear view mirror ball joint suddenly loose.
Tightened it with a Torx T20 and the mirror base is once again firmly attached to the "stone". Solid as a rock. We will see how long...
Aug 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread Rear view mirror ball joint suddenly loose.
Update. Just over four months later and the Jingea mirror is a little loose, moving a couple of millimeters at the mirror. The "stalk"...
Aug 4, 2026 -
pasadena_commut replied to the thread What voltage does a gen 2 inverter send to the HV battery.
The display mechanism on the analog meter has momentum and the deflection coil will have some inductance. The two work together as a...
Aug 4, 2026
