Jordan

Any info on what aftermarket A/T fluid is used on my 99 pathy?- dont like d-matics price allthough worth it im sure gonna change the fluid should i just do a drain and refill or is there a more wicked awesome way?

Here they plug your ecu into a comp and check for trouble codes. No sniff test on OBD2 vehicals. So basically if you have a trouble code in your ecu(mine was saying bad cats) you can go get a OBD2 tester and erase your codes. If you were to go test for emissions right after you erase your codes they would fail you because your emission readyness monitors have not reset yet. Emission readyness motiors test the ignition system evap system o2 o2 heaters all your emission sensors. They reset after a certian amount of time while driving. so what you do is drive your pathy stop every 1-2 miles check your monitors with the obd2 reader. THIS ONLY WORKS IF YOU HAVE BAD CATS OR EVAP SYSTEM. Those are the last two to reset on the vehical. so where i live they let you have two readyness monitors that can have the not ready status- IE the ecu hasnt checked the output for the cats and evap system yet. so once you get to the point were all of your other readynes monitors are reset except the last two - (cats and evap system) and you have no other fault codes you haul A$$ or just be real close to the emissions station test and it passes because there is no fault codes and since they let you have two Freebies your ecu hasnt checked your cat system there for it hasnt thrown a code yet. Sorry im confusing it sounds right in my head just never right on screen hopefully that is better I think this wouldnt work in other higher emission states like CA because their nazis about that stuff and are reallllly picky about what they let pass emissions

So i was having trouble with emission testing here, it was keeping me from gettin my pathy transfered into my name, so i bit the bullet and went to a mechanic. First of all this guy was really cool, totaly honest and gave me great free advice to help me pass emissions. Its super simple i just never really thought of it. I FAILED my first test because both of my cats were bad- according to the computer. What the mechanic told me is that the cateletic converter rediness monitor is the last one to reset. In Spokane they give you too rediness monitors that can be offline and still pass. so i drove for a while reset them all ( your owners manual will tell you driving techniques) as soon as my obd2 scanner said all were ready but the EVAP and the CAT i drove to the testing station and PASSED YAY! so now im legal to drive Just sharing because some people might not think of this method it works in a pinch and you dont have 300 bucks to drop on new CATS. heres a pic of my pathy too. - only paid $250 ran and drive (needed a rebuild) its a 99 and i fit 33 10.50 bfg ats with no lift it rubs but not too bad Heres the day i got it

So, i bought my 99 pathfinder for $250 had a blown engine, replaced it, put a new timing belt in, went to time it and to get 15 degrees i have to advance the disty all the way so i took it back apart and gonna try again. When i got the engine it was in the middle of a timing belt job, with the distrabutor taken out, so i alinged the dimple on the sproket with the one on the rear cover on the driverside camshaft and stuck the disty in. it looked like it was at #1. so any ways im back in the same spot trying to get it to line up with the #1 terminal but either its a tooth to far advanced or to retarded. it wont line up just right in the sweet spot no matter what i do, unless i move the camshaft so that the two dots are not alinging any tips or tricks? thanks RKJLOW ps some sweet pathys on here!