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I now have another issue. When I turn my steering wheel, it squeeks. It sounds like an old rusty door opening up slowly. Like soemthing out of a horror movie. This happened once last week and stopped but came back yesterday. Any ideas? Could it have something to do with the L&P steering kit I had installed? It sounds awfull

I am out $190. Not to happy about that. Man, you are lucky with Calmini. I ordered my steering kit in February of 06 and canceled in November of 06 because I still didn't have it. I should have just waited.

Paypal said something about a lawsuit when I spoke to them. For a guyw ho is just trying to make an honest living, he sure isn't being to dependable and trust worthy. I better get my core refund soon.

Synthetic does not cause leaks. Now with that said, I heard from a friend who races older camaro's and vette's that becase the engine is older, the clearances are larger and you should run something thicker. My engine is a factory reman which only has about 12.5k miles on it. I ran dino for the first 1200 miles then switched to 5W-30 amsoil. I still use the same oil but I have a dual mount filter relocation kit with a bypass filter. Oh and I change every 5k even though it says I can go up to 25k miles on the oil and filter and 60k on the bypass filter. I won't take that chance.

Oh, and once you get the problem sorted out, have the cooling system flushed and put in a bottle of water wetter.

Is your fan working? If not then that might explain why it is higher when not moving and going down when you have some air blowing on it. Just a guess.

Very nice!

Not sure. It may have slipped his mind. Hopefully this will be resolved soon though because I could use that money towards my heater core repair.

I spoke with Paypal today. They said that my core charge was not refunded, which I already knew. This has been since November.

I'm just curious as to why it's happening all of a sudden. And how it was intermittent too. That's the weird part.

It's already at the shop. They ordered the part. Not sure if they got it today or will get tomorrow. They said something about where the hose connects is leaking and something like the end of the core is plastic and that may be leaking too.

So, I've had this coolant leak intermittently. It happened for two days then nothing for 2 months. You could smeel it and see that it was leaking but couldn't tell from where. I started happening again two weeks ago. The leak is slow enought that I only have to add a little to the tank every week. We found the leak. It is coming from the heater core hose. So, they re-tightened the clamps and it stopped temporarily but started again one it got warm. it turns out that the heater core is leaking inside and outside the firewall. They say it's a 7 hour job. I must have over 16k invested in this truck. DAMN! I need a drink!

Every since installing my L&P Steering package (I got the whole stage 3 kit) I have to fight to keep it straight. Turning isn't a problem for the most part. It's when I an going straight and it decides to go this way and that way. Plus, when I hit bumps, it jumps left then right. I'm looking into what other parts may need to be replaced like bushing and maybe lower ball joints. I'm told that my TRE's are fine.

Well, I changed my mind. I am probably going with Redline MT-90 again. From looking at the specs, it flows at colder temps than amsoil and has a higher flash point too. Plus, I already have redline in there, so when I drain and fill it would be with the exact same stuff. I think I am going to do this either next saturday or the saturday after.

I have 196K miles on mine and I supposedly had my fluid changed at 184k with redline MT-90. Now, I'm not really sure it was done or not. But last winter I was fine. THis winter with it being so cold it feels like I am shifting through drying cement. Also, I always grind 1st to 2nd if I don't double clutch it. Oh, and the clutch is soooooo stiff in this weather. In the next couple of weeks I am going to change it again, most likely with Amsoil 75W-90 and see if there is anything in there that shouldn't be.

I had my fluid changed to the redline MT90 two years ago. Last winter it was fine, this winter it's like shifting through mud. I didn't have ti flushed, just drained and filled. I may have it done again after the winter. I have a weird problem. If I shift from 1st to 2nd, it gets hung up. If I shift from first to neutral then to 2nd, it's ok. Also, when it's cold and I'm shifting to 2nd, it always grings no matter how far I press the clutch. 3rd gear is a little better. I don't have a problem with 4th or 5th.

Did this ever get resolved? Mya I'm having a similar problem with the swaying and lack of control on the road. I'm gonna have all my bushings looked at but I thin kit's something else. It was so so before, but now it's really bad!

Thanks, I wasn't sure. I figured it would be the other way around. Motor mounts but not tranny mount. Hrm.. I may have to get myself one of them. Do you remember the website? I'm gonna look and see if I can find it.

Does anybody know if they make urethane motor mounts and transmission mounts? If so, where can I get them? I have this sound when I idle and sometimes while I drive that sounds like something is vibrating against something else. When I drive, it's more when I'm slowing down and have lower RPM's. Anybody else have this problem? I thought maybe the exhaust or headers are hitting something but I can't see anything when I am under the truck.

Got it

84 Volvo 244 Diesel? I have one of those! Geo prism?

If there is water, put some water remover in like dry gas. Maybe 3 - 4 bottles. Also, check your plugs.

I had that problem with it stalling and smoke but it wasn't intermittent. My distributor gear broke and my timing was off. Maybe your timing belt is slipping.

When I broke my distributor, we replaced the fuel filter.

I'll have to check the wiring. He already cleaned the whole thing. It was filled with dirt and lint, according to him. I need to decide how much this problem worth. The engine only has 10k miles on it but the truck and all the stuf that was transfered from the old engine has 195k miles on it. I was thinking about calling Jim Wolf I'm sure they have a much better idea than the mechanic does since they designed the POP Charger.