Recent content by iKevin

Ok so since I don't really know where it is, where is the j pipe shield you guys mention?

I know the one that was removed was pretty much under the shifter. The one that was replaced was the one atthe front of the engine. Yeah I'm gonna take it to someone different today and mention the bolts. It's so irritating that if they can't figure it out I'm actually thinking of trading it...

well the heat shield on the bottom I'd completely removed, and the one on the front part of the engine was just replaced completely today with a brand new one. Tell me, when you begin to accelerate, roughly what rpm are you at? I've started going 2000 or even just a bi higher to avoid the damn...

Ok guys I'm getting a little irritated now. I have a rattle on my car which happens usually if I accelerate at about 1500 rpm or a bit less. Now, I've had it looked at twice and both times they said it was the heat shields. One was taken off and he one under the hood was completely replaced, but...

Update This morning I took a drive down to a transmission shop (it drove there fine), let them do a quick test drive, and then the owner of the place came up to me and said "Well it looks like a problem with the clutch, to know for sure we're gonna have to take it out and have a look, it's a...

Sigh, yeah I just took the car around the block for a test-run, I still feel it ever so slightly at the end of the shift in first and first to second. Can someone tell me, how long do clutches usually last for on average? Is it normal for them to wear out or is it usually only a result of bad...

Yeah, but again, it only seemed to happen after a really, really long drive. I mean, the car has been sitting in the driveway for a few hours now and I'm willing to bet that it's not gonna happen now, at least not at a noticeable level. Like I said, after I had come off the highway earlier and...

Yeah I dunno, I mean the reason I trusted this car lot was because when I went into the place to see the car, they had JUST replaced a headlight, one of the hydraulic hinges for the trunk, and ALL the brakes and calipers at once prior to selling it. So it seemed like they were doing lots of work...

Ok, let's say it is a chattery clutch, what does that mean exactly? Is there much that can be done to fix it or is it just something that happens?

I currently have 135,000 km on it. I thought about the spark plugs too, but I only just bought the car (used) about a month and a half ago from a used car lot. I imagined that the guys there would have replaced them prior to selling the car, as they did replace brake pads, callipers ect. But I...

So I just went on a trip to see the family which is about a 5 hour drive each way. Today I was on the way back home, so I was on the highway for about that 5 hours straight going about 115 km as the average speed. When I hit a patch of traffic about 30 min from home, I came to a complete stop...

Any more possibilities? Any chance it could be something worse, such as the transmission, clutch or engine? I only ask because I don't know if that type of symptom could be related to one of those 3 parts.

Ok so you guys seem to think it's just clutch shutter. If that's all it is, I'm happy, but it's not terribly cold outside right now. In fact, it's warmer today than it's been in a month. It's 4c outside, where prior to today, it was between -7 and -15c but this didn't really seem to happen. As...

I don't know what this means--as I'm pretty dumb with car stuff--but just today I think I ran into a slight problem with my car. It's a 2002 Mazda Protoge 5 with a manual transmission, and it's been running fine up until today. The problem is, when I accelerate in first gear to get the car...

Ok I'll give it a look, I don't have a way to prop my car up but maybe I can persuade my mechanic to take a look at the underside -- for free -- real quick and see what's up. If, let's say, it is loose, how much would something like that cost me to fix/replace? Are they pricey?