Recent content by Jmaz

Absolutely pad wear is about usage and not mileage. My local driving with many stops, according to my records, yields ~ 8,000+/- miles per 1 mm of wear. New front pad friction material thickness is 10mm and rear pads 7.5 mm, so it's easy to estimate expected pad life (but still periodically...

Maybe I wasn't clear. I wasn't implying a new one for 22k, I meant that the 22k allocated was a large portion of the price of a new one, so maybe another 6k (?) or so for brand new with warranty. Driving around I see a lot of new cars on dealer lots and year end /slow season is coming.

I follow the same strategy and don't milk the last mile out of components. Especially if they're not too expensive or difficult to change. Your brake pad change pushed the next one out some years.

Price is too high for what is a 5 year old car. The original selling price couldn't have been too many more thousands of dollars. I'd pass on it. Especially with this leak. You mention a Sportage. Might want to research the amount of Hyundai/Kia engine failures, I think it eclipsed over a...

Interesting that you mention changing the pads. I was thinking the same and maybe a grippier pad requiring less braking effort would help.

New brake hoses last year (and naturally new fluid) firmed up the brakes nicely on my 2014. New pads followed shortly thereafter but it was the new hoses and fluid that made the improvement.

Definitely want to make sure the battery is clamped down securely. Battery bouncing around will shorten the life for sure.

Since cold weather causes greases/oils to thicken I'd try spraying the latch assembly copiously with a solvent like electrical contact cleaner which is less noxious/nasty than brake cleaner and spray with a dry (teflon type) lubricant. Also things contract when cold and can stick so have you...

After disconnecting the battery I have to reset the clock and programmed radio stations. It also resets the tip odometer(s) and average fuel usage to zero. Probably resets the range also. If you know there's gas in the tank I'd just drive it. Who are you going to believe? Yourself who knows they...

Did you put 12v directly to the new blower motor to verify operation before installing.

Might try chasing the threads with the same size tap to clean up the threads. A plug tap to start, followed by a bottoming tap if the plug tap bottoms out before cleaning up the threads. Followed by some blue Loctite if the screw even holds a little. Or if possible, drill and tap to next larger...

I'm not aware of any relationship between the 2 temperatures.

Bummer. Thanks for the heads- up. It's probably going to be real joy replacing the radiator. Plastic. I remember when doing the job on my aforementioned 3800-2, the plastic coolant elbow crumbled and I had to dig pieces out of the lower intake and the connecting belt tensioner bracket that the...

You mention Rockauto for the gasket kit. I don't know what brand you ordered, but from the "what it's worth" department, years ago when doing the lower intake gaskets on my Buick 3800-2 I got OEM GM gaskets from the dealer to minimize any problems. Even back then I was reading about Fel-Pro...

That's not just a leak but a leak with definitely some pressure behind it. Barring a cracked head, the only 2 other things I can think of is if the head gasket blew outward from an oil passage area or maybe related to the VVT actuator for the exhaust camshaft which uses oil pressure and is...