Recent content by mrcarson2

Plugs are about a year old.

Hello all, hopefully somebody can shed some light on the cause of my problem. The car starts just fine and idles fine but after about 2-5 mins of driving, if I come to a stop, the idle is really rough. The car doesn't stall and accelerates ok afterwards. After driving for 10-15 mins and coming...

I literally had the same exact thing happen to me last month. It was the #4cyl (drivers side). I had just had the plugs replaced the week before. After I changed the plugs (mechanic that I took it to that replaced them used cheap ass autolite plugs) with NGK platinum, the car has been running...

I have been researching this issue on here for a while. So I recently had some work done on my p5 (2003 84k). Back story: I had a local shop put on new endlinks, new rear calipers, timing belt, spark plugs, and one front wheel bearing. I had it back for around two weeks and then while I was on...

I too have a rattle, i found that it was coming from the clear plastic in front of the speedo/tach was vibrating and hitting the black plastic surround (mostly at the top)

hmm, I just had this problem yesterday. Same thing, squeak would go away when the brakes were applied. The thing is I just replaced all 4 rotors and pads a month or two ago, but I didn't grease anything so that could be the problem. But I don't see how not greasing the caliper would cause a...

I found the part here for $37.00 shipped.

Yeah, it is the tubing after the air filter. I guess the ecu or whatever goes crazy when more air gets in than what the MAF is telling it. :)

My '03 was acting strange when starting out in first gear, the rpm's would be all over the place and then when I was stopped, the car would stall out after a minute or so. It seemed to be a similar problem that I had with my MX-3, which had a crack in the intake hose. It turned out that the...

Oh nice, if that is all I have to do, that would be wonderful! They look like they are not too rusty.

OK, looking around the forums I thought that is what it was. Thanks.

Ok, think I finally found what they are called, while browsing the workshop manual they are called a "Stabilizer control link". Are these a pain to replace or should I take it to a mechanic?

So I just got my P5 a few weeks ago, it needed new brakes. Last weekend I replaced all four rotors and pads. When changing the front drivers side brakes, I noticed some sort of linkage that is bolted on to the spring/strut assembly and is connected to what looks like a sway bar. The joint...

Yeah, I had the same problem with my MX-3, had the valve cover gasket replaced and it fixed the problem. BTW, just traded the MX for a P5 today!