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I feel really dumb but how do you do this? I'm trying to check for a fuel leak cause the inside of my car smells like gas...

Yes, the allen bolt is correctly adjusted =/

My rear brakes don't seem to be working. The rotors are not shiny and are covered in thin rust from the rain. When I brake hard I can hear them squeezing a little but when I touch them they are barely warm (the fronts are burning hot). I've changed the pads and rotors, and then I changed the...

I just noticed we have the same car; same model, color, rims, rubber... and caliper issues haha bump

Hey guys, I have an '02 Protege ES. The passenger rear caliper has the issue with the allen key to retract the piston not working, whereas the drivers rear has no such issue. But, in both cases, there are multiple, uneven grooves that go along the surface of the rotor (sign of a bad piston?), in...

When I watch CVT's cruise (not accelerate), they go into low rpms. At 30 or 40 mph on a flat road, it was easily staying below 1500. I figure CVT is pretty gas efficient, so if it wasn't smart to stay that low the car would be revving higher.

BAHH i drove at 3000 ish rpms for past two tanks. Mileage dropped to 30.

So if you're going 30 MPH in 5th (which is a mere tap of the gas), you're using less gas than in third? I think if you're cruising at that same speed you're using less gas in 5th, and that the gas saving in say, 3rd, comes from when you go up hills or have to accelerate. On my next tank I'll...

stock?

whoa thats beast whatd you do to it?

StealthWyvern, did you do a tune up on your P5 at all? I expect your MSP mileage is normal but on your P5... weird.

looks like your previous owner had a good time

Well I heard that 5.5 is optimal cause past that it kinda blows, so that's where I usually shift...

Especially since gas prices have shot up, I've really had fun playing the MPG game; I always have my phone out ready to calculate my next tank, haha. Before, I used to drive semi-gas savingly, shifting at 2500 normally but with a decent amount of gas pedal. Now I'm shifting at 2100-2200 ish with...

well... think of it as weight training =P