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Well, this thread is done. Sold the car a while back... roof's been cut off, roll cage installed... the guy's racing it now, check it out!

I didn't really figure that one out fully... I think it was a combination of things... Initially, the idle was only slightly elevated. I found my gas pedal was kind of sticky, and I could lift it up myself by putting my foot under it and lifting up. This would return the idle from 1200rpm back...

Side note... the 'eating of the headlights' seems to be related to alternator belt slippage. Tightened it up in October and I still have headlights in February...

It's been a while since I've posted here... The car has been going pretty good for the past couple of months... other than part of the passenger door falling off... the part the holds in the plunger that turns off the dome light. :/ While the idle problems I was having in the fall are...

Lol.. yeah, I really just liked the car and wanted to get some experience working on something so it was fun... sadly, I think it's over for this one... Thank you anyway though, figured someone would read it. My cars suspension doesn't vibrate or clunk anymore... I got all that out. I still get...

Sorry for the late reply, I've been pretty busy lately... but yes. Napa 260-1326. I would just buy the control arms if I were to do this again...

Dipstick says full. I think the only reliable way to check the oil level is to drain it all out to measure it... which I don't feel like doing. For now I'm just going to dump half a bottle in every other gas-up... Yesterday was a brutal two and a half hour drive home through extreme traffic...

It means exactly that. The airbag system is not functioning. I think there are codes you can get out specific to this problem... when this happened to my other car, it was a bad clockspring.

Spent some time under the car today... changed the oil... only had around 1.5 liters again, so she burned/leaked 2.5L over about 5000km. Threw some oil in the back for now, but planning to check the oil pressure sender and pcv for a start.. I suspect it's burning it though. Strangely enough...

I'm having a similar problem and this is just a guess, but perhaps badly worn motor mounts could be causing the shift linkage to be slightly misaligned.

I did notice the metal in the connectors looked kind of dull, and on the tabs of my new bulbs after only a week... maybe there is something to having dielectric grease on there... if it was oil or moisture on the bulb I am pretty sure my bulb glass would not look perfectly clean/clear/new...

Kind of an old thread but did anyone figure out what's really going on with the low beam bulbs? I replaced both my low beams and neither of them even lasted a week. Carefully installed, didn't touch the glass, clip securely holding bulb in headlight assembly...

Windsheild cracked by a rock on the highway.. just had it replaced in the parking lot at work for $245 and a McDonalds free coffee card... (lol) The new glass seems better than the old one... not because it's not cracked, but because it has a darkened area at the top border where the old one...

Changed both front low beams... in the dark... with big hands... in under 5 minutes. I don't know why you guys are taking the wheel off, coolant and washer reservoirs and all that... all this talk about how much of a pain they are had me scared. If you guys think this is a hard job, try changing...

Will make sure of that... the factory service manual says to warm the engine up, then turn it off and wait 5 minutes before checking as well. So, that's two things I probably didn't do.

Thanks for the tip... kind of figured it was that, just can't get under the car without putting it up on jack stands... and it's been raining and cold since winter!

The new tires (Hercules Raptis WR1) seem to be fine in heavy rain... Exhaust starting to rattle a lot at idle... Alternator slipped enough to turn the battery light on... both low beams burned out... think I'm gonna drive the wifes car until I can at least take a look under the car and make...

I put the axle nut back on to protect the threads a bit, and gave it a couple of good wacks with a sledge hammer. Both sides out without much fuss.

Got some new tires on the protege the other day there... apparently after the tech backed out of the service bay and parked my car he shook his head in disgust (according to my wife...) If he did, I'de like to think he was disgusted with my choice of cheapo tires and not the car (lol) I went...

I finally got around to putting the used oil into the containers to get rid of it... and it turns out there was only about 2L of oil in the engine. I'm a little puzzled by this as I had checked the dip stick several times over that past 5000km, and it had always read full. I checked it cold in...