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    My automatic 2005 2.0 Litre transmission is starting to get rough: options?

    my 2005 had 175k miles when I noticed hard shifting from 1st to 2nd gear. mechanic removed the tranny pan and saw lots of metal shavings. he said the only fix is a tranny swap/rebuild which costs more than my car is worth. :( what I did was to start the car in 2nd gear whenever possible. now I...
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    Hydrolock?

    how can an engine be hydrolocked by driving fast over a 6" deep puddle? the air intake to the air filter is located by the front wheel well, right? even if water gets sucked up there, wont the air filter stop water from entering the engine?
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    Cleaned throttle body and RPM fluxuations disappeared. Why?

    195k miles I stopped at a red light and my car constantly feels like it's about to stall. cleaned the throttle body w/o removing it. - unhooked the negative on battery terminal - put brick on accelerator to open the throttle body flange to clean it - sprayed and wiped what I can. there was...
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