I just had the steering rack changed in my car. The steering is now fine but there is a vacuum like sound when accelerating that was not there before the repair. The shop has spent hours trying to track it down without success.

Any ideas?

TIA

Thank you, I'll check the connections. That would be great if it was a simple fix.

For the last 3 months I've been nursing a slow leaking radiator. During this time I've been adding fluid to keep it at the proper level... though a few times it got somewhat low. Once it started to overheat (steam coming out of the venting coolant tank). I shut down the car, let it cool and added ...

Update:

I thought I would keep everyone informed (if just for entertainment value) as to my progress in resolving my unexpected engine failure.

I found an engine (45,000 documented miles) from Tom's Foreign Auto Parts on E-Bay no less. After almost 2 weeks of searching and talking to endless ...

WOW! Does this suck!

My wife called me Friday at work to inform me she was stuck on the side of the road after hearing a grinding noise before the engine stopped. Long story short...my trusted mechanic informed me the exhaust camshaft broke. I went into shock as he informed me of a potential $6,000 ...

[size=150]SUCCESS![/size]

What a pita.

I followed the helpful hints (thank you) on this forum and removed and cleaned the throttle body. It was extremely gummy and carbon dirty. The intercooler rubber hose to the bottom of the throttle body was also very dirty and gummy inside...cleaned both ...

Sorry for the long delay. I appreciate everyone's help and support on this.

Update: I finally got some time to bring the car back down to my buddies garage to work on. I had gotten some new parts from FCP Groton (awesome company to deal with by the way): new front struts, gas cap hinge, rear hatch ...

Has anyone tried using SeaFoam oil additive before an oil change?

I've read good and bad things but the claim is: it helps clean gunk off the internals before an oil change.

With 92,000 + I was thinking it might be a good idea.

Has anyone tried using SeaFoam oil additive before an oil change?

I've read good and bad things but the claim is: it helps clean gunk off the internals before an oil change.

With 92,000 + I was thinking it might be a good idea.

Update:

I tried the oil dipstick "trick". Pulled the dipstick out and started the car. I saw just the faintest bit of smoke but not really any more then I would expect from an open port to the crank, put the balloon on and it did [b]not[/b] blow up.

Not really sure how much smoke is the tell tale ...