So I had the battery charged a few days ago and my wife and I have been driving it around ever since without any problems or warning lights. I'm sure it will happen again, but I'm not sure what to do about it. I've already dropped $1,300 into this car, and I don't really have the money pay a mechani...

When the car died the second time, after coming back from the mechanic, was the battery died again? If so, then it is your battery. Yes, the battery was dead after coming back from the mechanic. But I hadn't had an issue with the battery before taking it too him, which is why I think this is a new ...

So I am planning on taking my car to a mechanic, actually a second mechanic because I just got it back from one mechanic and I'm not sure if I should take it to him again. I just wanted to get some advice from yall about this problem first. My wife was driving our '97 850 wagon to a friend's house t...

Ok, so I changed the fuel filter and the engine ran a little rough for about ten minutes but now it runs just fine. I think I might have lucked out with the whole minor explosion thing. Now I know never to put fuel in the air filter again. After I went back and looked at the cables that were hanging...

Wow, thanks for the detailed replies, I'll change the fuel filter and see what happens...

I am in way over my head with this one... So I have very limited in experience when it comes to working on cars. I can do simple things like change the oil and the spark pugs and such, I have the mechanical ability to do a little bit more complicated stuff than that, and access to most of the tools ...