Recent content by a216vcti

I experienced this as well. OP, what's your long term fuel trim reading?

I'm not sure what this is, smells of gasoline odor about the vehicle, pours out white smoke, the long term fuel trim is in the -20% through -40%. The voltage seems right, mass air flow seems about 4g/s. I'm suspecting a leaky fuel injector but don't have a way to test. Does anyone know how to...

I had this issue too. I ended up getting a local shop to fab up some angle iron on the outside of the frame to mount the top of the shock for ~$100. It seems to work without any issues but I don't wheel the truck. I'll get some pictures on Monday. The truck is at the alignment shop at the moment.

Is it smoking because there was left over oil on exhaust components or is it coming out of the exhaust

Update: So I pulled the steering wheel off, two bolts on each side hold the airbag, then the 19mm in the center holds the steering wheel on. I needed to rent a steering wheel puller from autozone but got it off. After that I removed the shroud to the column with 3 screws, two behind the...

I ended up getting one out with a pickle fork and one with the OEM tool linked above. For the PS lines, I ended up cutting through the lines with a sawzall and replacing the lines from the ps pump. My new problem is trying to get the rack and steering in alignment enough to get it to the...

Why does everything on this car have to be a pain in the ass!?!? The PS lines are busted. FML! They were rusted to the rack and stripped out when I tried to disconnect them. I think they were the actual culprit to the PS fluid leak as there was a bunch of fluid around that area. Not upset about...

Thanks for the response. I ended up getting this one:https://www.otctools.com/products/pitman-armtie-rod-end-puller and it worked fine. Now I'm stuck trying to get the intermediate shaft out of the rack and pinion. It's rusted together and I'm having a hard time getting some heat on there...

Can someone recommend a otre removal tool that’s on amazon? I’d like to try to get the otre off by Wednesday to prep for the new rack. I have the harbor freight tool that doesn’t seem to fit. I saw a video on YouTube where the guy was able to remove the otre with a tool somilar to mine so I know...

That seems scary and not worth it in my opinion. If the little bit of lug that has bitten starts to strip, you may be in big trouble. Getting that off probably requires a O/A torch, saw or bolt cutter. Again, this is just my opinion. It probably would work but if you're already there, you...

The dash-command app and generic wifi obd2 connector seem to be doing everything I asked for except for trans temp. I haven't been able to figure that one out yet. Overall, good tool. Cleared codes on my jetta as well. Thanks for the recommendations.

I ended up buying this. I'll let you know what I think. I'll be getting the dash command app from the apple store.

Do these work with the iPhone? I don't have an android device. EDIT: It looks like it works with the iphone. Does anyone have an app recommendation? The torque app isn't on the apple store.

I need a scan tool. I'm look a tool that would display a/f, fuel trim, trans temp, and any other fun metrics that my vehicle currently monitors.

I have the cheap red amazon diag tool but I would like something on par with what the manual recommends for use during troubleshooting. It looks like a lot of people use the scangauge II. Before I drop $160, does anyone have any better alternative. Price isn't that big of an issues. Not trying...