Recent content by lelandr

Thanks for a great thread. If you don't mind, from where did you pressure test the tank? I had questionable lines at the surge valve (replaced with BMW fuel line) and a deteriorated line from the evap canister to the motor (also replaced with BMW fuel line). The system holds vacuum from the...

Thanks for the response. Most of local places only have the code readers, and I have the codes. I was looking for a tool which could perform an evap diagnostic test & give data back. Those are much harder to find,

Hi everyone, I'm trying to resolve a persistent CE light on my wife's 4Runner. I think that I've exhausted a lot of the simple tests that I can do. I wonder if anyone in the ATL area has a Toyota-capable scan tool which can run evap tests? I can offer wrenching services/tools/garage space...

That it falls on the tank side seems strange. I tested mine with it in place through the hose that goes to the hard line on the frame. In this case, it now holds vacuum (similar to pictures earlier in the thread). Initially, it did not, but the hoses were in bad shape and now have been...

Why not try the longer interval? I have found Blackstone to be very pragmatic in this respect. As a point of comparison, I also use Mobil1 in my BMWs (Porsche A40 or BMW LL-01 certs). My 2006 330i has a condition-based service interval which generally instructs on a change between 15-20k...

So, you want a largely poor, uneducated black populace more armed & firing back? Really? No wonder law enforcement thinks that they need to be militarily armed. I find it laughable that you think that your plan would be effective at all. A stack of hundreds says that you're as much or more...

First of all, a little disclosure as I'm sort of new & don't post much. I have a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Auburn University (98). I work as a cold-rolling process specialist in the metals industry. I work for a big German conglomerate (or div is going into a JV with a...

When the shooting first happened, The Economist reported that while Ferguson has a huge bias towards black in the population that the police force is vastly white. Seems like a recipe for disaster. I agree fully with what you said, but have you heard the adage about the "blind leading the...

Easy to say sitting hundreds of miles away. There's probably more than just a few good folks there (i would even go so far as to say that the majority of protesters are not causing trouble either). They should just abandon everything they've owned & worked for? Nobody who has means to get out of...

Eh, Thailand has tried something similar (without killing politicians), and it hasn't done much. Be careful what you wish for...despite our issues, there is a much larger opportunity for things to be worse than better. Better you just resolve yourself to the fact that politicians represent a...

My experience there last winter does not corroborate your contention of their driving abilities. ;) Snow in GA & WTF do I do now? Stay at home & play with my kid...the roads are usually a disaster of Yankee immigrants who insist that they know how to drive in inclement weather...

And to think that I'm so stupid that I agreed to go to Hamilton, ON for the whole month of December... As opposed to only moderately chilly Georgia. Maybe there's still time to break a leg or something. I do particularly loathe winter.

Nah. Not so much. There are eleventy billion of these sixes out there. There are a lot of shops who have mastered building them inexpensively. TRM will sell decent refreshed motors for less than a couple grand. The S52s pull a little more. They will sell a 400+hp turbo S52 for about $4k. Otoh...

Super cheap, what's the problem? Fwiw, I always grab retired notebooks for the garage computer. Couple hundred in new HD & OS. Notebooks are usually more robust in their construction for this kind of use, especially commercial-grade. I guarantee that my notebook for work sees considerably...

Thanks for taking the time for that. First, I'm not against electric cars. The best case scenario is one in which there are abundant choices of vehicle fuels. The competition will keep everyone more honest. I do like the German diesels personally. The best rental I've ever had was a BMW 320d...