Looks like I'm going to tackle this before my road trip to San Francisco. Probably one of the better straight to the point youtube videos on this
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpSO5MJn1U
Mine passed smog when it wasnt completed. Some shops wont smog it if its not completed so I went and found one that would. Besides having to replace the O2 sensor it passed the smog fine.
Figured out that I need to either replace the contacts on the starter again (replaced 5k miles ago) or get a new starter. Most likely the latter so I dont have to worry about it anymore.
Also replaced the battery and checked the starter relay which led to the diagnosis.
So I got the battery tested and it was starting to go so I replaced it, but that didnt do anything at all for the starting issue. How do I go about testing the relay?
So about 5k miles ago I replaced my starter contacts and it has been working flawlessly but recently the clicking has come back. Should I just replace the whole starter? I remember when I replaced them that some rubber in the starter was really dried out and falling apart, not sure if that has...
Yeah I'm definitely considering doing that, but I would be without transportation if I sold it, so I might save some money up and try to find one in the $5k range and then sell my current one.
A few large tree branches fell on my runner the other day and scratched the crap out of my car and cracked my windshield. Insurance quoted $3k in damage. I thought it wasnt that bad so i attempted to buff some of it out
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I think I might keep the check.
Still havent done the...