What issues have you had with Remans??

I can get a reman engine from the part store with my commercial account for about $2000-2500. And a case of beer and some pizza is about all it will cost me in labor (and a weekend of my time).So if I am able to find a good low mileage used one I will be even that much farther ahead.So call it $3k b...

I hear you, however her car is PAID OFF, and everything else if in pretty good shape, and she LOVES IT!!!The last thing I want to do is lock into another 4-5 years worth of payments on a new car.Besides I have mechanics in the family so we are going to do the work ourselves so really I will only be ...

Corrolla's have the same engines?That was actually going to be my next question, what are possible donar vehicles that will simply bolt in??Of course my teenage sone told me to snag a GT engine to bolt in. If it was my car, there is no way I would drop a stock engine in it, but for my wife, she gets...

Just wanted to say I know this is an OLD posting, but...While working on my wife's 03 last Friday night I too started to round off the bolt head and after throwing a few things in the garage and saying a few choice words, I logged in here to search for some help and came across this thread.What a li...

Antifreeze was fine best I can tell, and it's not winter so I don't know what the hell happened.

Well just found out earlier in the week that my wife's 2003 AWD Vibe has a cracked block.There are only 133k miles on the clock and there is a small crack under the exhaust manifold a few inches away from the blcok drain petcock.The mechanic does not think it cracked due to over heating, lack of wat...

Thanks guys.

Nothing on ebay that I can find.

Not sure where you think it is cheaper to go with regular oil changes, and where you are getting $11 per qt. of Amsoil. I sell it for alot less than that.Also the Amsoil filters are good for the same amount of time as the oil 25,000 miles. So there is NO need to change the filter in between oil chan...

Being an Amsoil dealer I guess I would have to say synthetics all the way.Honestly though I run Amsoil 5w-30 in the vibe and 20w-50 in my Jeep with a stroker engine, and they run great.When I first switched to Amsoil I left it in the jeep for just over 25,000 miles and never changed the filter. Afte...

Damn how are you guys working on them?Mine has been under warranty until now so I never had to worry about it.I have to do the brakes in the front end this coming weekend and would like to know the torque specs and what not.Thanks.

Can't seem to find anything but the factory manuals and at $100+ I need a cheaper solution.Anyone know of anything?Dirk

First off Amsoil is NOT the Amway of automotive fluids, at least that is NOT how I approach it.All I can tell you is my own experience, nothing more nothing less.Steel you are absolutely correct changing the oil more often does not hurt your engine and if you get a good deal on oil and filters then ...

I have to tell you that changing your oil every 3-4k miles really is over kill. Even with conventional Dino oil you can go about 6k.I run amsoil and just had a sample tested that I ran in my Jeep for 25,xxx miles on the same filter even and the analysis came back as time to change but only as CAUTIO...

Thanks man that's GREAT!!!!Now does anyone know of a place for a factory service manual in PDF????

Thanks guys.I am big in the Jeep community, but have not really done anything with the wife's Vibe since it has been under warranty and now that it is out I guess it is my turn to wrench on it.

Thanks. Appreciate the response. Sorry to ask such a newb question.

When are we suppose to change the plugs on the Vibe? I don't have the owners manual in fromt of me and want to order them today if I need to.

I will check the local parts stores to see who has something.Once I find the problem do I need to reset the computer?I checked the gas cap this morning and added some oil but the light is still on (might be another problem also) I will look at it closely this weekend.

Sorry about the wife comment.

And yea I will let you know what it is.Is there a cheap scan tool I could buuy for this vehicle? Now that it is out of warranty I will be doing most of the work on it.

2003 AWD, red. Stock (it's the wife's car after all)

Amsoil all the way, in all 3 of my cars. I am a dealer also so if anyone needs anything let me know.Dirk

Well it is my wife's car and she just called telling me the check light just came on.I have a Jeep that you can pull from turning on/off/on the ingintion switch so I was hoping there was something like this.

Is there a way to pull the codes off the Vibe without a scanner tool??