Well….the engine croaked at 325K. I haven’t torn it down yet, but I’m pretty sure the timing system went south. It had a rattle upon deceleration, but would stop rattling with the slightest throttle pressure or putting the transmission in neutral and coasting. The last time it ran, the noise was sim...

Long story: I previously posted about a whine at startup that begins after oil pressure builds, and goes away as soon as the engine starts to warm up. That has changed. On Wednesday, I passed a couple of trucks. Did not over-rev the engine. About a mile after passing them, I noticed the oil light wa...

My ‘03 has the exact same noise. Whines at start-up, noise is relative to RPM, and “almost” goes away once operating temp is reached. It sounds just like a power steering pump that is dry. I just finished removing the belt and starting to engine to isolate the belt-driven accessories. The whine is s...

2003 with 293,000 miles. I’ve recently noticed a rattle at cold start until oil pressure builds…maybe a second or so. Sometimes I think I can hear the rattle after the engine cools for an hour or so, but I think my mind is fooling me. After the rattle goes away, I get a whine that sounds like a powe...

Been a minute. Got a new phone and lost all my passwords, and had issues getting back on here. Anywho….. Gave up and took her to a shop. $90 fix, which the paperwork said was a broken vacuum line to the purge canister allowing unmetered air into the system. I didn’t get to question the mechanic, as ...

P0171 lean
P0300 misfire generic
P0301 misfire 1
P0302misfire 2
P0303 misfire 3
P0304 misfire 4
P0505 idle speed incorrect

Been a minute. Came down with Corovid last week. I can clear codes, and as soon as it stumbles I get misfires across the board. I futzed around with it a few minutes ago, and it seems to run best with the MAF sensor unplugged. I guess I’ll order another one and see if it helps. It didn’t run dry….ne...

Long weekend. Installed a green-label IACV yesterday. It helped but didn’t cure the ill. Fired it up this morning and the idle jumped to 2500 for a few seconds and then dropped to 1700. I could hear a slight sputter. Left the house and it smoothed out. Drove 50 miles no issues. Had stop at a light a...

Still no joy on the idle issue. Had a friend over to double-check my work, and do some work on his ‘08. Went over everything I did with the air box lid, electrical connections, etc. I cleaned the t-body, MAF, and IAC, and she still lopes like a top-fuel car. The slightest touch of throttle makes it ...

2003 base, 278K on it. Back story: cooling fan blade assembly come off the motor. Put on an Import Direct unit from O’Reilly. 2 weeks later, that one decided to disintegrate, and poked a few holes in the radiator. I had to add some stop-leak since I was 150 miles from home. Ordered a Denso radiator,...