Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »We all have bonehead moments in life... The difference between the stupid people and smart people is the smart people learn from the mistake. So what did YOU learn?Hope it turns out ok for youI learned to slow down and check the frickin' oil after I'm done lik...

Yeah fingers are crossed. I can't believe I did this. Its not leaking oil so far. The air filter is dry. I might pull the plugs to see if they got any oil on them. Im just sick about this....:S

So like the topic says, I screwed the pooch royally. Went to do an oil change and removed the wrong drain bolt, drained the automatic tranny fluid, then overfilled the oil and committed the cardinal sin of not checking the oil before I drove off. It had trouble getting into gear from a stop a couple...

Vibes don't warm up very well from just idling. I usually let it run for a couple of minutes just to get the juices flowing then drive it fairly conservatively for the first couple kms to get the heat up. I did notice that in the extreme cold (<-30) that it takes a while to get the temp needle up to...

Well the filter was packed with dirt (like everything else on this car. #$%$ gravel roads! So I decaked the dirt so the filter is at least visible. Went to fill up with gas and low and behold, the pump doesn't click off after 5 seconds. Woohoo. I found a Matrix tsb that I think shows it as being an ...

This where one end of the hose goes to:

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Anyone know what this thing is. I've been having problems filling my tank since I bought my 06 Vibe used last month. I decided to take a look underneath and found this filter box attached to the charcoal canister. It looks like a rock hit it and it had been collecting dirt and gravel road dust for s...

Found some stuff in the blower. I call him Whiskers. I think he died of lung cancer.

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Quote, originally posted by psiu »Just pulled mine out and replaced. I think win the "dirtiest cabin filter" award. 110K miles on 03.Sorry. I win. Just bought a 2006 Vibe from a girl on a farm. She never changed the cabin filter. I got a little surprise when I pulled it out today. 6 mummi...