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apparently the spark plug broke off? totally melted, said I probably had a destroyed cylinder head but won't really know until they start tearing it apart. the shop said it will be a major engine rebuild and advised maybe its time to shop around for a new car. kind of wonder if this is my fault sinc...

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gave it the ol' college try. a little gas, a little oil, doesn't even turn over-- so i tried jumping it. seems pretty locked up. the brakes don't have any give in them either-- although maybe that happened when i had it in neutral and the sheriff was pushing me to a safe parking spot. calling a tow ...

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got a blinking CEL last night, the car slowly decelerated then the oil late came on, then shut off. i couldn't restart it and got a ride home with the sherrif's dept. i realize i should have just stopped the car immediately.... but i didnt. i was 3 miles away from home and pushed my luck. my questio...

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i should preface this by saying my commute to work is only about 1 or 2 minutes at 25mph. is it possible the exhaust is not heating up enough to evaporate the moisture? i just thought it was weird that it was dripping from the center of the muffler like that. i got to work about 2 hours ago and it w...

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here's the puddle

here's the source

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thats interesting stuff about the vtech, and the lift and stuff. i never knew i had that. i just bought the only used Vibe on the lot and it happened to be a GT. that being said, now that I know the clutches aren't designed to handle the engine i still dont know if i'll pull that out of the bag too ...

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so not surprisingly the CEL came back on. its the P0420. i noticed the center of the muffler dripping the other day when i parked. maybe just moisture? is this something that will ultimately do damage to my car, or is this just a bad O2 sensor?

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what is lift engagement?

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had my clutch replaced. cost $1291. They were able to resurface the flywheel. Just throwing this last post out there as a reference for future users. the shop claimed the CEL was due to the clutch, but I have my doubts. 10 bucks says that light comes back on again in a week. time to start the clock ...

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Joatmon, thanks for the response. When I got home from work today I checked my clutch/brake reservoir and it is empty, or at least below the min. level. I couldn't see great because its dark so darn early now. I can go buy some dot 3 brake fluid, but my understanding is this won't fix anything, that...

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yeah, the estimates i'm getting are across the board, anywhere from $1100 to $2200. The $2200 estimate made sure to tell me he was including the master and the slave cylinder... what are those? and will i need them? He said without those his estimate is $800 cheaper.

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so if i replace the clutch i shouldn't match the stock? any suggestions? is this a $1000 shop repair?

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ugh, whats that going to cost? is this a result of me driving it poorly? the car was a lease from '03-'06. i bought it used in '06 w/ 60k miles and have put 100k on it since then.

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yes, i cannot accelerate quickly... i have to baby it up to full speed after a stop, but this will even happen on the highway sometimes when i have cruise control set.

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'03 Vibe GT, 165k miles. 6 speed Have noticed my engine revving up during acceleration with no response in actual acceleration. This is true in all gears... Like its missing. My CEL light has been off and on for 4 years but the last 3 times I had it checked it was always the CAT or O2 sensor code (P...

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CEL comes on when I turn the ignition, goes off-- so everythings in order there. guess its just my lucky day

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So, after just replacing the A/C clutch on the compressor and driving for 3 days my CEL cleared. And-- its been off for 4 days now... No battery disconnect, no, nothing-- So I'm thinking one of 2 things. (1.) The light just got sick of trying to tell me something, gave up, or burned out.... or (2.) ...

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i ended up finding an independent mechanic to do this repair for me for $193. (i had already bought the part) i think he was kicking himself when it was all over.

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ready for the steal of a lifetime? bought the clutch online from newgmparts.com for like $110. (wait for it... wait for it...) so I called an independent garage that works on all makes and models. somehow, they referenced my '03 vibe, the a/c clutch and the repair time, and it came back as a 2 hour ...

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this may be a bit blunt and obnoxious but-- have been doing oil changes regularly?

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eyedoc by a landslide for this incredible writeuphttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=32663

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eyedoc by a landslide for this incredible writeuphttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=32663

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I just emailed eyedoc's write up to like 15 different people who have been struggling with this. Awesome! One question.... how long did it take?

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My GT is great, mostly because its mine-- I've had my problems with it but I'm also pushing 140,000 miles. This A/C clutch compressor thing has lingered for awhile-- I have the parts, just not the motivation to attempt to hang the compressor and hoses from my hood while I pull off the clutch... The ...

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I'd bet money its your a/c compressor clutch-- seems to be a reoccurring problem around here. http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=41023

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make sure its the whole compressor you need to replace, i just need my clutch coil replaced, also have an 03 vibe gt-- and i heard some places try to tell me you have to buy a whole new compressor, they don't sell the clutch coil by itself-- which they do... i'm planning on attempting the swap in ab...

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lost a washer nozzle this past winter, there is a big cumbersome fiberglass insulation shield on the bottom side of the hood, but you don't need to remove it. The new nozzles snap into the hood from the outside of the car and you just have to finesse the old hose onto the spout... it does help to ha...

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just did my 03 vibe gt at 136,000 miles. hadn't done it since i bought it at 65k miles. thing was pretty grimy and oily. not much room to work a wrench on the GT models either. the pcv valve is in the back. Had to clamp on a pair of vice grips to get the hose clamp to loosen up-- slid the hose off a...

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was looking at the clutch plate, how much space i had, and how to remove it, and was wondering if the bolt that will need to be removed, the one that holds the clutch plate to the compressor and runs perpendicular to the serpentine belt... is that an allen key, or hex key or whatever... also it seem...

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cleaned the MAF sensor a day before taking it to the dealer to get the CEL checked. that was dumb. unplugged the battery and cleared the CEL. gonna have to take it back down in a week or two to get it looked at again. Tried to drive it as hard as possible on my way to the dealer. No luck. The light ...

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update #1: its not the relay, unfortunately. that would be nice if it was the easy fix. I let the car run for about 10 min. with the windows down, A/C:on, recirc:off..... if anything it felt like the air blowing got hotter, not colder.I am on the Samba. love that site as well, although both my VWs a...

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Thanks Dave, I'll give it a shot next weekend maybe-- so with this procedure there is no de-energizing or re-energizing? or will I have to possibly reenergize it once I have it back together?I have a '71 VW beetle convertible, and a '65 Karmann Ghia coupe. both of which are air-cooled.

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compressor clutch coil. didn't say why it was bad, but i assume its not turning the compressor on or off. in this case, not turning it on at all. i checked the fuses, that was about as far as my expertise in A/C goes. I did talk with them about the problem and the service. They said refrigerant leve...

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Got it checked out today. Need a new coil. The part is like $180. After labor and re-energizing the system and freon though it'll be around $550. Any opinions?

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is there a good way to pull up the carpet in the front passenger side? or is it all muscling and fingers crossed that you don't booger up the plastic rivets holding it down?

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joatmon, tried that last week, it needed a little tweak but haven't noticed a difference in temperature.... aussie, i can hear the the engine surge, and i can watch the rpms increase, but i'm not hearing the compressor engage at all. i'm pretty much just blowing whatever the outside temp is into my ...

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CEL light is back after two days.... so I guess I'll take it to the dealer, see what's next-- o2 sensors or cat... it was a nice try.

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i've got no cold air. it seems as though it blows in the same temperature air that it is outside. i'm assuming i need to replace the air conditioner, but would be interested in any checks or tests i can perform myself. i've recently replaced the cabin air filter, and have read some about getting the...

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so being totally impatient for a reply I went out and removed all the spark plugs again. had not cross-threaded any of them-- when i put them back in this time is jammed a piece of rubber hose on the end of them and lowered them down into the hole. i threaded about the first 3/4 of the spark plug us...

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Replaced all four spark plugs this afternoon. My first ever spark plug replacement endeavor, on this or any other car. Relatively easy apart from the fear that every single one I replaced I was cross-threading. I have this feeling I cross-threaded at least one... It's really a blind sort of installa...

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My P0420 story started 2 years ago. (90k miles) I drove 30,000 miles cross country. CEL would come on sporadically, I'd sleep in a hotel, when I woke up in the morning I'd keep my fingers crossed that the light would be out. Sometimes it would, sometimes it wouldn't. Had it checked once during an oi...

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I should have taken a picture of the thing. Black. Leaves. Death. All of the above.

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also, is it possible that by having never changed the cabin air filter i broke my AC? i got an estimate of $1000 to replace the AC and i'm almost wondering now if maybe a simple filter change will do the trick.

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do i have to disconnect the passenger side airbag before i change the cabin filter???

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there's some type of felt heat shield under my '03 vibe hood. its held in place by a bunch of plastic caps i need to take it off in order to replace a washer nozzle that was lost this winter--- whats the best way to do it without completely tearing it apart-- i started to pry on the plastic caps but...

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