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i need some help. i am wondering if anyone has ever expirienced a failed/failing knock sensor on a 7MGE? what are your symptoms? anyone know how to definitively diagnose a knock sensor?? (nothing in the tsrm) i have this problem where the engine kinda boggs down in mid to upper RPM...

i just did so and i am please it came out so nice... and was very easy it started out b/c i thought i had a bad/weak coil... so i grabbed a universal accel coil off the shelf and quickly wired it up to see if it worked and was better than the oem... and after the test drive it was noticeably...

i was curious if anyone knew or tried to fit a 245 45 16 tire on the stock 16x7 rims? will they fit? i ask b/c i found 2 michelin tires at my shops parts warehouse that were discontinued and they were only $22 a piece WOAH!! no lie.. only thing is they are two models of michelins, ones...

so im not sure if it was the cheap ebay head set or if it was the fact that i only torqued the head bolts to 58 ft lbs... but i blew my head gasket between 4 and 5 cylinder today while driving... it sucks only had 5k on the rebuild... but when i assembled it, all i had access to was the...

can anyone tell me what the symptoms of a bad tps would be? like what is the purpose of the idle switch? what would it cause if it were bad?

has any one expirienced anything like this? i have within the last 10k miles replaced the wires, cap and rotor, plugs 1k ago with toyota plugs, and coolant temp sensor i have in addition checked the VAF meter, voltage sweep is smooth and steady... the air intake temp sensor is accurate as...

so i was tired of having to pick up/find my ipod when i wanted to change the song.. so after some thought and will power i decided to make it happen... while thinking of a good location, i knew i didnt want it on the gauge cluster blocking any of my vitals or on the steering wheel due to a...

so im driving home last night and my car starts driving funny, as if it were detonating or was starting to skip... it progressively got worse to the point where i stepped on the clutch and it died, after it died it would not restart... thought maybe the engine overheated based on how it...

i know some one out there will appreciate this repair... if you have a bad center support bearing as in there is a lot of movement in the bushing.. and you dont want to replace it, either because you dont have the money and or tools, heres a quick fix... no pics, sorry but if you look...

so as some of you know.. i rebuilt a cressy engine recently... so im hearing this noise, thats between a knock and a tick... its comming from the exhaust side valve cover toward the cam gear doesnt really sound like valvetrain... the only thing i can think of thats in that area is the...

recently when i rebuilt my engine... i cleaned all my intake parts and what not... and while doing so, i found the EGR tube in the intake COMPLETELY blocked.. as well as that tiny ass tube off the egr valve.. just something to keep in mind next time you have your intake off... it makes for a...

ok.. so in a nutshell i rebuilt an engine cylinders honed, new rings, rod and main bearings, all new seals.. yada yada yada i also sent the flywheel out for resurfacing and a moderate lightening.. now that the engine is back together i have a vibration when free revving around 3k rpms ...

this isnt really a problem... more of a statement... i see many people, with questions relating to low oil pressure... and everyone seems to say that stock pressure at idle is 5 psi.. and at 5 psi... the gauge would barely be off the bottom line? i understand that this is not the case...

ok guys, first post here. pretty familiar with the general forum rules, so rest assured i have searched... however im sure i could have searched many more hours to acheive the answer im seeking... buit i thought someone would already know the answer and maybe lighten up my day.. so heres the...