Thread: What did you do to your Car today?

Car.... kept the trac control off. I can do a better job without it. It's like a parent smacking your hand if one tire loses any traction.

Her 4 Runner.... wow talk about a killjoy vehicle. I need to find it's traction off. Could barely get 800 rpm before it cut engine power. That thing is pretty damn safe in 2wd, mainly because it won't let you move. Didn't like that. Felt over governed. And for Scotty.. is up with newer vehicles not being able to go into 4wd on the move? Silverado FTMFW

Super Tractor.. threw the belt this morning.... pretty sure I tensioned it improperly upon install this year.

my brother was just telling me he has to siut off the TC in his Yukon if he wants to move as well.

Its easy. Change it just for fun. Lol

Washed the dirty girl. Parked in my garage waiting for an interior detail now

Getting fresh 5w30 later toooo

Washed all the road salt the GXP today. =]

Originally Posted by gpse2000

Washed the dirty girl. Parked in my garage waiting for an interior detail now

Getting fresh 5w30 later toooo

you mean like this?

Whacked on the cat a bit with a hammer. Unclogged it a bit

Originally Posted by 98buicksupercharged

Whacked on the cat a bit with a hammer.

you shouldn't be so cruel to your cat.....

My cat is cruel to me. So it got its ass beat

Haven't seen it since Sunday. I actually miss it quiet a bit. I think it handles a lot better than the g6 does in the snow and crap.

any one got a preference on car battery brands? im giving up hope on mine cause it wont hold a charge good. after about a total of an hour of driving plus all the driving this week it still only has a 75% charge according to advance auto parts

Is it the factory delco?

Is it old or do you have charging problems??


I'd go interstate battery myself.

Originally Posted by DirtDog

any one got a preference on car battery brands? im giving up hope on mine cause it wont hold a charge good. after about a total of an hour of driving plus all the driving this week it still only has a 75% charge according to advance auto parts

i got a interstate as well. get your alt and battery tested with a load tester. see whats bad. also check all the cables, the one on the alt too.

not forsure. 1 time i went to get it tested and they said the regulator in alternator was bad...next day the battery was bad. I never get the same answer twice in a row. my voltage will vary from the normal 15.2v all the way down to 12.8v. and when the car is off my battery has been showing 11.9 volts which is low. and i cleaned off the corrosion off the battery at beginning of week when i got off ship and the terminal is covered in it again now. ill take a pic in the am to show ya the terminal.

look for the date on the battery, it may be old, and the alt sounds like its taking a crap.

11.9v while off isnt that low, its a 12 volt system and with things running inside the car, thats why its not over 12 volts.

Unless everything is off and you are using a DMM to see volts off the battery. But you still gotta figure it will never be 12.7 volts if something like a security system is running at all times.

As for the charging, it seems that all the 2004+ cars got a different alt/regulator that runs super wierd. I never get odd numbers like that in my 2000. It's always 14 to 14.5 when its cold and 13.5ish when everything is warmed up, no matter the loads on at that time.

I got a duralast gold batt with 5 year warranty from AutoZone haven't had a problem. With it for a year now.

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battery doesnt have a date on it that i can find....sticker probably fell off. ffdp the car used to stay right at 15.2 volts all the time unless i push break pedal or something. and also up until recently the battery would sit at around 12.4-12.7 when the car was off and would never get lower unless i sit there listening to radio or something.
this is after 3 days

15.2 volts sounds really high. It should maintain at 13-14.5 volts