Thread: What did you do to your Car today?

That looks yummy.

Atleast it's fresh

actually for the gxp its normal. mine isnt the only one that always maintained that. at a couple meets ive been to with other gxp owners their was around 14.8 to 15.3 as well. and a guy who lives a minute from here his stays around 15 also. but 12.8 is definately low while car is on

Installed the fuel pump rewire. Was glad to see it actually jumped up the fuel pressure at the rail. used to be 41-42psi, now it's 45-46psi.

Buttoned up the cam install. Bled the cooling system, etc.

sounds like a battery issue.

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

DirtDog--

I've had no problems with Wal-Mart batteries so long as you make sure it's a Johnson Controls battery, not an Exide battery. Same five year warranty that any other battery maker these days have.

If you have $200, buy an Optima redtop. You'll never have a starting problem again.

Put the belt on and tensioned it properly. Amazing how much better something works when it's put together the right way.

Drove it up to schedule my classes for next semester. I'm taking Intro to Auto service, Steering & Suspension systems, Auto Electrical systems 1, and Automatic Transmission systems. Then I stood in the parking garage yelling at the stupid car because it wouldn't start.. again..

It finally started. I pulled a Jeremy Clarkson and broke out my elaborate toolbox of hammers.

My belt is pretty cracked.


Yeah it's pretty bad for a belt that isn't even original, out impala with the same miles and one year newer has the oem belt that looks better than this. Don't buy cheap serpentine belts guys.

Since it doesn't make any noise I've been slacking off to change it, but at work a car came in with no serpentine belt attached and the owner brought it to show us, it snapped on it's own while he was driving, and it was only a little more dry rotted than mine. I'm going to buy the best one I can, a goodyear gatorback.

No not yet.. Keyword yet.

Originally Posted by CapnBreakAlot

Drove it up to schedule my classes for next semester. I'm taking Intro to Auto service, Steering & Suspension systems, Auto Electrical systems 1, and Automatic Transmission systems. Then I stood in the parking garage yelling at the stupid car because it wouldn't start.. again..

So what you are saying is that you are going to be trained to break stuff? Let us know when you land a job in a garage so we can go elsewhere lol

I texted Dan earlier and told him what I was taking. Then told him I'm learning how to break more stuff now lol. He said maybe I'd learn not to break stuff but that's no fun..

well this is last night lol but i guess it counts lol. I got my fuel pump in and running perfect at 40-42 psi with fluctuations due to injectors firing order.

Originally Posted by loopy smurf

You learn more by breaking stuff...lol

Damn straight.. but if you break the same thing more than once or twice.. that's not learning.

^^ and that cost more. you end up buying the same tool over and over again it really sucks. I have been luck to only break 3 tools. now breaking bolts my total is about 50 lol

how do you guys break bolts? my friend the bolt snapper, i make a bolt tight, hes like go more, im like its good, so he makes it tighter, and snap every time. i dont get some people at all lol

Break you should have been screaming "powerrrr" while trying to start it

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