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  1. drewmitch44

    97 cavalier p0507

    getting a p0507 code from the obdII scan tool. now this has a new throttle position sensor and all. Now when I drive when im going over 45 or so when I take my foot off the gas pedal i feel a shutter like the gear getting negative resistance or whatever. If I clear the code with my scan tool as...
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    97 cavalier gas smell inside the cab

    When the car is cold and not moving I smell gas from the vents if I let the car sit a long time this smell gets strong. I just changed the fuel pressure regulator thinking that was the problem but it made it better but still seem to smell it when the car has been sitting for the night. I think...
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    97 cavalier rear drum brakes question.

    my rear drum brakes keep overtighten themselves. I think it is the rear passenger side mostly or maybe just that one. I can spin that star wheel to loosen the shoes and I know they will tighten its self automatically and it will click one notch at a time each time it does, but why does it keep...
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    2000 elantra all windows stopped working!

    I was replacing a starter relay that is way up under the dash to get my car to start. It does now and now all the suddon the windows will not function. The power locks work but none of the windows do. There is the interior light on in the buttons for the window buttons but none of them move...
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    Certified Mail question!

    can you find out who sent it before you sign for it at the post office? I guess they tried to deliver this piece of mail 3 times and i work 10 hour shifts and if i dont pick it up tomorrow at post office it will return to sender. I want to know can i see the letter before I sign for it? If...
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    exhaust questions 2000 elantra

    I have a small exhaust leak that is not loud but sounds more like high air pressure when i accelerate. Also the car is sluggish when i accelerate as well. I was told on here on another post that it might be that my catalytic converter might be pluged up. So yesterday I took the car into the...
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    2000 hyundai elantra acceleration questions

    I have a 2000 hyundai elantra which just recently started feeling like it does not want to accelerate like it used too. I know this is not a sports car by any means but I have had this car a long time and i can tell that something is not right. It happens when accelerating and the rpm's start...
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    Timing belt replacement cost????

    I have a 2000 hyundai Elantra that has about 170,000 miles. I dont know when the timing belt was changed if ever. It runs really well and I want to keep it for a whyle. Someone told me to make sure the timing belt has been changed cause if it goes bad the motor will be junk. I am wondering...
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    difference between pci ports on mobo

    im going to be building a new pc and have not done it in a few years. Last time i built a pc it was back when there was only AGP ports for video. So, can someone tell me the difference between PCI Express x16 slot and PCI Express x1 slot. Id like to know if they are both for video and if so...
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    "the fed"

    got a friend that works at walmart and he told me he has been asked to work overtime to change prices. Seems they had some meeting and cause the fed did something with bonds or something everything that is a consumable is going up by like ten percent. I heard they were going to print some...
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    can people in say Yemen get usa tv?

    maybe through satellite? what im watching on the news looks like a terror "dry run". It looks like they put these bomb lookalikes to see if they got through. And i wonder if they can see in Yemen can see our tv networks focused on it. if they can then they need to get the hell away from...
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    car interior nicotine yellowing removal

    Whats the best way to get the off color off a cars say door where there is the plastic like liner just under the window? I dont want to bleach it but window cleaner and paper towels do not work. just wondering if there is a method for this? im not talking about apulstry or howerver you spell...
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    Pc hardware help

    Im trying to install a agp card in a w4885 emachines and there is a agp slot and i cannot get the mobo to see the card. i know this is a lame pc but it is what i have to work with. my old pc mobo crashed and I have 2- 500 gig sata hdd's so i got a PCI sata card. I cannot get eather one to work...
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    bios flash help!

    I have a emachines w4885 and 2.8 ghz pentium and im trying to install a sata raid card. i been having problems and i have been told that i need to flash my bios. I cannot find anywhere the file i need and the instructions to do so. I have seen in some other forums where people have done so...
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    PC questions!

    ok here is what i got! My computer (that I built a few years ago) is dying! the bios will not remember the settings every time i reset, or if the power just surges. I have replaced the battery. (soyo dragon KT600 dragon ultra platnum) Is the motherboard. It is a AMD based bord and I have the...
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    tracking cell phone location

    Is there a way to track a cell phone with some kind of software that an average person can use? I know that it can be done the location is set to "on" in the phone settings but im not sure where to start. The phone that I am talking about has GPS and the location is set to on so that the GPS...
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    laptop memory type???

    I have a Compaq V5000 laptop with the amd Semprom processor. The laptop has only 384 MB of ram. Im sure thats cause its sharing system mem with the vid card. I want to upgrade the memory and Im not sure which type to get. I think It is 166 or 233 bus speed but I am not sure and compaq will...
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    wheel bearings

    im wondering if I really need a press in order to replace the sealed type wheel bearings? I have the bearings for the front end of my car but I was told that there is a press that should be used to change them out. Its a 2000 hyundai elantra. Thanks for any help guys.
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    fox news???

    this is not a political thing so please do not make it one! I just wonder why media in other outlets does not like it? Is it the same kind of thing why ford does not like chevy?
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    the best way to cut exhaust pipe?

    can I just hacksaw through exhaust pipe? I have seen the chain wrenches that is made for cutting through exhaust pipe but do not have that tool and I need to make 2 cuts through exhaust pipe under my car. I seem to remember as a kid having a hard time cutting exhaust pipe with a hacksaw. Its...
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