So.Cal Mechanics Thread

[bmxicansd]

How do you test for a bad head gasket? The temperature needle went above the halfway mark while idling. Both fans work, radiator has a pinhole leak and there's no funny colored smoke blowing out the exhaust. But I found some sludge in the overflow bottle and the system was a half gallon low.
Still runs fine, hopefully its only a bad radiator since I'm broke.

hope its just your radiator..

[4CYLPOWER92]

A half gallon is a lot of coolant Gary. Keep a close eye on it and see if you can find any signs of leaks.

[jhondayaaj]

Fix the leak first. I have a block tester that will tell u if the head gasket is bad or not.

[2.2litrebeater]

Apparently it was all the radiator. After battling with an ill fitting pos aftermarket radiator whose fins bend if you look at em funny there is no more sludge in the overflow. When i drained the old radiator it appeared to be coolant with spots of red oil. Of course after all that the heater suddenly doesn't work despite the valve seaming to work fine and the cable has possibly snapped. Sweet.

[jhondayaaj]

Apparently it was all the radiator. After battling with an ill fitting pos aftermarket radiator whose fins bend if you look at em funny there is no more sludge in the overflow. When i drained the old radiator it appeared to be coolant with spots of red oil. Of course after all that the heater suddenly doesn't work despite the valve seaming to work fine and the cable has possibly snapped. Sweet.

good to know.

[timmy0tool]

Does anyone know what to check for to clear a SRS light? I'm working on an 02 Honda Accord LX 4 cyl and the srs light is on, but I have no idea why.

kinda late but there is a two-wire plug used as a jumper in the driver's side kickpanel fusebox, and it's yellow like the rest of the srs harnesses. it may be plugged into the fusebox but there shouldn't be anything on the fusebox side, it's just a holder. or it could be just off to the side.

jump it as you would a CEL with ignition on and count the blinks of the srs light.

[timmy0tool]

All auto trans have same symptoms. I'll chech the vin later. I'm using the iPhone now.

ended up replacing the tranny for a new one. crappy honda v6 transmissions! but she drives even better now.

[rezist09]

SoCal Lets Work On Cars

Making Thread For people that need helping installing parts for there car like me im getting sidemakers springs need that cb7 love!!

[ikayto]

i has dremel, lets get cuttin yo.

[GHOST 2.2]

socal mechanics thread?

[rezist09]

yes pm me bro

[gcvphoto]

i has dremel, lets get cuttin yo.

[ikayto]

i quote weird.

[timmy0tool]

socal mechanics thread?

ditto! same thing man .

[b3nsonx]

FAILED smog 3 times with new 3 way cat and EGR ports cleaned

1st time i smogged didnt do anything to the car at all and failed with nox at 2800

2nd time i smogged i swaped to the h23 intake manifold and throttle body
let me mechanic drill my egr port for me, he said he only needed to do the one on the very end and then used a clothes hanger to clean out the carbon build up. then used compressed air and carb cleaner to clean out the path from the one end to the other. reduced nox to about 2200

3rd time i smogged i got a new 3 way catalytic converter and reduced nox to about 1000, max allowed is 799. im SO close to passing, only about 200 off the allowed amount

things that i have not done yet:
change sparkplugs, distributor cap, rotor, pcv valve, oil change, clean AEM dryflow air filter, and seafoam
all of these things are due for a change, but would they affect my emissions?
car was warmed up everytime

im thinking about trying the thing tiimmy0tool did to pass with the seafoam