Message from @Yuma County

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2017-07-25 00:20:20 UTC  

been there, done that

2017-07-25 00:20:24 UTC  

gotta learn somehow

2017-07-25 00:40:37 UTC  

Anyone have any experience with rotary motors?!?

2017-07-25 01:02:15 UTC  

You're the one with the 80s RX7, right? @Whitelash

2017-07-25 01:03:03 UTC  

Yes sir

2017-07-25 01:04:58 UTC  

Wankel 13B rotary, right?

2017-07-25 01:05:17 UTC  

Anything wrong with it?

2017-07-25 01:11:19 UTC  

12a o believe the 13b is the rx8s

2017-07-25 01:11:45 UTC  

And Everything , I've been thinking about a swap or just letting the thing go

2017-07-25 01:33:40 UTC  

Anything specific?

2017-07-25 01:33:51 UTC  

Apex Seals maybe?

2017-07-25 18:34:48 UTC  

Hey goys! I have a question about my car. For like the past 6 months I have been getting the low tire pressure light roughly every two weeks. When I check my tires, all of them are around 25-27 psi and I'll fill them back up to around 30-35 psi. It's like clockwork that every two weeks my tires lose a steady amount of pressure, where I can pretty much predict the exact day my pressure light is going to go on again. If there was low pressure in only one tire, I'd expect it to be the tire - but since it's all of them I think it's something else. I have alloy rims and figured that maybe the tires weren't installed properly. Any thoughts? I don't want to buy new tires if the issue might be something else. Any thoughts?

2017-07-25 18:47:39 UTC  

How old are they brother? If age is causing wear, you can expect multiple tires to slow-leak at the same rate.

2017-07-25 18:49:31 UTC  

Take a bottle of soapy water and squirt them down. It will bubble up where your leaks are at no matter how slow a leak is.

2017-07-25 18:53:27 UTC  

Also, I never buy new tires. I have a tire shop in Louisville that I go to and they keep used tires. $35 for a tire, mounted and the ruined one thrown out. It took a while to find a tire shop ran by white boys but they are still out there.

2017-07-25 19:40:09 UTC  

@Steve - NJ do what @Nick E.#1856 suggested. Any and all leaks will show with soapy water. It sounds like it may be a beading issue if all four of them are bleeding air like that. Did you have all of your tires replaced at a similar time by the same place?

2017-07-25 19:48:55 UTC  

@Deleted User they are about 3.5 years old. The tread is still in decent shape since I don't commute very far. @Yuma County I did have my tires done all at once so it is likely also a factor. If it's in all tires though I would think it's something to do with their grip on the rims or something. @Deleted User I never knew people could expect to get much out of used tires either. Thanks guys for being helpful

2017-07-25 19:50:52 UTC  

If your tires are that old it may be because of that as well.

2017-07-25 19:51:55 UTC  

Does anyone still recap tires? or is that a thing of the past?

2017-07-25 19:52:28 UTC  

probably showing my age with that question ahah

2017-07-25 20:07:26 UTC  

More or less a thing of the past.

2017-07-25 20:11:20 UTC  

I should probably just get new tires at this point

2017-07-25 20:33:29 UTC  

@Yuma County What is the beading issue all about?

2017-07-25 20:37:06 UTC  

the bead is where the tire meets the wheel and forms a seal to keep the air pressure in more or less.

2017-07-25 20:37:19 UTC  

Older tires have a bit of an issue holding a bead when they age.

2017-07-25 20:44:36 UTC  

I'll have to mention that when I go to my mechanic. Hopefully they can give me a few options. Thanks again

2017-07-26 00:27:56 UTC  

Some of your alloy rims may have a little oxidation that forms around the seal which requires a little cleaning off whenever they break the tire down. I've seen a couple of rims that just would not hold air because of the pitting caused by this

2017-07-27 00:23:11 UTC  

I have an overheating problem with my 2005 Honda Civic. I replaced the thermostat, replaced the coolant, and had an oil change but I am still overheating when I idle for a minute or two, usually after driving 30 miles or so. When I turn on the heater to cool my engine off it doesn't blow out any hot air which leads me to think it could be my water pump. Any suggestions?

2017-07-27 00:35:20 UTC  

If the heater core is not producing any heat it kind of points to a circulation issue. You may want to go back and check that thermostat make sure it's in right side up and not in a bind sometimes you could get a defective one from the store. You may want to check the thermostat and or electric fans that cool the radiator make sure they are cycling off and on

2017-07-27 01:57:18 UTC  

The thermostat and fan seems just fine

2017-07-28 06:08:21 UTC  

Have you checked your water pump in the last day? @Honneur et Patrie

2017-07-28 19:25:13 UTC  

I'm not very experienced when it comes to working on cars, but do any of you goys know how difficult it would be to change out a purge valve in an evap system?

2017-07-28 19:35:26 UTC  

What make and model?

2017-07-28 19:59:25 UTC  

It's an 07 VW Beetle.

2017-07-28 20:01:57 UTC  

I know VW can be a pain to work on, especially for someone like me who is very inexperienced haha

2017-07-28 21:55:50 UTC  

@Atten - TX#2465 P0455 code? It's cake. Your purge valve is only held on by 2 clamps. You have to remove the shield/cover that covers your engine and it's right on top, you can't miss it. The only tool you'll need is the screwdriver to disconnect the air intake hose from that shield/cover.

2017-07-28 21:56:19 UTC  

You can try and clean the old one and see if that gets rid of the light.

2017-07-28 21:57:20 UTC  

save yourself a whole 20 bucks ahah

2017-07-29 00:22:24 UTC  

Yep, that's the code. I appreciate the advice, I'll give it a look here soon. Apparently the issue is the valve isn't closing so I might just replace it. Thanks a lot, brother!

2017-07-29 05:47:56 UTC  

Typically you'll know they've gone bad if you begin to smell gas. Best of luck!

2017-07-30 20:41:23 UTC  

@here the next blurb will probably come up 4pm-5:30pm MST, I'm trying to avoid the peak heat of today.