Automotive DIY Projects plus Home & Money Saving Ideas
The Story: The CTS is back! I really do love this car, but it seems that everything that was going to go wrong with it went wrong within a 6-month period. This time she limped in with a misfire. We first noticed something was up one night when we went to aggressively change lanes. I…
The Story: My nephew’s Chrysler Crossfire found its way back to my garage recently, right after a fresh respray. While the original paint job was not terrible, and in general I find the quality of the paint used for the Crossfires to be very good, my nephew’s car had been dinged up. Before purchasing it…
The Story: My nephew drives a 6-speed Chrysler Crossfire, and it’s a car that I’ve always really, really liked. I find the design to be nothing short of breathtaking. The boat-tail is such a unique styling element that it instantly differentiates itself from every other car on the road. Additionally, it actually has a ton…
While the 2005-2006 Pontiac GTO is in my opinion a masterful car, one area that it does tend to fall short in is its weight distribution. Typically any grand touring coupe will suffer a bit from a heavy front end. To that end the GTO is not horrendous, however, coming in with a distribution of…
Hopefully, you already read the details of how I found out my GTO had an overheating problem. If not, here it is. GTO Fan Relay How-To: Part 1 Up to date yet? Okay, let’s move on. After letting the car sit for a few days I figured it was about time to see what was…
So a few months ago I was able to sneak out of work a few hours early. Having some time to kill, I called up my buddy and we decided to meet at a local pub for some beer and food. Nothing crazy, just an excuse to spend a couple of hours chatting. I jump…
Here’s a quick DIY on a very normal problem for most modern fuel injected engine. Thus far I’ve only run into this issue on GM’s 3.6 litre V6, although it can happen on any brand or make. If you don’t know the GM 3.6 litre engine is pretty ubiquitous throughout the General Motors lineup, found…
This is a quick little how-to for replacing the headlight bulbs on a 2nd generation Saturn Vue. It’ll cover the model years from 2008 to 2010. (Fair warning, this should also cover the Chevrolet Captiva for 2011 to 2013, as they are essentially the same car, however, I’ve never actually worked on one of those…
So we’re back trying to figure out why my parents CTS A/C system is blowing intermittently warm air. Now, if this was the only issue, you’d probably try to diagnose the A/C system first. However, given the initial issue with the auxiliary water pump and the SES light, I’m going to maintain my focus on…
A few weeks back my parents were driving over to visit when their CTS lit up a Service Engine Soon light and the A/C began to blow intermittently warm air. Now, for anyone who’s ever had this happen to you, there are a couple of items to remember… First of all, stay calm. Cars typically…