She's my friend again!!!
Ok so my friend tore her down to the engine block . . . he CANNOT figure out where that damn noise is coming from. He is baffled. But he said I should still be able to drive her, just slowly (no worries she is safe). So Sunday and Monday she was fine it just took a while to get up to 70mph. Today I was driving in to work and she started bucking down I-10. Like I'd get to 65 mph and she would jerk back and forth until I eased up on the accelerator and when she got back down to 60-ish she was fine (still saying WEEEEEEEEEEEE!). I texted my friend and he called me LAUGHING. I was like I don't really know how this is funny, sir. He said you say she's bucking right. I said yep. He said he called a specialist in my brand of car and he said "just wait till she starts bucking. I'm telling you its the cat converter". I'm sorry what. . . wasn't that ruled out by 3 OTHER mechanics. He said yes but this guy SWEARS that's what it is. He said when I get there he'll do a test and see.
He disconnected the cat converter. . .no more WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and she got up to 80mph in seconds. So it IS the cat. . . but NO ONE has them in stock here. It has to be ordered and takes a week to come in. The problem is now she sounds like a race car. . . no really it sounds like I put a flow-master on her. So my friend says do you want the WEEEEEEEEEEEEE and going about 60 or the vrooooom *rumble rumble rumble* and going 80 mph. Oh gee let me think! So now I have a race car...well at least until the part comes in.
Showing posts with label Car is Possessed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Car is Possessed. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Oh this B***H here. . .
. . . wants to start a fight!
I know this has been a chronicle of my recent car problems but I have to share because I just can't even believe this. Ok so my friend (even though they said she is not fixable) is determined to figure out what is going on. So he wants to run a bunch of tests on her this weekend and asked if I could leave her and just get picked up after work. Sure no problem.
Well my fiance doesn't get off until 5:00 and he has a 45 min drive to get me so I needed to amuse myself for a while. I went to Wal-mart while waiting for him. Got back to the office before he did so I sat in the car with the A/C off and the windows down but I left her running waiting for him to arrive. Nothing was out of the ordinary all gauges were in the correct spots. While I am talking to my mom about what dealerships I should look at for new cars, the wind blows, just a slight gust comes through the window. It blows the napkin I had on the dash covering the check engine light (I hate looking at it...I know its there but I don't like it so I cover it, hehehe). So as the tissue blows away I of course look at it and the check engine light blinks off. . .odd she is still idling rough and saying "weeeeee". . . Well my fiance gets there like a second later so I blow it off. He helped me get her behind the gated area and as I drove past him he patted the hood and said "guess where we're going tonight" as in we are going to look at new vehicles. I get her all situated and turned her off.
We were talking about where we were going tonight and I realize Chrissy is still making a noise. There is a rumbling coming from under the hood. I double checked to make sure she was off and the heat sensor wasn't triggered and it wasn't. Keys were out of the ignition. My fiance is like get out something is wrong. As I am walking away I hear a noise, like water. I kneel on the ground and see liquid POURING out. OK now I am freaking out. I yell for him to come back over here and he says its just the condensation from the A/C dripping, but I knew it wasn't . . . I could smell coolant. I put my hand on the hood and the hood is scorching and its VIBRATING. Ok what do we do...do we walk away and HOPE she calms down or do we investigate. I am curious by nature so we pop the hood. The container holding the radiator fluid is BOILING and shaking violently. Its not the radiator itself, its the 'coolant' container. It looked like someone put it on a stove and was boiling it. It was jerking around so much I thought it was going to shake itself loose. So we closed the hood and walked away and hoped she didn't explode or something because that would be my luck! I called my mechanic friend to warn him and all he could do was laugh because, well I was being silly. He said thanks for the warning he will see what caused it to finally overheat.
She never exploded as of now but I am REALLY leaning towards the "my car is possessed by a mischievous spirit" rather than "well crap she finally died". I was sitting in her for 20 min and the heat sensor never went above normal. My fiance tells her we are going look for new cars and the coolant LITERALLY boils out of its container. Coincidence. . . I think not! :)
I know this has been a chronicle of my recent car problems but I have to share because I just can't even believe this. Ok so my friend (even though they said she is not fixable) is determined to figure out what is going on. So he wants to run a bunch of tests on her this weekend and asked if I could leave her and just get picked up after work. Sure no problem.
Well my fiance doesn't get off until 5:00 and he has a 45 min drive to get me so I needed to amuse myself for a while. I went to Wal-mart while waiting for him. Got back to the office before he did so I sat in the car with the A/C off and the windows down but I left her running waiting for him to arrive. Nothing was out of the ordinary all gauges were in the correct spots. While I am talking to my mom about what dealerships I should look at for new cars, the wind blows, just a slight gust comes through the window. It blows the napkin I had on the dash covering the check engine light (I hate looking at it...I know its there but I don't like it so I cover it, hehehe). So as the tissue blows away I of course look at it and the check engine light blinks off. . .odd she is still idling rough and saying "weeeeee". . . Well my fiance gets there like a second later so I blow it off. He helped me get her behind the gated area and as I drove past him he patted the hood and said "guess where we're going tonight" as in we are going to look at new vehicles. I get her all situated and turned her off.
We were talking about where we were going tonight and I realize Chrissy is still making a noise. There is a rumbling coming from under the hood. I double checked to make sure she was off and the heat sensor wasn't triggered and it wasn't. Keys were out of the ignition. My fiance is like get out something is wrong. As I am walking away I hear a noise, like water. I kneel on the ground and see liquid POURING out. OK now I am freaking out. I yell for him to come back over here and he says its just the condensation from the A/C dripping, but I knew it wasn't . . . I could smell coolant. I put my hand on the hood and the hood is scorching and its VIBRATING. Ok what do we do...do we walk away and HOPE she calms down or do we investigate. I am curious by nature so we pop the hood. The container holding the radiator fluid is BOILING and shaking violently. Its not the radiator itself, its the 'coolant' container. It looked like someone put it on a stove and was boiling it. It was jerking around so much I thought it was going to shake itself loose. So we closed the hood and walked away and hoped she didn't explode or something because that would be my luck! I called my mechanic friend to warn him and all he could do was laugh because, well I was being silly. He said thanks for the warning he will see what caused it to finally overheat.
She never exploded as of now but I am REALLY leaning towards the "my car is possessed by a mischievous spirit" rather than "well crap she finally died". I was sitting in her for 20 min and the heat sensor never went above normal. My fiance tells her we are going look for new cars and the coolant LITERALLY boils out of its container. Coincidence. . . I think not! :)
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Chrissy hates me!
And I don't know why, I try to take VERY good care of her. . .
My friend decided to take a look at her today. She is still saying "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" and now I can't get her over 65 mph. . .You know what's bad. . . when the most knowledgeable mechanic you know says "I don't what causes that. . ." He said he's not sure where that noise is coming from but he took off the exhaust plate and it seems to be coming from there. He's thinking Catalytic Converter (part of the exhaust system) is clogged. He wants to take it to his mechanic friend and see what he says. Ok that's fine, no problem.
Car comes back from mechanic friend. . . exact quote "tell her to buy a new car." My friend is PISSED. He cannot believe he said that. He asked what he thought the problem was and he said a bearing in the Engine block broke loose. My friend said oh so you saw it. . . well no but that's all we could come up with. Wow...just wow. Then he said well she has a "____" and those are known for engine failure. Ok I dunno WHO he spoke to about that but my car is NOT known for engine failure its actually the opposite. You usually can't get the engine to die. So my friend decided they are stupid and kept messing with it. He raised the idle so it wouldn't kill on me and said take it to Midas and have them check the Cat Converter. *sigh* ok.
Meanwhile I posted the 'symptoms' on Facebook and got a BUNCH of replies. My BFF's fiance said its the cat converter. Her car did that back in the day and he changed it and all was well. I told my mechanic friend and he said hmmmmm definitely need to get it looked at.
Took it to Midas to get it checked. . . on my way there the damn check engine light WENT OFF. Great. Luckily it still had a history of recent codes. They pull Cylinder 3 misfire AND Mass Airflow Sensor. Ok a LONG time ago we discussed just replacing the MAF in my car. The part is $175 + tax and its RIGHT on top. Easily changed with a Phillips screw driver. They quote me $565.00. I started LAUGHING. He said the cat converter is fine. I said are you sure!??! He said yes its the MAF and this is what it costs. I laughed again, thanked him for his time and walked out. My friend said are you kidding me!? That is a rip off!!!
So I am driving away and the Engine light comes back on. . . you B***H!
So with ALL of that I still have no idea what's actually wrong with her and I have a headache and this REALLY sucks! Guess I need to start looking for something new :(
My friend decided to take a look at her today. She is still saying "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" and now I can't get her over 65 mph. . .You know what's bad. . . when the most knowledgeable mechanic you know says "I don't what causes that. . ." He said he's not sure where that noise is coming from but he took off the exhaust plate and it seems to be coming from there. He's thinking Catalytic Converter (part of the exhaust system) is clogged. He wants to take it to his mechanic friend and see what he says. Ok that's fine, no problem.
Car comes back from mechanic friend. . . exact quote "tell her to buy a new car." My friend is PISSED. He cannot believe he said that. He asked what he thought the problem was and he said a bearing in the Engine block broke loose. My friend said oh so you saw it. . . well no but that's all we could come up with. Wow...just wow. Then he said well she has a "____" and those are known for engine failure. Ok I dunno WHO he spoke to about that but my car is NOT known for engine failure its actually the opposite. You usually can't get the engine to die. So my friend decided they are stupid and kept messing with it. He raised the idle so it wouldn't kill on me and said take it to Midas and have them check the Cat Converter. *sigh* ok.
Meanwhile I posted the 'symptoms' on Facebook and got a BUNCH of replies. My BFF's fiance said its the cat converter. Her car did that back in the day and he changed it and all was well. I told my mechanic friend and he said hmmmmm definitely need to get it looked at.
Took it to Midas to get it checked. . . on my way there the damn check engine light WENT OFF. Great. Luckily it still had a history of recent codes. They pull Cylinder 3 misfire AND Mass Airflow Sensor. Ok a LONG time ago we discussed just replacing the MAF in my car. The part is $175 + tax and its RIGHT on top. Easily changed with a Phillips screw driver. They quote me $565.00. I started LAUGHING. He said the cat converter is fine. I said are you sure!??! He said yes its the MAF and this is what it costs. I laughed again, thanked him for his time and walked out. My friend said are you kidding me!? That is a rip off!!!
So I am driving away and the Engine light comes back on. . . you B***H!
So with ALL of that I still have no idea what's actually wrong with her and I have a headache and this REALLY sucks! Guess I need to start looking for something new :(
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Chrissy strikes again....
Soooooo in my last post she was acting a little crazy and my mechanic was saying gotta be bad fuel since it out of the blue started having acceleration issues. She worked fine all weekend and yesterday. Still not as zippy but not 'dying'. Well I am on my way to work this morning and she is NOT happy. When I press the accelerator I SWEAR I hear a very faint whistling noise. I can still get her to about 72-75 but I hear like a whistle. I wasn't sure if it was my vehicle so I did some tests. It was her. When I push the gas pedal there is a barely audible whizzing noise. . . WTF is that?! I text my friend. He is like its all good we will work it out. I get about 5 miles from my office check engine light comes on, oh great! He said he'll take a look at it before he heads out for the day. I get there and tell him she is saying "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" when I accelerate. He said she is NOT saying "weeeeeeeeeeee". I start her up and he pulls the throttle. She said "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" and he started laughing. He said it sounds like a belt pully. . . um alright. He'll check her out in the morning.
As long as she is still running OK he isn't too worried. He said take it to Autozone and have them do a diagnostic test so we know what the error is and get a fuel filter. Okee Dokee.
They run the test . . .Cylinder 3 misfire. . .I dont have a fuel filter I have a fuel screen. . . which is in the tank. Oh for crying out loud . . .really?! They said misfire = spark plugs. . . guess we are changing them out again.
As long as she is still running OK he isn't too worried. He said take it to Autozone and have them do a diagnostic test so we know what the error is and get a fuel filter. Okee Dokee.
They run the test . . .Cylinder 3 misfire. . .I dont have a fuel filter I have a fuel screen. . . which is in the tank. Oh for crying out loud . . .really?! They said misfire = spark plugs. . . guess we are changing them out again.
Friday, September 23, 2011
My car's name is Chrissy....
....short for Christine!
My car has given me issues on and off since I hit that thing on I-10 back in 2007. I used to say tread but as much damage as it did I am not sure I didn't hit a hunk of metal or concrete. Now granted for having such high mileage AND being dinged up on the inside she runs pretty well and definitly lives up to her zoooom zoooom status. Well today she went all weirdo on me, living up to her name, Chrissy!
I left work early today to go to the Dr. I was running late (its a 5 min drive without traffic but traffic was BAD!) so of course I was zooming in and out of traffic to get there as quickly and safely as I could and all was fine. Dr appt went well so I headed home. I decided to get gas before getting on the interstate so I stopped at the place right outside the parking area. Well Friday traffic is ridiculous so it was stop and go for about 5 miles. Once I got out of the city it was clear sailing....except for me. I tried to pass a truck and I noticed I had limited pick up. Odd she was working fine just a little while ago. So I gun it and she is just NOT having it. I got her up to about 75 MPH and left her there for fear of a catastrophic melt down.
I texted my mechanic friend (I know I know BAD for texting while driving). I said "Thoughts...? My car is possessed...I set the cruise on 75...on flat I10...its going up and down between 70 and 78...then foot on the accelerator and couldn't get above 70...it actually decelerated. It seems to be ok now....but what causes that...?!" He said "hmmm that's odd, I just changed her plugs and oil and she was fine". I said "well I just got gas". He said "Oooo you may have gotten a small amount of bad gas or you may have a small amount of trash in your tank." So all the way home she kind of didn't want to go and I thought I heard a noise but I wasn't sure if it was just the wind or something. I went buy some StarTron (E-10/gas tank cleaner) and hoped that would help. I can't have a broken car I have two Bridal Showers this weekend and one is mine! We shall see. . . .
My car has given me issues on and off since I hit that thing on I-10 back in 2007. I used to say tread but as much damage as it did I am not sure I didn't hit a hunk of metal or concrete. Now granted for having such high mileage AND being dinged up on the inside she runs pretty well and definitly lives up to her zoooom zoooom status. Well today she went all weirdo on me, living up to her name, Chrissy!
I left work early today to go to the Dr. I was running late (its a 5 min drive without traffic but traffic was BAD!) so of course I was zooming in and out of traffic to get there as quickly and safely as I could and all was fine. Dr appt went well so I headed home. I decided to get gas before getting on the interstate so I stopped at the place right outside the parking area. Well Friday traffic is ridiculous so it was stop and go for about 5 miles. Once I got out of the city it was clear sailing....except for me. I tried to pass a truck and I noticed I had limited pick up. Odd she was working fine just a little while ago. So I gun it and she is just NOT having it. I got her up to about 75 MPH and left her there for fear of a catastrophic melt down.
I texted my mechanic friend (I know I know BAD for texting while driving). I said "Thoughts...? My car is possessed...I set the cruise on 75...on flat I10...its going up and down between 70 and 78...then foot on the accelerator and couldn't get above 70...it actually decelerated. It seems to be ok now....but what causes that...?!" He said "hmmm that's odd, I just changed her plugs and oil and she was fine". I said "well I just got gas". He said "Oooo you may have gotten a small amount of bad gas or you may have a small amount of trash in your tank." So all the way home she kind of didn't want to go and I thought I heard a noise but I wasn't sure if it was just the wind or something. I went buy some StarTron (E-10/gas tank cleaner) and hoped that would help. I can't have a broken car I have two Bridal Showers this weekend and one is mine! We shall see. . . .
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