How long does it take to repair a head gasket?
You don’t repair a head gasket, you replace it.Once I had a rally car - a bit of a ratty old junker if the truth be told - that had a 2.3 litre overhead cam engine. It was a bit like this, only this one is way nicer:Anyway I was heading off to do a rally on some Friday night. On the Thursday, the day before, I took it out for a blast around the lanes to shake down any last-minute faults, and blew the head gasket. It was too late to do anything about it that night, so next morning, I got up at the crack of dawn, stripped the engine down to the point of having the head off (it was OHC, so that involved also removing the cambox, timing belts, etc. plus the exhaust manifold, inlet manifold and carburettors) By then it was almost 9am, so I drove to the nearest big town - 25 miles away - to get a replacement head gasket set. 25 miles back, and by 10am had the head all cleaned and ready to be reassembled. Engine back together and running by 12pm, I then had to drive it 250 miles to where the rally started. It all went smoothly and I made it with plenty of time to spare.So the answer to your question, for me, on that occasion, for this car, was about 6 hours, including an hour to fetch the parts. Sometimes what you need, apart from the basic skills, which in my case don’t amount to all that much, is a great big incentive!As I recall, the rally ended in disaster, but that’s another story.
What prevents the engine coolant to circulate?
What can cause the engine coolant not to circulate, I'm sure there's a truck load of reasons.Water pump impeller is corroded or Brocken off of the press fit on the shaft has gone free floating. Effectively you don't have a water pump now or its effects are severely diminished. These problems are caused by using contaminated water, defective or wrong pump fitted and reconditioned pump respectively.Alternator drive belt, some water pumps are driven externally by the alternator drive belt or a separate belt altogether. If this breaks apart, overheating will be the first to manifest even before batteries go flat on you.Radiator thermostat mulfunction. The thermostat seperates water in tthe engine from water in the radiatot so that enging temperature raises fast unaffected by the cooling effects of the radiator. If it mulfunctions and stays closed, the engine will overheat as a result of lack of circulation. You can make a fast diagnosis by feeling the top and bottom hoses. If the bottom one is cold yet the top one is too hot, its definitely blocked thermostat.Air locked cooling system. Like all pump systems, an airlock is detrimental to efficiency of the pump action. The pump pushes and pulls water by seamlessly scooping it. Because Water is incompressible, movement is transmitted to the whole water body. If there are air pockets within the system, some of the pump action instead of moving water will compress or stretch are thereby rendering pump action ineffective. Some engines need to be bled after filling up with water after leakages or repairs.I'll ad more as they come to my head.
Is the mitsubishi eclipse a racing car?
I do NOT condone street racing, and if you are planning on it, I caution you against it, because it is a very dangerous, very illegal and, if you get caught by the police, a very expensive mistake to make. However, the Eclipse GSX is a preferred car of many street racers, tuners, track and drag racers alike. It is a good car if you are looking for drag racing, track racing and general tuning. It comes with only 210bhp stock, however it can be easily upgraded to over 400whp and will be a track monster. Again, don't street race. You'll regret it.
What's your most embarrassing "work" story?
Well, this is going to be very embarrassing!I’m a 2015 passed out when I joined this company, which is a start up. Things were quite good for the next six months. One day my team lead brought his cousin as an experienced QA (Quality Assurance Engineer) and made her to attend interview. Since, my Manager was bit non technical she found it easy to clear the interview with the help of her brother (i,e my team lead). So the newly joined QA has been placed as with my friend who was fresher , joined with me. They mostly work in Microsoft Excel. Here comes the most embarrassing part. The questions raised by the newly arrived QA kills me till now.“When I type the following why all the records in the table are not being fetched. Some of the records are missing”. My friend saw it and query was like this.“Select * from TABLE_NAME where CONDITION”. Since the records that do not satisfy the where condition would definitely get filtered. My friend controlling the irritation explained her. Yet, she is called an experienced QA and our manager still trust her.My friend was like: “What sort of experienced you are?”An other day she was trying to close the excel document without the sheet name by which excel refused to save. Then my friend gave a proper name to it and then save it. Yet, they call her QA.An other day, she was asking, what is the short cut for UNDO? And how to bring it to back to the previous state. The thing she doesn’t know that she was for REDO. Hell embarrassing man! Yet she is believed as a QA.Thanks for the A2A Mahendra Dhaker ! :)
What are the symptoms of a bad inner tie rod?
Symptoms of tie rod failure can include clunking or clicking when turning the wheel or while traveling over a bumpy surface, noticeable steering slack (moving the steering wheel left to right when the wheels are straght), vibrations when driving, reduced turning radius either left or right and a simple way of checking for wear is to turn the wheels to the left of checking the left wheel and to grab the tie rod with both hands and to move it about. If it moves freely then it needs replacing, if not fixed soon complete tie rod failure would release either wheel from any steering input leaving you stranded and in a dangerous situation if it fails at higher speeds.
Why is transmission fluid in my coolant?
Mike Allen hit the nail on the head.The transmission cooler “lives” inside one of the tanks of your radiator. Most modern radiators have end tanks. Older cars have the tanks on the top and bottom. Regardless, you can tell where the tranny cooler is by looking for a pair of steel lines that enter the tank. The tranny cooler is the only interface where coolant and tranny fluid could possibly be intermixing.In order to fix your problem the radiator will have to be replaced; the tranny cooler is built integral to the radiator and not a separately replaceable component. It will no doubt be strongly suggested you flush and replace the transmission fluid …possibly replace the fluid filter …and flush and replace the coolant. This might cost the better part of $1000 …like 6 or 700 …depending on how expensive the radiator is.And like Mike suggested you need to get it fixed. I’ll go one better …like yesterday.
How do I bypass power steering pump and completely get rid of it?
What do you mean when you say that the pump can't be repaired or replaced? If it's a matter of not being able to afford to fix it or you can't get the parts, then you are probably going to be without a truck for a while until you can get it fixed properly. While it may technically be possible to do away with the power steering, it is most likely going to be more difficult and more expensive than making repairs (if you want it to be safe at all).Vehicles that have power steering simply aren't designed to be driven without it. You will cause damage to other steering components such as the rack or gearbox. Not only that, but vehicles are geared differently now. The steering on a non powered vehicle was designed to function without hydraulics. Without power, a modern system's steering radius is affected greatly, they literally can't turn as far without power.The heavier the vehicle, the harder it is to steer without power. In particular, I would not attempt to drive any pickup(or larger vehicle) on the road without power steering. There's simply to much risk.There are only two times when I would even consider driving a vehicle with failed power steering:In an emergency. Either I need to get the vehicle home, or I need to get someone to a hospital and have no other options.It's a farm vehicle, the only thing I use it for is moving a few tools around a field.I've had to move two modern vehicles with failed power steering. The first was a Honda Civic that wouldn't run. We dragged it about ten miles with me steering the car. It was really hard to turn at all, and that was with a fairly lightweight car. Afterwards it felt like I'd spent the entire day weightlifting, just from a short drive.The other vehicle was my friend's Dakota pickup. I went out with him to get the truck. The pump had failed and we needed to get it back to his house so that we had space and tools to work with. We got it started, he hopped in to drive, and I followed in my car. I followed him right up until he plowed into a tree on a particularly sharp turn. He simply couldn't make the turn without power steering. He ended up with a tow bill, body shop bill, the repair bill for the pump, and a hospital visit on top. That's why I will never recommend doing away with power steering on a vehicle.
Can a clogged catalytic converter unclog itself?
Well, it can happen that they will de-clog on their own, but usually need a helping hand. If it is utterly blocked, then dismantling and manually cleaning is the only solution.If the ceramic material inside is melted, then change it.Most modern Cats are stuffed with a ceramic honeycomb structure, unlike the older ones that had complex filters with platinum wool amongst other stuff inside them.One of the reasons they get clogged is people lugging around in fifth gear making lots of soot which clogs the honeycomb.A faulty EGR valve (gas recirculation) will do the trick as well.Faulty injection, allowing to much fuel to come through the exhaust can cause the honeycomb to melt when it starts burning the fuel... (replacement)But you can clear a blocked (not 100% blocked) converter by getting it hot enough to make it finish what it is supposed to do.The garages here in France have a naughty technique, they hoist the car up on lift with the motor going flat out, and stand underneath it holding a fire extuinguisher, just in case it sets fire to the car, or any flames from the now burning soot comes blasting out of the rear.It is a dangerous technique in my opinion, and not good for the engine, but it works. I don't suppose it works everytime either.So if you have a CAT that is partially blocked because you mooch around in fifth gear or have bad driving habits, you could try driving the vehicle hard enough to heat the CAT as it should be, where usually it can clear itself.So , if it is soot build up, there is hope for you, to unclog it without taking it off the vehicle and or changing it, if it is hard blocked with mineral deposits, unlikely. If it is melted, its got to be changed.
What is wrong when the coolant tank starts bubbling after driving your vehicle for a while?
I assume you mean that the coolant is boiling up into and out of the overflow bottle.(picture is of a fancy stainless steel bottle … I have never owned a car with anything other than a plastic one, but they look pretty much like that … and who knew finding a decent photo would be so difficult)So why is your coolant boiling over? Could be:Cooling fan is not running - because:motor brokerelay brokefuse is brokebelt is slipping (if you happen to have a mechanical fan instead of an eletrical one)Water pump is not working - because:motor brokerelay brokefuse is broke (if you happen to have an electrical water pump).belt is slippingRadiator is gacked / corroded and no longer flowingInsufficient coolant - so you don’t have enough material to exchange enough heat … and what you do have is getting boiled … so where did the coolant go? You have a leak somewhere?water pumpradiatorhoseoverflow bottleBad coolant mix (either way too much anti-freeze or none) - this seems unlikely as a sudden onset thing (the chemistry in your cooling system doesn’t just change overnight and many cars will run plenty cool on just water).Cracked head gasket - although you should see coolant / water in the oil and probably be getting smoke out out of the tailpipe (you can usually smell it too) - depends on how bad the crack is I supposeThermostat is broken - this is the thermostat that is inside the engine, and used to either pass collant through the engine block or shunt it from the block (this doesn’t usually present as a boil-over but it could - and it is usually cheap to check and relatively easy fix).All of these things can cause a coolant over-temp … and hence the boil-over into the overflow bottle.