Recent content by Dean Kolar

I unplugged the battery for awhile after cleaning the throttle body and IAC and it seemed to work. I think it just needed to relearn the idle after it was cleaned. May look into the spark plugs later this year before summer time because now the truck will get minimal use while I'm away at...

Thanks! I will look into things and come back if I have questions.

So I went to autozone and used the code reader. Nothing popped up, and it seems to be fine now with the idling. The only other thing that I could think of is the spark plugs. The plugs nor the wires have been changed recently, if ever, and so I wonder if that could play a role in it. The elbow...

Ok I will try to see if I can get my hands on a reader at autozone or something and then check back on here. Thanks for the help!

I can't specifically remember if it was the elbow, valve, or what that was replaced but I will check when I get home in the garage. Is there anywhere else that I should check?

When I put the truck into park the idle gets really low, and all the lights in dash kinda dim until it brings itself back up to normal again. A few years back I had the thermostat housing replaced, and noticed that it would also cause a similar issue when I had the AC or the heat on. The AC or...

I can look. It only started this week and when I went to go pick it up the car wouldn't start until like the sixth time I turned it over. I'm gonna give them a call and ask if they have an idea

So I had to get my thermostat housing replaced last week when the check engine light came on. Took it to my autos class learned more about how the engine is put together, but got it fixed at a local auto place just because I trust them with repairs. Long story short it's now running really funny...

^^^^^^ best response in a long time hahaha poor little thing couldn't handle it

It isn't whining and now that I pulled it into the garage it stopped making the noise. I think it was from heavy fog that we had last week then temps just fell and so it caused it to act all weird. If it gets really bad I'll fix it but it seems to be come and go.

Alright so I pulled the car into the garage yesterday night and after listening to it for awhile it sounds like the alternator is making noise, like the bearing/wheel whatever the belt runs on is squeaking, is it maybe just the cold because it happened last year and then went away in the summer...

Something is squeaking idk if it is the pulley or the belt, or exactly what I am just guessing that it is probabably the serpentine belt. How would I be able to know if something is going bad? I.e. What to inspect for, and then if so how difficult is this to do on your own and what would be the...

My mom has a 2006 freestyle and it is the limited with AWD and all the bells and whistles on it. It has heated seats so I'm sure that you have the ability to switch out seats, the only thing would be that it has buttons built into the dash area for them. I believe that there is also aftermarket...

Did you see that they unveiled the new Chevy Colorado today...not a bad mid size truck, didn't see the engines but hopefully they won't be like the rangers or old colorados that were kinda small and cheap interiors.

Just get under the truck there is three spots with two bolts my yard has a hill next to the driveway and I pulled sideways on it so I could get some space to torque on the bolts. Just need a socket, I'm in Chicago and they came right off of my 2002. I don't have any bars now but there is like...