Under the Hood

When the Fuel Pump in the Car Goes Bad

I guess the first question is “what is a fuel pump?” and the second, for anyone who cares, should be “where is it?”  My hope is that no single woman needs to ask the second question. Here’s a non-technical answer to the “what is” question.  A fuel pump is the mechanism that gets the fuel [...]

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Intake Gaskets, Intake Manifolds and Leaks

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What single woman wants to know about intake gaskets or intake manifolds?  I don’t see any of you raising your hands.  Hopefully, you will never need to know about these things, but if you do… To keep it simple — because that is all I can do — the single woman needs to know those [...]

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Car Running Hot? What Do I Do?

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I’m not a mechanic.  That’s my disclaimer.  But, here is a tip for the single woman with a car running hot while driving. First of all, if you are driving and notice that the temperature gauge is fluctuating towards the higher temperatures, close to or over the 210 mark, you can rest assured that you need to add [...]

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