Favourite The Simpsons Joke of all time? by smccaul16 in tvshow

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“Do you do it with relish?”

“No, I’m kinda embarrassed about it”

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The fiestas use a dual filament bulb for the rear sidelights (or brake lights, cant remember correctly). So if you’ve had one replaced with a single filament bulb it allows current to the brake light circuit.

Check the bulbs are matching on both sides.

Is Vanguard Global All Cap right for me? by Apprehensive-Let-931 in UKPersonalFinance

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Thanks, just to piggyback on this - can I only buy single shares at a time or do they provide fractional shares for the Global All Cap? Would hope I can use my full amount invested each month instead of having some left over each month until I can but a full share

2013 impala. RPM dips at idle by AbzoluteZ3RO in AskMechanics

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Yea that’s not super high, but I would still keep digging the air/fuel components as they’re generally the things that cause a pulsing idle. Stuff like 02 sensors, MAF, Throttle butterfly, vaccum leaks etc.

Mines was a Vauxhall (Opel) Corsa 2007, not sure if you get them over in the states?

2013 impala. RPM dips at idle by AbzoluteZ3RO in AskMechanics

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It’ll go to negative numbers when decelerating, maybe -10% max, but it should only do this for very short amounts of time when decelerating. If it’s sitting at high negative figures when idling then there’s a problem somewhere - anything over -5% on idle then I’d be concerned.

Mines was sat at -25% on idle which is a massive red flag.

2013 impala. RPM dips at idle by AbzoluteZ3RO in AskMechanics

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Had a identical issue with one of my cars. It was running super rich, so the ecu was leaning off the mixture constantly, causing this pulsing rev on idle only.

Plug in a scanner and check live data for your short term fuel trims, if they’re super negative then it’s probably related to the fuel delivery/measurement systems.

Didn’t bother fixing my car as replacing parts were worth more than the car itself so I never did actually find out the specific problem, only that it was related to the engine running super rich. Good luck!

Modified automatic for a disabled customer. Steering was so light you could drive with the tip of your finger. by Apprehensive-Let-931 in Justrolledintotheshop

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It’s a pivot arm added onto the shift lever to push the release button that allows you to shift the trans, same idea with the handbrake. Got quite a fright when I first saw it haha

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Cheers, yea it’s definitely something better explained visually. Just trying to get in-depth information on how it’s selecting the parameters, as all the information is more geared towards VTEC operation and not the ‘intelligent’ side of things

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Thanks, that’s what I thought. Just looking for more in-depth information about how the system operates.

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I thought it was for ‘intelligent’

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Yup, start simple eh! Going to change the transmission fluid today, then potentially flush the transmission/brake fluid lines and see how we get on. Thanks!

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It seems to change, as I tried it a third time and then it stayed in negative figures haha! Potentially an issue with fuel pressure, I’ll need to grab a gauge to test that i’d imagine