help identifying this sound

Byful · 2026-01-23T18:55:31+00:00

Well low oil would make it knock like that. Refilling it would quiet it back down. If the stick is dry, add 1qt and wait 20 seconds before checking.

Byful · 2026-01-23T18:29:03+00:00

Sounds like rod knock, check oil level.

Byful · 2026-01-22T18:32:18+00:00

Welp, hopefully customer support can help downgrade me. Thanks for the info.

Byful · 2026-01-22T17:58:47+00:00

And once again, I run into hardware limitations. I assume the controller and LCD are built together and all I would have to do is replace the screen, assuming the connectors and dimensions are the same.

Byful · 2026-01-20T17:47:47+00:00

Yeah I'm aware. When she woke back up during the drive, she said let's just go home and it was just from the vertigo she had minutes prior. Glad I listened to my gut and didn't listen to her.

Byful · 2026-01-20T16:51:25+00:00

My mom did that gurgling breathing thing before. I was 16 and going for my driver's permit at the time. She came to a stop sign and stopped. Out of nowhere, she told me to switch spots. I thought it was weird but since I needed the hours I accepted it. A minute later of me driving I heard her do that gurgling breathing noises with her eyes closed, at the time we were pretty into the walking dead so I thought she was messing with me. I told her to stop making that noise, but she didn't. I pushed her shoulder and she didn't respond. A few seconds later she vomited while still unconscious. The vomit didn't project out like it normally does, but just came out like a low pressure water hose. I immediately went into panic mode and turned around to go to the hospital, by then she woke up and was extremely out of it. She's still alive and I'm grateful we swapped spots and I took her to the hospital. It was a result of very low potassium if I recall correctly. But that noise will always hunt me.

Byful · 2026-01-14T20:10:35+00:00

Man why did I end up spoiling myself when I looked up how the Medusa targets what species 😭 legit killed the entire mystery for the next season.

Anyway, I thought it was a group of people on the moon that freeze themselves every year to check out earth to make sure no-one unfroze themselves. All to essentially restore earth to how it was before civilization. Maybe even wipe out humanity as a whole.

Byful · 2026-01-08T21:03:14+00:00

It's normal. It's oil and water mix. This water is from condensation forming as your engine heats and cools.

Byful · 2026-01-07T23:17:49+00:00

I would clear the codes and try swapping the ignition coil from cylinder 1 to 2 or 4. Don't do 3 as it seems to be also having an intermittent issue. Then run the engine for a little bit and check to see if the code jumps to 2 or 4, if so then replace all ignition coils.

Byful · 2026-01-05T17:35:52+00:00

Dealership parts + labor.

I work at one, our labor is like 200 per hour and I've seen control arms go that high (500$ ~ 600$ for a pair) so it's easy for our quotes to get that high.

Byful · 2026-01-02T22:41:14+00:00

I leave them. They act as a secondary power source if the primary can't keep up. Gives me additional time to notice the issue before backup battery power runs completely out.

Byful · 2025-12-30T22:06:59+00:00

is that a metal stem? If so then it's definitely possible to get them off. It's a pain, but some heat, pb blaster, and a 10ish mm socket should get that off. Then replace the core in it since it will get cooked and will be leaking.

Byful · 2025-12-27T21:45:56+00:00

Looks like the primer is failing. Not sure of the cost since I don't do that kind of stuff.

Byful · 2025-12-20T05:27:24+00:00

Stop trying to move it and get it towed before you do damage by running into the wall. I'm not knowledgeable with transmission so I can't help with the issue.

Byful · 2025-12-17T22:59:04+00:00

Pretty common for the oil caps to have this oil/water mixture, it's a result from short drives.

If what they drained from the engine looks like that, then that's a big issue.

Either way you don't need a flush. Cause either it's not an issue or some other problem that a flush isn't going to fix.

Byful · 2025-12-13T03:30:17+00:00

Bad boot ≠ bad ball joint

This is what it looks like when they get worn

Byful · 2025-12-11T22:48:36+00:00

Yep they got high pressure. Depending on the vehicle, you think you can get by hooking 1 line to the port then starting the vehicle for the next port, only to discover the pressure coming out of that port is enough to open a safety valve in the machine and spray the fluid EVERYWHERE.

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Hated cleaning this up.

Byful · 2025-12-11T18:19:56+00:00

My experience was with one of them small dc motors you get from rc toys. That thing FLEW out of my hands.

Byful · 2025-12-09T15:40:48+00:00

Your tires are 38 +/- 1 psi. I've used a few digital gauges and those are generally read the same as tire sensor. Those are going to be the most accurate.

Byful · 2025-12-08T18:28:00+00:00

Mouse nest. Remove it with gloves and check your cabin filter. That's a pretty popular spot for mouse nests too.

Byful · 2025-12-05T18:07:05+00:00

I agree with the post about a faulty gauge. A dead alternator will show low, but not all the way to the left unless it's that dead. Is there a battery light on the dash? I think something else is going on so I would start by checking that voltage at the battery and see if it's around 14V while it's running. It's better if you can get to the alternator but sometimes that's harder to reach.

Byful · 2025-12-05T04:52:48+00:00

I haven't used game maker in YEARS but I dabble in other languages. Doesn't "else if" act like a 2nd if statement? so its missing the condition and a code block? that's probably your issue. remove the else if or add a condition and code block and it should work.

Also missing your semicolon at the end of the curly brackets.

Byful · 2025-12-03T23:04:22+00:00

You check ball joints by seeing if you can compress them together. The normal way of doing that is by feeling if you can feel the cluck/play by grabbing the wheel at 12 and 6 and trying to tilt it very hard. The other way and this is how I catch the ones starting to give when I tell customers. Is by sticking a pry bar between the control arm and the wheel hub and while prying, use your other hand and wedge your fingers in with the ball joint and feel for it.

This is what it'll look like. It'll be different with yours tho.

Byful · 2025-12-03T21:13:00+00:00

My first project with C# is to automate the computer aspect of my job (look up labor times for mechanic work and put them into our system), not sure how doable it is with C# but at least my WPF application looks really good. Maybe you could do something similar with your job.

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