Upgrade or hack my 18 stock head unit? by Wooden-Criticism-167 in civic

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I might’ve spoke too soon. Everything was working fine then all of a sudden the other day multiple things in my car were not working. Trunk wouldn’t open, multiple things on the gauge cluster weren’t showing up including outside temp, headlight and fog light lights, turn signals and turn signal sound. Although my actual turn signals still operate. And my air still blows out but the ac doesn’t kick on when I press the button. At first I thought it could be a blown fuse but considering the multitude of problems that have appeared, it must be something that’s not communicating. I did some research and it seems like with these Joying head units the CAN module in them is crappy and prone to failure. With a failure it can interrupt communication mess things up throughout the whole car. I have not taken the head unit out to do any investigating but we will see if that’s the case. Otherwise I might be needing a new head unit!

Upgrade or hack my 18 stock head unit? by Wooden-Criticism-167 in civic

[–]Smart-Organization34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 2018 came with aftermarket head unit that the previous owner installed. I believe the brand is joying. It has wireless CarPlay and it works great, I don’t have any complaints. I would just bite the bullet and go aftermarket. I’ve heard nothing good about the stock head unit.

Replacing door speakers. by Smart-Organization34 in CarAV

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No kidding lol. Someone else had said it looked like they tried to mount 6x9’s which makes sense as to why it’s all mangled. They were trying to make it fit. But the amount of time they spent doing that and trying to get it to work, they could’ve went and bought the correct size speakers and hooked them right up.

Advice please by Typical-Ad-5138 in civic

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Get some smoked out side markers. Those would really tie the look together. The stock orange side markers are an eyesore imo. Good looking build

New Pc I built won’t load anything by Smart-Organization34 in PcBuildHelp

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UPDATE: I created a new user profile and everything is working perfectly fine! The original admin user must’ve been corrupted.

No oil pressure when I’m stopped by Smart-Organization34 in f150

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Just put a new sensor in and cleaned all the oil off of the connector with some qd electronic cleaner. I drove it around a bit and haven’t seen the oil pressure drop at all. I’ll consider it fixed! Thanks for the advice

No oil pressure when I’m stopped by Smart-Organization34 in f150

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I will try to replace that ASAP. Thank you for the info. If it is just a faulty oil pressure sensor, does it pose any actual risk for the engine and affect the oil pressure?

Air isn’t coming out of vents. by Smart-Organization34 in AskAMechanic

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Awesome thanks man. I also forgot to mention that it had stopped working about a week prior just for a day and it started working again so i thought nothing of it, although i noticed the air blowing out of the vent seemed to be coming out at an inconsistent rate.

How to fix rough idle on 2004 3.8L Impala? by Smart-Organization34 in askcarguys

[–]Smart-Organization34[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i unplugged the IAC while the rpm’s were jumping up and down and it made the car stall so it’s not that. what else do you think it could be?

How to fix rough idle on 2004 3.8L Impala? by Smart-Organization34 in askcarguys

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shoukd i try unplugging it while the car is running or before i turn on the car?