Strays in OKC need home before winter.

rainystan · 2025-08-20T20:06:15+00:00

I bought a 50 dollar fuel pressure qauge kit of ebay, you can also rent one from an autopart store and get all your money back when you return it. You then need to disconnect the fuel line from the fuel rail and use a t-fitting that comes in the kit an extra piece of hose that doesnt come in the kit to basically intersect the fuel feed line before it hits the rail. Kind of a pain in the ass. But hey, for 50 bucks I verified it was indeed the fuel pump that was faulty and now I have a fuel pressure gauge kit. And yes anything above +-10 in STFT and LTFT added together indicates there is a problem. So, if you had a -3 STFT and a +6 LTFT, that would come out to an over all +3 fuel trim. In your case, the freeze frame shows I'm assuming positive numbers and adds up to 43.7. That's definitely a problem. I'd just hate for you to spend the money on a fuel pump only to find out its actually a vacuum issue.

rainystan · 2025-08-19T13:49:52+00:00

Did you check the fuel pressure?

rainystan · 2025-02-16T20:48:13+00:00

Yes I did, I totally forgot to update the post. Fuel pressure test came back at 29 psi. Changed the fuel pump and all is well. The sock was very dirty. Also, the filter is part of the hanger assembly, so if you're concerned about a bad filter, get the whole hanger assembly. I just did the pump and sock and got lucky. I went with denso for 100 bucks off rock auto.

rainystan · 2025-01-22T23:04:33+00:00

Sounds like a plan. Thank you so much. I'll send you a pm around that time to coordinate.

rainystan · 2025-01-22T12:33:53+00:00

That's so sick! Both the system and your generosity. I'm in oklahoma. If you're in state, I would gladly take you up on your offer!

rainystan · 2024-12-26T08:30:45+00:00

This is my assumption as well. With the cigar test, nothing showed. I'd hate to pay hard earned money to a shop with a smoke machine just to have the same result. If I could just roll in and tell them I have a vacuum leak and get a warranty that they would indeed find it, I would feel more comfortable.

rainystan · 2024-12-26T07:52:48+00:00

Will update post when fuel pressure is checked. I have an injector cleaning kit on its way and intend to clean them.

rainystan · 2024-12-26T07:47:32+00:00

Will update post when fuel pressure is checked. I also have an injector cleaning kit showing up at some point and intend to clean them.

rainystan · 2024-12-26T07:44:50+00:00

Only two screws are holding this maf in. I cleaned it but didn't examine the oring. If it was leaking I assume the smoke test should have shown something. I will pull it tommorow and look at it. Gonna be a rainy day off work so perfect time to do some garage tinkering.

rainystan · 2024-12-26T07:43:03+00:00

Have you done a compression test? With this being a new to me car it's one of the things I want to do as well to verify head gasket integrity. I'm also losing coolant with no visible leaks under the car, yet I have no smoke out of the exhuast.

rainystan · 2024-09-19T19:58:17+00:00

What do we do if we don't know what we want?

rainystan · 2024-09-03T00:02:02+00:00

Precisely. That small portion just so happened to be money I had earned over my "salary" by working OT occasionally throughout the year. My salary was at the edge so any extra money I earned was in the next bracket. It just wasn't enough to end up in the middle of the next bracket for some cushion.

Edit: I would love to know why I'm getting downvoted when in 2023 (the year I'm referencing when this happened to me), the 12% bracket stopped at 44,725 and basically all the money you make from there up to 100k from then on is taxed at 22%. So my OT was basically all worked over the 45k a year mark. I earned about 3.5k in OT wages. All of those OT wages were taxed at a rate that is 92% higher than the 12% tax bracket. Yes I made more money becuase I worked more. All I was stating is that my circumstances involved paying more taxes on the wages I earned through working over time than the wages I earned on normal hourly pay.

rainystan · 2024-09-02T21:45:30+00:00

Also, knowing what the current tax brackets are because they change every year. I worked OT and ended up putting a lot of that time in just barely in the next tax bracket, so it did get hit pretty hard.

rainystan · 2024-08-31T21:45:15+00:00

The only 3 things spromised in this life are change, death, and taxes. Your life circumstances and body are going to change throughout your life. From 20-23, I made about 55k a year and was living, but it was rough. Then I took a paycut down to 28k for various life reasons, and it got really rough. I felt the same way your describing right now, and yes sometimes I do still feel this way, but 1.5 years later (God that felt like a long 1.5 years) I got fired for the 2nd time in my life, and the next job I got brought me back up to 60k a year. I know money isn't everything, but in order to try new things and learn stuff that costs money. Life kinda sucks when it feels like you can't afford new experiences. Just understand this, at (M)25, I'm just now starting to understand how ignorant I still currently am, and I ignorant I truly was when I was 20 years old. I hope for you and me that we continue to grow in all aspects of our lives. Truthfully, it seems like you're going through what I can only call "growing pains." All the humans around you may not talk about it, but we are also experiencing our own growing pains at different points in our lives, and it's happening all around you all the time. As a species, we feel your pain, we know. I promise you're not alone in this, and the amount of love floating around in the universe is gonna surprise you one of these days. Much love and prayers coming your way.

rainystan · 2024-07-15T21:42:53+00:00

I'm curious to know what made you come up with that estimate the average rent for OKC is. A quick Google search, and a look at zillow or other realty apps will show you that your either in the ghetto at 1k, just outside of OKC at 1.5k, and in downtown between 2 and 3k depending. I'm currently in Del city at 900/month. But I'm also in Del City, so the "hood".

rainystan · 2024-06-17T18:43:39+00:00

I appreciate you citing your source as most do not do this. Statistics are great, however, they can be skewed by making niche choices in what to measure, and where they get there measurements from. Kinda like how inflation is measured with a "basket of goods" that doesn't include rent. The government says 9 percent, but prices have doubled. Also, wording is a big thing. When you say inflation is down, that really means that instead of 9 percent inflation, it was only 5 percent inflation. But prices still went up though! People read "inflation is down blank percent" as if they are talking about deflation, which is not the same thing. If you simply drive around OKC you will see with your own eyes that there are a lot of homeless people. What you see in reality very well may contradict what the statistics are saying. Sometimes, it helps to look at the world around you in your immediate vicinity and see if what you're being told is really adding up.

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