We plan on adding a ball hitch to tow a boat (dry weight roughly 3000lbs). It’s a 1997 gmc suburban low mileage, essentially elderly owned driven only once a year but maintained regularly. Looking at the rust on the hitch, would this be something we need to replace before towing a boat?
First time truck owner here
I’ve had this issue about a year ago - cleaned the MAF and it eventually went away. Honestly thought it was bad gas.
Came back a few weeks ago so I changed the spark plugs 2 weeks ago, passenger side valve cover gasket (oil was fouling the passenger side spark plugs) and spark plug seals, cleaned MAF again and cleaned the battery terminals as they were badly corroded. Car ran great after this for the last few weeks, no jerking.
Until today - filled up with gas, hit the gym then driving home it started doing that same jerking crap as before. This is what my positive battery terminal looks like now, sulfur smell has been noticeable for the last 5 days when parked in the garage.
Any chance it’s because the battery is taking a dive?
Coincidentally, it’s been 95-100 degrees the past few days and I’ve been having the AC on nonstop.
If it’s the transmission I guess I’ll start looking for rebuilt ones and take a weekend off
2018 wrx base, 136K miles. Stock except borla cat back exhaust
As the title says - I’d share a video but essentially did my spark plugs and noticed cylinder 2 and 3 on the passenger side has oil in the spark plug wells and oil on the plugs themselves. Cars been having some lag when accelerating so did my plugs (been 60k miles since last set) and cleaned MAF sensor.
Now I gotta replace the valve cover gasket on the passenger side and spark plug tube seals - when removing the gasket and the adhesive stuff, what’s the best way to keep debris from getting into the engine while I’m scrapping away at the residue on the head side of the gasket?