OxfordM3
01-15-2006, 11:52 AM
As much I love this car, its been a royal pain this week. First I get a check engine light, turns out its an oxygen sensor. Not a big deal I think, buy the sensor, go to change it and find the oxygen sensor is located in the tightest of spots you can imagine. Above the exhaust before the cats and under the drive shaft. So then I had to search for a crowfoot design tool to remove it. After two days I found one and it was done.
Next day. I get in my car and smell gas. I figure I had topped it off too much or something. Nope, the smell just got stronger and I soon had a headache driving to work. Of course I also smelled like gas at work. Get back home and trace the smell to the back seat. I took the back seat off and found that the fuel pump has 4 inches of gas sitting on top of it. Turns out a hose had popped off. Fixed it with a $2 clamp, and then spent the rest of the evening detailing the inside of my car to get rid of the gas smell.
Friday. I start the car and hear a belt whine. @#@$!!!!! At this point you can imagine how pissed I'm starting to get. The main belt is slipping and needs to be replaced. So I just finished that this weekend. I'm praying I won't have any more issues this month. Most of the stuff was regular maintenance stuff (minus the hose popping off the fuel pump), so I can't complain, but it all happened in a week. Not fun. :(
Next day. I get in my car and smell gas. I figure I had topped it off too much or something. Nope, the smell just got stronger and I soon had a headache driving to work. Of course I also smelled like gas at work. Get back home and trace the smell to the back seat. I took the back seat off and found that the fuel pump has 4 inches of gas sitting on top of it. Turns out a hose had popped off. Fixed it with a $2 clamp, and then spent the rest of the evening detailing the inside of my car to get rid of the gas smell.
Friday. I start the car and hear a belt whine. @#@$!!!!! At this point you can imagine how pissed I'm starting to get. The main belt is slipping and needs to be replaced. So I just finished that this weekend. I'm praying I won't have any more issues this month. Most of the stuff was regular maintenance stuff (minus the hose popping off the fuel pump), so I can't complain, but it all happened in a week. Not fun. :(