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SERYN

Friday, March 17, 2006 2:38 PM

ah, see thats the thing.

I don't mind sharing edited hightlights, but a ireally don't know if I want people knowing that much about the inner working of my brain.

Something tells me its a scary place. Plus, I don't think i'm watching my language and being at all pc.

But if you must

*forces... self... to put in.... link*

http://seryndippyt.blogspot.com/

garggh, i'm going to regret this.

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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.

SCORPIONREGENT

Friday, March 17, 2006 3:29 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
Well, I listened to my car finally. Had to wait unti the 50,000 people here left. People are nosy. I didn't notice any whistling noises amongst all the other noises.

And it wasn't doing the thing, the vrOOooMM thing. I let it run for a few minutes, but it was fine. I didn't think about it at the time, but I could have tried putting it in drive and seeing if it made it do the thing. But I can't have it in drive and listen under the hood at the same time.

So, where does that put me?

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

It puts you, my dear, in need of huge blocks to chock off the front tires, or a true friend you can trust with your life to sit inside the car and hold down the brake pedal while running the car in drive. Don't scrimp on the huge part and don't trust your parking brake they are prone to betrayal.
The oscillating engine speed sounds deffinately like something that only happens idling in gear. That's the reason I asked about a whistling noise. A vacuum leak, unmeasured air getting into the intake, can play merry hell with a engine at idle. Often it has the buy product of causing a whistle as air is sucked into a disconnected vacuum port and into the intake. The should be a sticker under your hood with a diagram of all the vacuum lines. You might just see if they are all connected properly and intact.

Have you cleaned your battery connections lately? Computerized cars are a might particular about their batteries. You might try to take off the battery terminals and clean them. Just make darn sure you don't, repeat don't disconnect the battery with the engine running that will fry the computer.
A dirty fuel injector might be corrected by running some fuel treatment through the tank, but I don't think that's it.

Scorpion Regent

CALLMESERENITY

Friday, March 17, 2006 4:09 PM

Well, I can definitely check my vacuum lines and clean the battery terminals. I'll do it this weekend.

And my sister's coming to visit Sunday. I can trust her enough to let her sit with my car in drive and let me listen to the engine. She hasn't tried to kill me in several years, so we're good.

It hasn't done the..what'd you call it? "oscillating engine speed" thing since. I'm hoping that's a good sign and not that my car is saving up for something big to go wrong.

And I will get some of the fuel injection cleaning stuff next time I'm anywhere near a place that sells that kind of stuff.

Thanks for the help!

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

SCORPIONREGENT

Friday, March 17, 2006 4:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
Well, I can definitely check my vacuum lines and clean the battery terminals. I'll do it this weekend.

And my sister's coming to visit Sunday. I can trust her enough to let her sit with my car in drive and let me listen to the engine. She hasn't tried to kill me in several years, so we're good.

It hasn't done the..what'd you call it? "oscillating engine speed" thing since. I'm hoping that's a good sign and not that my car is saving up for something big to go wrong.

And I will get some of the fuel injection cleaning stuff next time I'm anywhere near a place that sells that kind of stuff.

Thanks for the help!

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

No problem, anything for a friend, well almost anything. I'm not going to change your main bearings through the US mail. I like this kind of working on cars, my hands are still clean and I get to think.
How much book studying have you done in regards to cars? The fact that you are willing to do the basic stuff and are unafraid of the grunge factor is really encouraging. Don't worry I'm not trying to change your career for you. I just appreciate a woman who can tinker.

Scorpion Regent

CALLMESERENITY

Friday, March 17, 2006 4:59 PM

nearly none. I'm very hands on. I learn by leaning over other people's shoulders and pestering them with questions.

Well, I did learn to change the oil on my car by simply jacking the car up, searching underneath until I found what I hoped was the place where the oil came out and unscrewing it (getting oil all over myself-joy!) and then finding the thing that looked the new oil filter I had in my hand, unscrewing that and replacing it with the new one and then putting more oil in the car. And then after I'd done all that and cleaned up my mess (and myself) I turned my car on and thanked God when it didn't blow up.

But mostly, I just bug people that know things about cars and make them tell me what they're doing.

But I do that with lots of things, not just cars. I'm a big gleaner.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

SERYN

Friday, March 17, 2006 7:51 PM

I do that as well, I bug people for information, and attempt to 'glean'. My problem with driving is that my Dad is the only driver, so I once asked him about what the gears etc, did. At the start of a journeyFor the next two hours he told me what he was doing every single time he did something, and good on him, thanks for that. but TOO MUCH INFORMATION!
I still only have the vaguest idea of how they actually work, but i'm too afraid to ask again.
I figure when I manage to get driving lessons, then i'l start looking into it in ernest. I don't fancy ever being in control of something I don't have the slightest clue of how to fix, and i've no problem with the mucking in and finding things out, but until I have a car to play with, not much of anything is going to stick.

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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.

CITIZEN

Friday, March 17, 2006 7:54 PM

I have people to look after my car for me now.

Three weeks ago today I had 3 miles on the clock, now I have over 800 .

The new Car smell has gone too.

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

SERYN

Friday, March 17, 2006 7:58 PM

where have you been to clock up that mamy miles/

our country ain't that big!

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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.

CALLMESERENITY

Friday, March 17, 2006 7:58 PM

Lots of driving in just a few weeks.

They sell the new car smell by the bottle, you know.

And my car's nearly at 135,000 miles. It's going to have to last several thousand more, too, because I can't afford a new one anytime soon.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom

I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/

ORPHEUS

Friday, March 17, 2006 8:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Jadehand:
That is amusing considering last night in chat the Fade Monster bit me and turned me into the Jade Monster.

Huh. The thought never crossed my mind. I've had the name Wade Monster over at RottenTomatoes.com for a while.

Ain't rhyming fun?

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