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HVAC Dog Food Storage
If you need a place to store extra dog food for those long trips with your pet, try storing it in your HVAC system. Actually, no, that’s a bad idea, usually it’s rodents that try that. Advertisements
Dashboard Removal
Last week was the second time I’ve had the fun job of removing a dashboard to replace part of the HVAC system, this time on a Honda Fit.
Pinpoint The Pinhole
Earlier this week I wrote about using fluorescent dye to find leaks in air conditioning systems. Sometimes dye doesn’t help and you have to use other methods, such as a leak detector, or just by looking carefully.
A/C Dye Spill
A common way to find the source of an air conditioning refrigerant leak is to inject fluorescent dye into the system. Once dye is circulating in the system, if there is a leak the dye will also leak out, and … Continue reading
Bend a Line, Cook an Engine
If you don’t know what it is, don’t drive over it. A Honda Odyssey came into the shop for a check engine light.
HVAC System Replacement
It was bound to happen sooner or later. One of the least favorite jobs of a mechanic is anything involving the heater core or evaporator. It was my turn.
How-To: 1997 Honda Civic Noisy Idler Pulley
My car’s engine began to make a high-pitched squealing noise at times, and I tracked it down to the idler pulley for the AC compressor belt.
Posted in How-To, In The Shop, My Car
Tagged Air Conditioning, Diagnosis, DIY, Engines
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