Auto Tech & Repair

» rocky_53204 - 'KIA' windshield wiper fix...

Friend brought over a Kia with both windshield wipers inoperable. I live in Wisconsin where ice and snow as well as rain require working wipers!

Not much going on with wipers... a motor drives a gear box which moves a linkage which moves the wiper assembly... hmmm which part is screwed up?

I assumed the problem to be in the linkage as when the car was started I could hear the wiper motor run. (The wiper motor is located at the rear of the engine on the firewall.)

To get at that linkage would require removing the wiper assembly and then the plastic shield under it.

Imagine my surprise when I pried off the cap over the bolt which fastens the wiper assembly and found the bolt beneath to be very loose. The quick fix is to tighten that bolt with a 14 millimeter open end wrench and replace the caps! (neatly saving a minimum $80 garage fee!)

The wiper is not keyed to the drive shaft and is simply held on by friction. It is either a design flaw or a clever way to prevent frozen wipers from shearing off. (or, this particular car was missing some lock washers.) Have a free repair on me!

-- posted by rocky_53204

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» rocky_53204 - Ford Code 1152

The author is right on! Bought an auction car for my daughter (her first car!) and soon after the 'Check Engine' light was on. Found the gas cap off and thought that would be the problem, low pressure gas issue... no such luck.

Put an Actron scanner on and pulled an 1152 code. Fearing the worst (8 bad injectors) I instead found that the intake manifold plumbing was not securely attached behind the MAF sensor.

In fact it appears there were two attempts at sabotage on this car, possibly to drive the price down at auction.

Baby girl has a quite nice 2002 Ford Crown Victoria with a police interceptor engine in perfect running order. Whoever screwed with the car at inspection did us a favor as we got a very sweet price!

-- posted by rocky_53204

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» lega53 - Ford Code 1152

In response to Ford Code 1152 posted by rocky_53204:

why disconnect negative battery cable and not positive when removing MAF circuit for cleaning? or why any battery cables at all when the part can be just unplugged as it is done when diagnosing or verifing if it needs to be replaced or not? thank you for any replies.

-- posted by lega53

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» knipper97 - 1996 E-150 MAF

NOW I read this......I bought a 96 E-150 3 weeks ago took it to Auto Zone to read the code and told me EXACTLY what you said. So not knowing any better i replaced bank 1 and 2 oxygen sensors. One of them my buddy and i replaced, the other we coudnt get to budge so i took it to a friend of a friends place to look at it and after he replaced it he checked the codes and new that the MAF was failing so he cleaned it out and problem solved. Chalk that up to a $160 lesson.

-- posted by knipper97

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» grsti - Radio Shack Tuner Cleaner #64-4315

This product is a cleaner and lubricant and contains an oil or grease, I think this will leave a residue. Are you sure you supplied the correct part number.

-- posted by grsti

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