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I had this happen and a mechanic said something about the polarity being reversed and I do not know what he did but it took him just a few minutes and he charged me 10 bucks. Do not let anyone tell you you have to rip apart the dash or mess with the needle or replace, sensors, drop the gas tank to fix the level sender, etc. This is a glitch in Chevy Malibus during the late 90s that when you replace your battery the gauge needle will do a 360.

I had this happen on my 98 Malibu, and I just took a pair of needle nose pliers to make a small hook on the end of a straightened out paperclip which I then used to put through a hole the display (there's a small hole through which the button for your tripometer comes through) and pull the needle out enough that it popped back up where it was supposed to go. Yes, this is kind of a silly way to do it, but it sure beats paying somebody to rip up the whole dash to get at the gas guage. Good luck.

That is the amp load the fuse can handle before it fails.

I had that problem with an 82 Dodge van with a metal gas tank. Rust particles were sucked on the fuel strainer and would block the fuel flow. After sitting for 20 minutes, the pressure decreased and the rust particles would fall to the bottom of the tank, only to

repeat itself until I replaced the strainer and cleaned the tank.

Wrong its the starter,,either the bolts that hold it on are stripped out , it gets hot and they spread and you lose power then it dies then you wait and keep hoping it will start this time ,,,God I know that game ,,get a new starter and the problems will all go away . and don't get cheap w/starter get a good one, and replace the entire package don't try a rebuild kit you will waste your time and money good luck I still have my 1992 g20 conversion van and it has been nothing but constant repair now at 140,000 miles just when you think cool its all fixed shes running great now you go to start it to show the person that keeps telling you to sell the piece ,and it makes some horrible noise and starts banging or just some other problem another multiple hundred dollar repair with some @#^ hole trying to rake you over the coals with a crazy bill .. tell him bull$%^ that's not the price i was quoted im not paying that are you insane for this piece of @$#@%#&% van they will usually cut the bill in half good luck liver lips happy vanning

it should be located on the engine block under the exhaust manifold. on the drivers side

Please specify what engine

4.8

make sure you take plug out clean well with carb and choke cleaner and brush then blow it out w/ air hose. put the plug back in if all your jet settings are good on the carb (you can find them online and set to stock if not) then just turn your gas on and pull your choke up lean the bike sideways and hold it there until you see some gas come out the overflow tubes then set the bike up and kick but do not give it any gas till she starts.

find yourself a book, and a timing light to do it right...search a little on the web for a MK 1 fanatics web page that may have diagrams...

when your fanatical yourself, you can post all kinds of stories and specs and stuff yourself...! :)

80 or 85 W 90 gear oil.

the fuse box is under dash by steering colum the fuse is marked radio in small print buy a 12 volt fuse tester they cost between $1.00 and up to about $5.00 test the fuses I just pull out the fuses and look at them if there is a split between the metal connections then its bad when you have the fuse in hand you can tell. or like i said buy a fuse tester and test it in car with key on

yes. pep boys, any big box auto parts store will fix you up. higher end? you can go that way too. Just stay away from the dealer. signed an ex dealer mechanic

Absolutely, in fact, if the AC compressor is cycling like that, low pressure is about the ONLY thing that can cause it.

There is a pressure sensor in the low pressure side of the AC system. When the pressure drops too far it turns off the compressor to prevent damage.

As the compressor runs it pulls refrigerant from the low side, compresses it and sends it to the condenser where it is cooled. When that happens there is less refrigerant available to the low side. There is no point in running a compressor if there is nothing left on the low side to compress, so it shuts down. After enough refrigerant works past the orifice and into the low side again, the low side pressure builds up and the compressor restarts.

yes, mine has cruise contol

To the best of my knowledge, this vehicle does not use a steering assembly.

Instead, the column is connected to a recirculating ball type power steering gear mounted to the frame. The gear turns a pitman arm which moves a center link mounted on one or two idler arms. The idler arms push/pull the tie rods.

any other van the spring stales are too far apart for any other vehicle .

yep

Pull the old freeze plug, clean up the hole, press in a replacment. Unfortunately you may need to remove a lot of peripheral stuff to get to the freeze plug.

Various reasons. There could be problems with the way the radio's hooked up. The radio may also just have worn out. They unfortunately do that sometimes.

I've also had problems when putting the engine cover (doghouse) back on. Sometimes the wires get caught and broken.

fpmp ACTUALLY stands for "Frontal Peak of Motor Potential"

There is a belt routing schematic on the radiator core support.

Remove glove box 4 bolt behind it. remove right and left lower dash panels. Undo 4 clamps 2 in the back 2 under glove box wiggle to break seal. its off