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" Senior Editor Mike Allen answers readers&amp;#039; car questions. Q: I have a 2003 4 Cly. Toyota Camry that drips a very small amount of oil on my garage floor. It has less than 18,000 miles and it is about 3 months out of warranty. Because I keep cardboard under the car, and I now realize that this has been going on for a long time. The dealer has no answer except to say &amp;quot;bring it in&amp;quot;, but not under warranty. Any ideas? Thanks, AL FORLANI A: Well, you have two choices. Let it leak, or pay the dealer or someone else to fix it. Or you might try to talk the dealer into fixing it for free, which is not likely. Q: I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A USED &amp;#039;MAZDA 626&amp;#039; (100,000 MILES , 4 CYLINDER). THE CAR DOES FINE ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO A STOP IT SEEMS TO IDLE ROUGH. I WATCH THE RPM GAGE AND CAN SEE THE NEEDLE DROP FROM ABOUT 700 RPM TO 600 THEN BACK TO 700 AGAIN. WHEN IT DOES THIS IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE WANTS TO DIE. THEN WHEN THE BRAKE IS RELEASED AND I START TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE WILL DIE IF I DON&amp;#039;T ACCELERATE FAST ENOUGH. WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING IS DRIVING LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I RELEASE THE BRAKE SLOWLY WITH MY LEFT FOOT, AS SOON AS THE CAR STARTS TO MOVE I GIVE IT GAS WITH MY RIGHT. IT WORKS FINE LIKE THAT BUT UNCOMFORTABLE. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. JOHN BLAKEA: First bit of advice: turn off the CAPS LOCK, you don&amp;#039;t need to shout, and it makes your letter hard to read. And I already get a headache sitting front of this screen all day... There about hundred things that could be wrong, starting with bad plugs and wires, dirty idle air controll, bad EGR valve or just general decrepitude. We haven&amp;#039;t even established if the rough idle is caused by bad spark, bad fuel injection or a compression leak. You need a tuneup. Q: My &amp;#039;99 Tarus SE (v-6) keeps losing coolant @ a vey slow rate. I can&amp;#039;t find ant evidence of a leak. The car runs perfect except for this. I have pressure tested to no avail. Is there something I can do short of replacing all the hoses / radiator? A: Bars Leaks. It&amp;#039;s a cooling system sealant. Q: I need to replace the washer reservoir as it has a crack where the pump resides. I&amp;#039;ve got it loose but no matter how many ways I twist it , the mounting tab hits the AC filter (I think that&amp;#039;s what it is), so do I have to remove it? I started to do so , and when I loosened the metal tubes on top, it was under pressure and started hissing and spitting. I tightened them immediately, so what now? Am I right on what that part is, looks like a large beer can with 2 tubes coming out top toward the radiator? Would appreciate any help you can give me. JOHN WICKSTROM A: That can is proably the receiver-dryer, and it&amp;#039;s full of very expensive r-12 refrigerant. Let&amp;#039;s hope you didn&amp;#039;t vent too much of it or you a/c will have to be recharged. Find some other way to remove ther reservoir. Q: My &amp;#039;93 Mazda MX6 lost fifth gear about 6-8 months ago. It will shift into the gear while parked but when driving it makes a grinding noise and refuses to shift into that gear. Is this my transmission going out or could it be a less financially intensive problem? A: Could be a bad dog ring or gearset, or as simple as a shift fork that&amp;#039;s slipped on the shift rail, or even misadjusted or worn-out linkage. Best to find out before broken pieces wear out the rest of the box. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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