What went wrong with your FX today?

My coilovers are starting to sound like a creaky old matress

not sure where to start with this, I am assuming its the springs themselves making the noise
 
so my fx wouldnt start, assuming it was the battery, opened up the area and noticed horrible oxidizationa and acid formation on the positive and negative term. Nothing made it come off except using baking soda/water. All of the battery area was nasty acidic like glue so had to take an hour to clean that gunk off. After cleaning the car started out fine but the positive terminal connextion is damaged and i need to find a replacement. Anyways since i bought the battery at costco i went to exchange it and they didnt have it in stock. Working under the heat doesnt help and carrying 40+ battery doesnt help either. So i put the old batttery back but the positive terminal is loose and giving me issues.
Does anyone know where i can get the screw on connction for the postive terminal for cheap??
 
I think any auto parts store should carry those battrey terminals.
 
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shadow191 said:
What are your high and low side pressures? Don't start replacing random parts just because people tell you to. You may just have low refrigerant which based on your symptoms may be the case. If low refrigerant, it may be enough for the compressor to turn on, but not be enough to properly cool your car. That's why it works better when moving, more airflow over the condenser means better heat exchange. So check that again, you may just have a leak.

It may be the expansion valve. If it's sticking or clogged, the refrigerant may not expand properly and this is the actual part of the cycle where it gets really cold and does the cooling.

But before doing anything, hook up a set of gauges to the high and low sides. That basically tells you everything. If the low side pressure is too low, then add more refrigerant. If the high side is too high, then your expansion valve may be clogged or stuck. If the high side isn't much higher than the low side, then your compressor is bad and not compressing.

The system is very simple. Compressor "compresses" refrigerant through condenser where heat is shed w/ ambient air. This then passes through expansion valve where it goes from high to low pressure and expands, this expansion is what causes the refrigerant to get cold. The cold refrigerant passes through evaporator which cools the actual air that comes through your vents. Then the refrigerant goes back to the compressor and gets pressurized again. So the only moving parts are the compressor and the expansion valve. Other parts can only cause leaks, they're not really going to fail.

The primary cause of bad cooling is low refrigerant. Compressors fail much less than people think but shops love changing them because it's expensive.
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Thanks bro. I checked the pressure when serviced two months and was weak. I flushed the full system including condenser, filters, and topped up the gas and yesterday it was flat out empty. I topped it again to manage the coming week until the new compressor comes in. New symptoms came up today it cools when I'm idle but blows out hot air on acceleration.
 
If the refrigerant is empty after 2 months, you have a leak. It's not the compressor. The compressor will shut off if pressure is too low to prevent damage. Find the leak.
 
Dracula said:
interesting, do they have specific ones for our cars or its all generic?
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I think they are all universal. The dealer should have the exact ones for our cars, cost might be more than the auto store though.
 
Battery posts are all roughly the same size and the wire gauge on most cars is within a range. I forget though, doesn't the FX have stuff attached to the positive terminal? It's not just a terminal and wire like the negative right? If that's the case, make sure what you buy is close enough to OEM.
 
Driving home on the highway and my driver side rear wheel feels as if its loose giving it a bumpy ride. Pulled over and there was a burning smell from that wheel only. Wheel and stud was very hot. Let it cool down drove home seemed to be ok. Someone is telling me maybe a stuck caliper. Possibly a warped rotor or even a bad wheel bearing. I do have drilled and slotted rotors from rotorpros. Any ideas?
 
id probally say its a stuck caliper. whens the last time you serviced it? could be a seized sliding pin but it could be warped by now
 
My rear right kyb shock went out I believe :at-wits-end: I noticed the car leaning to the right on the rear side and I'm lowered on h&rs
 
spersad11417 said:
Driving home on the highway and my driver side rear wheel feels as if its loose giving it a bumpy ride. Pulled over and there was a burning smell from that wheel only. Wheel and stud was very hot. Let it cool down drove home seemed to be ok. Someone is telling me maybe a stuck caliper. Possibly a warped rotor or even a bad wheel bearing. I do have drilled and slotted rotors from rotorpros. Any ideas?
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I had the same problem with my driver side rear as well. Noticed while washing my car that the rotor was super hot and smelled like constant brake wear. My caliper had froze so I bought a new one.
 
She dead
starts , Chugs then dies

Thinking it might be the throttle body ?
 
so today i found out someone hit my driver door and fender. i was so mad. i haven't been out for like 3 weeks and the only time i could picture it getting it was when my sister left the fx on the road and i believe my next door neighbor backed up into it.. how would u guys try to ask without blaming them?
 
That is horrible Andrew. I would just bluntly ask them. But first ask your sister about it, if she was driving it, maybe it happened when she was out in it.
 
my sister didn't drive it anywhere. she put it on the street cause my car was blocking hers on the driveway and she had to go to work. thing is im not sure if it was my neighbor or not and i just moved there and dont want to start a wrong vibe
 
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