Used Miles What is considered a lot of miles on a used vehicle?
I'm looking into buying a used vehicle and I hear people say "how many miles does it have on it". I'm wondering what a lot of miles are on a car from the years 1998 to 2005.
Generally, a rule of thumb is 12,00 miles per year on a car as a reasonable mileage number. When you refer to "a lot of miles" that is dependent on your personal outlook to it, I think a car with 20,000 miles per year is one with "a lot of miles", someone who doesnt drive as much as I do may think that 15,000 miles a year is a lot, while a professional driver may think that 60,000 miles a year is a lot. If you are the average driver, which I assume you are somewhat, then use the 12,000 number as a base.
So, a 2005 car should have clocked, in average, 24,000 miles. Anything over 24,000 miles would be more miles than found on the average of the same year.
A car from 1998 on average would have about 72,000 miles. You can do the math for the other years between 1998 and 2005.
How many miles is too many miles on a used vehicle?
I am looking for a used car and I found a 2002 Buick century but it has 120,000 miles on it. Is that to many?
If the car was well maintained that is not too many miles at all, my Subaru has over 300,000 on it and its still going. But it all depends on if it was taken care of, or just driven and only fixed when something went wrong. So its really hard to tell, have someone that is good with cars take it for a test drive and see if it shows any signs of an abused car.
Snowmobile Exhaust hey yes i have a problem my snowmobile wont start it has a new exhaust and a new batery i wont start?
i got it working i put oil and gas mix into the hole through the spark plug i think gas was left in the cylinder and did not ignite i also believe it was stale because it was in the garadge for a year
Make sure you have gas and that the gas line isn't frozen. Remove the plug and see if it gets gas when you turn it over. If it is getting gas, be sure it's getting spark. Check and make sure the choke is working. If all this stuff is OK, squirt some starting fluid into the carb/throttle body and
try to start it. If it still doesn't start, you've got problems. Take it to a mechanic.
What would be the size of an imaginary GIANT EXHAUST PIPE, that represented all such emissions on earth?
How about adding up all the car tailpipes spewing out CO2, plus the exhaust pipes from lawnmowers, motorcycles, weed eaters, tractors, pleasure boats and ships, snowmobiles, airplanes, go carts, and so on, and also throw in power plant smokestacks, incinerators and every other exhaust pipe related to combustion of fossil fuels and determine the estimated diameters of all of them to create a hypothetical GIANT EXHAUST PIPE. I think the illustrative power of such an imaginary device. (I'm guessing it might be the size of say, Vermont in diameter.) If you could illustrate that located somewhere on the globe, spewing out CO2, 24-7, maybe the few disbelievers left out there might realize the incredible impact mankind is having on good old mother earth. Another interesting example would be to calculate the hypothetical diameter of an imaginary oil/gas well made up from all known producing boreholes in all countries around the world and show the amount of flow coming out of it.
Damn it took a long time to calculate this one! Your exhaust pipe size is predicated on the rate at which the volume of gas is being emmitted, not just the amount of gas. I took the liberty to slow the rate down to the spread the total emmissions over a 1 day period, please forgive me if you were talking about a per minute or year type emmission.
Currently we emit about 7200 million metric tons of CO2 from all sources globally. ( You can verify data at http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2006/04/)
Laminar flow calculations are required and the Bernoulli principle applies. So here goes.
Using the Navier-Stokes equation that is so complex mortal man probably does not even understand the concept, I am able to caculate the motion of fluid substances such as liquids and gases.
X - Momentum: (r * u)/t + (r * u^2)/x + (r * u * v)/y + (r * u * w)/z = - p/x
+ 1/Re * { tauxx/x + tauxy/y + tauxz/z}
Y - Momentum: (r * v)/t + (r * u * v)/x + (r * v^2)/y + (r * v * w)/z = - p/y
+ 1/Re * { tauxy/x + tauyy/y + tauyz/z}
Z - Momentum: (r * w)/t + (r * u * w)/x + (r * v * w)/y + (r * w^2)/z = - p/z
+ 1/Re * { tauxz/x + tauyz/y + tauzz/z}
Energy: Et/t + (u * Et)/x + (v * Et)/y + (w * Et)/z = - (r * u)/x - (r * v)/y - (r * w)/z
- 1/(Re*Pr) * { qx/x + qy/y + qz/z}
+ 1/Re * {(u * tauxx + v * tauxy + w * tauxz)/x + (u * tauxy + v * tauyy + w * tauxz)/y + (u * tauxz + v * tauyz + w * tauzz)/z}
The exhaust pipe would therefore 2416 feet in diameter, not the size of Vermont. It would be like a small volcano erupting continously all day. I hope this helps.
PS. The oil well borehole would be approximately 1877.665 feet in diameter.
Chassis Motor I'm interested in a Class B motor home on a '76 Dodge 1 ton van chassis, it has 50K miles and is mint BUT
it "runs cold" meaning you have to gun it to keep it running...can this be fixed on this old of an engine? It's got a lot of power otherwise.
It also has a "choke"...which reminds me of my lawn mower!! Is this going to eb a problem (this engine)?
Can this engine be updated?
Can airbags be put in? How spendy?
"Runs cold" most likely means the carburetor needs a cleaning (the idle mixture port could be clogged). A manual choke is OK, since you control it (there are many, many different automatic chokes - each have their own set of problems). Airbags would probably cost more than the RV itself. You would need sensors, a computer, and a whole new steering column, and who knows what else for a passenger airbag.
I have a 1995 Fleetwood Motor Home on a Chevrolet P-Chassis, and it overheats when climbing hills?
The engine is a 454 (7.4L) V-8 with lots of power and the transmission is a 4L80-E automatic. When running level and small inclines the coolant temperature stays in the normal zone but when climbing mountians in N.Carolina and Tennessee it goesway up to the first red line on the guage. I am planning to head to Yellowstone next and would like some advice. I have a transmission cooler on the unit but still think the hills are causing the transmission to work too hard and therefore overheat causing the radiator water to overheat.
depending on what size of trans. cooler you have on , i would upgrade to a heavy duty trans. cooler and what would help tremendously is a heavy duty engine oil cooler as well. this coupled with a cooler running thermostat such as a 165 deg. stat. and an additive in your coolant called water wetter, i found was the best solution to my fathers motorhome. to this day it still hasn't seen the high side of 180 deg. it's been 2 years now. make sure to flush your cooling system every year.
Runs Great Thinking about buying a 1975 Mustang Ghia, runs great but seems to be exhaust smoke coming from the motor,why?
It runs great and has a rebuilt tranny and motor, its been bored 30 over and has a crap load of new parts (cams, heads, carb, etc..) now pushes near 400 hp, I went to look at it and it seemed great, but while it was running it seemed like the motor was smoking, smelled like exhaust but I dont know. Is it normal for muscle cars to do this? wanna know before I BUY IT! Thanks
Josh, did you check all of the easy to see top end gaskets and seals to see if something is leaking?
From what you've said, either oil is burning up or there is an exhaust leak. Depending on what year the parts are there could be something called EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation). I've provided a wiki link for that. If you look around all the hoses endpoints on the top end and still don't see anything use your ears. Listen for a hiss, whine or whistle that sounds out of place. That is also indicative of a leak (vacuum or egr).
If none of that works then ask to see under the car whilst it is running, look for smoke there.
Generally speaking, once an engine is started and running no smoke should be coming from the engine compartment at all. I would definitely investigate and question the sellers.
My cars air conditioner comes on when I start the car and runs great, but about 15 minutes it stops.?
It won't come on again until after the car sits for awhile. Can someone please help me and tell me what is wrong with it?
When you initially start the vehicle, everything is cold. As things heat up, the condenser needs to have a fan come on to lower the high side pressure. If the fan is not coming on, the high side pressure limiter switch will shut down the compressor to prevent damage to the system. This is just one reason, there are many more, What you need is a qualified tech to evaluate the system. It could be that the low side is too low and low side limiter is doing the same thing to save the system. Could be a clutch issue, Too many possibilities.
