4g63dreams
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- Sep 21, 2011
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Bronx,
New_York
When I purchased my car it had really bad down pipe rust to where the thing actually fell apart in two. My mechanic was nice enough to patch it up with some steel tubing as a temp fix for while I collected to get a better one. The pipe also had much rust and holes near the manifold end.
So when I pop the hood open theres... this...
I had a pic of it up before but it wasn't as good as this one now. What is the black stuff? Could it have been the exhaust blackening my block up? Or is it an oil leak? Inside the vehicle my oil gauge tends to fluctuate up and down depending on how the car is used. I also do not see any spots on the floor after I left the my parking spot. It concerns me :/ Dip stick reads perfectly fine too.
At Idle my boost gauges read this
Why is it that I'm on vacuum? Should I be at 0? or is it good that I have vacuum?
Another concern I have is that while I had gas in my tank my light randomly came on. Since I bought the car I've used Techron fuel system cleaner (12 gallon one, bogo free at autozone) 3 times, each time with a compete fill up using super (93 @ mobil gas stations)
What could have attributed to this?
My A:R gauge usually goes back and forth while I'm driving. It is never stable, so it looks like a rainbow show on my dash, is that normal? and what does stoich mean? :/ Sorry for all the questions.
I remember seeing a video involving "Scott" from dsmtalk (I think) in which he hears a whining noise in his vehicle at low speed cruising (<30mph). It sounds like a medium to high pitch humming. He attributes it to a defective differential, could it be that mine is going?
Last but not least, DSM's rule
and thanks in advance 
So when I pop the hood open theres... this...
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I had a pic of it up before but it wasn't as good as this one now. What is the black stuff? Could it have been the exhaust blackening my block up? Or is it an oil leak? Inside the vehicle my oil gauge tends to fluctuate up and down depending on how the car is used. I also do not see any spots on the floor after I left the my parking spot. It concerns me :/ Dip stick reads perfectly fine too.
At Idle my boost gauges read this
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Why is it that I'm on vacuum? Should I be at 0? or is it good that I have vacuum?
Another concern I have is that while I had gas in my tank my light randomly came on. Since I bought the car I've used Techron fuel system cleaner (12 gallon one, bogo free at autozone) 3 times, each time with a compete fill up using super (93 @ mobil gas stations)
You must be logged in to view this image or video.
What could have attributed to this?
My A:R gauge usually goes back and forth while I'm driving. It is never stable, so it looks like a rainbow show on my dash, is that normal? and what does stoich mean? :/ Sorry for all the questions.
I remember seeing a video involving "Scott" from dsmtalk (I think) in which he hears a whining noise in his vehicle at low speed cruising (<30mph). It sounds like a medium to high pitch humming. He attributes it to a defective differential, could it be that mine is going?
Last but not least, DSM's rule
and thanks in advance 
