need someone who knows what they are doing
 

i have a 2001 alero 2.4L and seems like every mechanic i take my car to seems to forget something or screw something up.... so looking for a mechanic around burnsville minnesota .... i have a fuel situation needs looked at... and also check my front suspention......



so anyone live around my area.

Whats the fuel problem?

^ Thats why I fix shit myself.

i live over in lakeville, not far. what kinda problem with the fuel are you talking about?

well for one i'm lucky if i get 200 miles on a tank of gas.....
and for 2 i took a trip to washington was fine all the way their and back so when i got back i got the fuel filter changed and every since then i have a loss of power ... i changed the plugs and the boots 2 weeks ago changed the filter when i got over to washington i have a k&n filter....we also took off the air flow restrictors that connect to the air filter box.... and the gas pedal sees like it is harder to push down i checked to see if anything is under the pedal and checked the cable to see if it is binding up against anything but dont look like anything is in the way...... i'm not used to the smaller engines and all the sensor they have in them i like the v8 ......
so tell me what you think

Its not a fuel problem, its more like a tune up type problem.

prolly should bring it to a shop, see if ur running rich or something. how did u set up the air filter? just set the cone in the top half of the air box or something? perhaps you could check the spring on the tb if its overtightened or if its partially open. how big of a loss of power and when is it most noticiable? like when u just start the car? when its warm? or high rpms, low rpms? need the details

wow..your mom's rage is quite potent

My mom loves that car, it's her baby, lol

well thanks for the help ....it has been in the shop seems like it is in the shop about 3 months i end up bring it to the shop but no one can seem to figure it out. well here i go back to the shop tomorrow having them check out the lower control arms they put in 3 weeks ago ...sound like the ball joint or something was not adjusted right you can really tell when taking a sharp corner sound like you cracking your knuckles ...

well all we did was take the plastic restrictor off kept the old air filter box in and just put a k & n filter in

that sound could be either a bad inner or outer cv joint. what side is the noise coming from?

it sounds like it is coming from the passenger front.... well making them check it out because right after i had the lower control arms done they forgot to tighten down the passenger side front sway bar so i felt like i was floating back and forth to work... every once in a while it would sway to one side that the other.... and no i wasnt drinking ......

Your power loss really remember me when I turn on the A/C... Is it possible that since a few weeks you started using the heat control at one of the front defrost position by any means?...

^explained... whenever the car is on a defrost setting, the a\c compressor is running. which on a 4 cyl takes away quite a bit of noticeable power.

no i havent yet had to use my defrosters or my heat it really aint that cold out for me yet i still have everything on off.
well the noise i have been hearing when i take sharp right turns... the mechanic says that it is the sleves in the timing chain...that just dont seem right to me because the noise i am hearing sound like it is coming from underneith the car like something to do with one of the wheels or the control arms.....

a sound when turning is not the timing chain. they must be tryin to screw u. lke said about, its probably in the cv axels.

hey man, I live in elko, just south of ya, if you need some one to help you out with some stuff i can see if I know whats going on. I've done some minor mods to my car and have done most of my own work on my alero. PM me if you want me to take a look.