So i took the car to the mechanic and the valve cover gasket is replaced both. top pelnum gasket replaced or manifold or w.e its called .. while i was there i saw rust on the gas tank how is a good way to treat that just paint of is there better stuff that holds up better ? .. also my tie rod is gone will i need an alignment after replacement .. and the gm dealer sent me a recall paper should i got or what

Oh the cancer!!!!! I farkin' hate dealing with rust. If it's mostly just surface rust, the best thing to do is sand it all off and get down to bare, uncancerous metal, then paint over it. If it's a little deeper and/or sanding down to bare metal isn't an option, you can POR-15 it (prep spray it first with their recommended stuff, then paint over it with POR-15 paint) and that will stop the rust from spreading. Just remember it's always easier to deal with rust now, than wait till it eats a hole in the metal (wish the previous owners of my MKII got that hint since I'm dealing with a lot of holes right now haha).

As for the tie rod, yes it's best to get an alignment after replacing a tie rod, however.... if you don't loosen the jam nut on the tie rod itself and just replace the tie rod end, your alignment will be almost exactly as how it was before the replacement, but that doesn't mean that the alignment before the tie rod replacement was spot on, thus always a good idea to get an alignment. It pays for itself in not chewing up tires.

What was the recall letter for? If it's for the "engine fire" craziness, I'd personally just forget about it since you already replace the VC gaskets (aka the true reason behind the recall, even though GM's fix was to just put some plastic spark plug wire holders on instead so if the oil leaking out of the VC got onto the manifolds, it wouldn't catch the spark plug wires on fire, but if you don't have a leaking VC in the first place, it's not an issue.)

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Dubs:00 VW GTI VR6, Low and Slow 91 VW GTI 8v, Shave the Bay!! 91 VW Cabriolet 8v, bitch Basket
GP's:04 GP GT, Past now G-Ma's Girlfriend's 97 GP GT, "Project Pink Power"

depends if it's a GT or GTP

GTPs got a front valve cover gasket and the plastic clips

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92 LeBaron Convert: Turbo 3L 97 Grand Prix GT 4dr "Frankenstein": L67 4t65 swap
97 Grand Marquis: Summer DD 99 Grand Prix GTP: Top Swap Beater

ye i hate cancer -___- ima do it soon i already see the snow and salt on it lol .. and its a gt i already got the valve gaskets and upper manifold gasket changed because of that burning smell . i honestly dropped it off anyways and just got back lol guy said it will take 1 hour to fix it but w.e its free so it dont hurt me .. Also I have ALOT and i mean ALOT of oil built up from the leaking ov valve covers and its really dirty whats a good strong spray to take the shit off ?

how in the world can it take an hr. they did the old 01 in 10 minutes lol


i mainly dropped it off to look at the techs reaction when he opend the hood they tryed telling me it had a missfire

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92 LeBaron Convert: Turbo 3L 97 Grand Prix GT 4dr "Frankenstein": L67 4t65 swap
97 Grand Marquis: Summer DD 99 Grand Prix GTP: Top Swap Beater

i kno right i dropped it off and if i see a scratch on it ima be a pissed .. but right now i know whats wrong with my car its just the tie rod lol and that possesed f'in abs wire that goes on and off .. other then that with 244k shes riding perfectly fine and Zero dents

-- Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:24 am --

another funny thing he told me was , i asked him how much a lug nut cap goes for and he said 11 dollars a peice i was like WTF rip of much !

keep in mind my 01 GT had a supercharger and a cam

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92 LeBaron Convert: Turbo 3L 97 Grand Prix GT 4dr "Frankenstein": L67 4t65 swap
97 Grand Marquis: Summer DD 99 Grand Prix GTP: Top Swap Beater

im goin nose dead from all the smelling i got home i saw there cheap little plastic shits on the wires ... there is a NASTY plastic burning smell and i cant tell wat the hell it is i checked everything there not a leak to be seen there is nothing in the way of the headers no plastic is touching i honestly cant tell what it can be any ideas ? near the motor

-- Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:11 pm --

i took the engine cover of for it to air out the smell but i hoenstly wanna know wat it could be -_-