Looks like I’ve got another thing on the menu for my shitbox.

Good news is that it stopped screaming after only a moment.

Bad news is that it wasn’t even close to quiet.

Further bad news is that I live in an apartment complex.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    Stop being a sonic terrorist and replace your damn timing belt!

    Seriously, cars require regular, preventative maintenance.

    Almost all of this can be be done by yourself, with a decent toolset and maybe also with a floor jack (edit: and a drain pan/catch), by reading the manual, which you can find online if you don’t have the paper copy.

    If you do the regular maintenance, you will spare yourself from much costlier repairs in the future, and you will be much less likely to experience a critical failure, in a moment where you really cannot afford (metaphorically or monetarily) a critical failure.

    We are gonna become Cuba, because the auto giants are never going to make affordable cars again, and gas is not going to get cheaper.

    Please take care of your vintage shitbox.

    • JillyB@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      *Serpentine belt. If it were a timing belt it would be much worse than a noise. This usually is a pretty easy thing to replace in most cars.