Q:I just fixed a clog in my bathroom sink by taking off the p-trap. I had turned off the water valve beforehand, and when I was done I turned it back on. After this, all that came out of the faucet was a trickle. Turning the valve in the off position does not stop the trickle. When I first turned the valve off before taking off the pipe, the valve was not turned all the way left or right. It was in the middle, but the water flowed fine. When I turned the valve all the way to the right, the water shut off at the faucet. My apartment is pretty old. Is this valve most likely broken?

if your water valve has a plastic handle it is probably striped. take the handle off and try using pliers to turn the valve this will tell you what you need to know.

Q:ok, after lots of exploring around online and from some great answers from this site I have found the problem to my explorer. The torque converter solenoid mounting clip broke. thats it!! new question, do i have to take off the valve body to remove the solenoid. If so any tips? its way new territory for me. I hate automatics!!

Yes. REMOVAL Disconnect battery ground cable. Raise and support the vehicle. WARNING: THE ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY TO THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM MUST BE SHUT OFF PRIOR TO HOISTING, JACKING OR TOWING AN AIR SUSPENSION VEHICLE. THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY TURNING OFF THE AIR SUSPENSION SWITCH LOCATED IN THE REAR JACK STORAGE AREA. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN UNEXPECTED INFLATION OR DEFLATION OF THE AIR SPRINGS WHICH MAY RESULT IN SHIFTING OF THE VEHICLE DURING THESE OPERATIONS. Remove the transmission fluid pan, filter, and gasket. NOTE: If a transmission has been disassembled to replace worn or damaged parts and the valves in the main control valve body stick repeatedly from foreign material, the torque converter must be removed and cleaned by using a mechanically agitated cleaner, such as Rotunda Torque Converter/Fluid Cooler Cleaner 014-00028 or equivalent. Unclip main control valve body wire harness. - Lift up on wire harness guide and protector and disengage the retaining pins from the solenoid clamps. Disconnect the six solenoid electrical connectors. (1) Disconnect the SS1, SS2, SS3 and SS4 electrical connectors. (2) Disconnect the torque converter clutch (TCC) solenoid electrical connector. (3) Disconnect the electronic pressure control (EPC) solenoid electrical connector. Remove the manual control valve detent lever spring. (1) Remove the manual control valve detent lever spring bolt. (2) Remove the manual control valve detent lever spring. Remove the low/reverse servo cover bolts. (1) Remove the low/reverse servo cover bolts. (2) Remove the low/reverse band servo cover and gasket. Discard the low/reverse servo separator plate cover gasket. Remove the low/reverse band servo piston and rod. Do not remove the two (gold) bolts specified. CAUTION: Support the main control valve body. Remove the 23 main control valve body (black) bolts. CAUTION: Support the main control valve body. Remove the main control valve body.

Q:Hi. im wondering what reed valves do and can they put on a 4-stroke engine or not???Thanks for your help.Dune.buggy5

Reed valves were popular when you could get a street two-stroke bike. They allowed air to flow only one-way. I think Yamaha even had a nifty rotary valve thing that squeezed the air that the piston sucked so it would flow a bit faster into the combustion chamber. With a four-stroke, I don't think there's any advantage to complicating the air flow with a reed. That's what cams and valves do. You need to burn more fuel to get more power. There are several ways to do this. You can do this with more RPMs, more fuel/air mixture, or a larger displacement. But that's about power, not necessarily a reed valve.

Q:I want to install a hks blow off valve on my car but is it true that i need a turbo installed first in my car or not.and are they legal in the state of californiapermitted,i want my car to make that air release sound when i shift gears,but it needs a turbo installed or can i still get what i want from a blow off valve without a turbo!!!!!

If you keep asking this question you may be able to find someone that will tell you that it will work.IT WILL NOT.You have no excess pressure to blow off.No turbo= no boost=no pressure.Record the sound that you want,wire your play-back to a micro switch on the clutch with a P/A speaker under the hood.That's as close as you can get.I'll put it in simpler terms.I T W I L L N O T W O R K.

Q:Anyone know how to stop this from happening? I have gone through 4 since March.

are you sure its the egr valves going bad or not the egr solenoids causing you to get the code,that will make it appear that an egr has gone bad when it really hasn't,good luck.

Q:My brother is 32 years old.He has an enlarged heart ,a murmur,high blood pressure and heart regurgitation.He may be having the valve replacement surgery.I was wondering if anyone has had these things wrong with them and had the valve surgery and did well afterwards.Any information would be very much appreciated.

Which valve is getting replaced (there are 4 in the heart)? Will he be getting a man made one (which will require life long blood thinners but are also very durable) or a pig valve (no need for blood thinners but won't last as long) ? Many people get valve replacements and it makes them feel wonderful afterwards.... make sure you find out about exactly the surgery he's having so you know... but I'm sure he'll be fine.

Q:I've been playing french horn in school for about five years, and I'm not exceptional by any means! But I love the instrument. Our school district bought a french horn a few years ago when we didn't have enough french horns for players. The almost new Holton has great tone. But unfortunately it fell into ignorant hands and has been neglected for two years. I just received the instrument and cleaned it up and got it back up to snuff, except for the valves. I can't get them to run smoothly!! They act all gummed up. I've put oil in the top and bottom of the valve, and I've dropped a couple drops in the tubes down onto the valves, but they're still gummed up! Do I need to use more oil?? Or what? Any suggestions?

Sounds like your oiling correctly but you need to get the dried oil out, that's the gum your feeling. One way is to have the school send it to the repair shop, its not your horn so don't spend any money on it. Another way is to flush them out with a thin valve oil. Where can you buy a quart of valve oil? Walmart and Kmart has it but not labeled as valve oil. Look for Lantern oil , the stuff used in oil lamps, it is very cheap and many of the valve oils are made of the same stuff. Take out all the crooks on the instrument and flood the valve with the lamp oil, this should flush out the gum. After you have dumped the lamp oil re-oil the way you have been. (Lamp oil is not dangerous, it burns if you hold a match to it but that is about it, you can also use charcoal lighter)

Q:My third valve is always sticking, despite the fact that I oil them thoroughly every other day. It scrapes the sides of the case when I take it out/put it in, it's almost as if the valve is too big for it. Often times it will stick and I'll have to unscrew it and physically pull it out for it to be functional again.I've inspected it, and the inside looks just like the others which are fine. I've tried washing it, oiling it, and putting a trace amount of vaseline on it. What is the problem?

Check the spring and plastic valve guide on top of the spring. I've seen these stick and the results are quite annoying, but once the spring moves up and down freely, so will the valve.

Q:i have a 98 ford escort SE. oil spils out the dipstick. we think its the pressure release valve. sadly we dont know where that is. any imput would be great

it's probably a blocked pcv valve it's an emissions fail so get it fixed

Q:I have this air canister i want to attach to a homemade Airsoft gun. (please no comments or answers on that).The air canister has an opening on both ends. I thought for simplicity, put a filler valve on one end and a connection to the gun on the other.Exactly what kind of one way filer valve will i need, most of the ones i look at look like propane tank connections and those are for filling and dispensing into the system.

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