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    todays egr cleaning

    so i got up early today and started on my task as hand.. the egr valve and the iac selenoid.. iac had some carbon on the plunger and the end.. cleaned that off.. jumped on the egr, managed to get it out.. took awhile to get the cheese screws off, but in the end i managed. 1 had to be drilled...
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    bearings fixed, now a clunk..

    about a 2 months ago, left front bearing replaced. last week, right front bearing replace & a set of dunlop direzza's tossed on. now i have a few different noises.. i get this crushing/snapping type noise on a sharp left or right turn, sounds like it's coming from whichever way im turning...
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    alternator replaced / 65,000miles

    i do a delievey route weekly that forces me to load my car up with newspaper.. its probably close to 700lbs.. if not more depending on the size of the paper. so one afternoon during my delivery route my battery light came on, my route is about 35miles from home. this being only about 6 weeks...
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    coolant smell

    got a 2003 protege 5. 60,000 miles on it.. started the car up and noticed a sweet smell coming in the car.. so i popped the hood and was just kinda looking at the engine compartment from a few feet and saw a blue cloud of smoke come up from around the alternator.. from the engine compartment...
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