marauder307
11-04-2005, 12:36 PM
Two items here:
1) Last fall, about 10k miles ago, I upgraded my brakes to PowerSlot rotors with Hawk HPS pads. Ever since then, the brakes have always squealed upon application. Work was done by a dealer's shop (Energy Country FLM, in Port Arthur TX), so I'm confident that it was done properly; they were even willing to paint the calipers for me (I supplied the paint, although in the interim I've seen that they didn't prep the calipers right---calipers look cruddy again).
Like I said, this brake setup has always squealed since it was installed, and there's usually a fair amount of brake dust at wash/detail time. I'm getting tired of my MM sounding like a Deuce-and-a-half coming to a stop; any ideas as to what might be going on, and what I can do to remedy it?
2) Engine problems again. Early on (maybe 6k mi), I had my PCM reflashed with the updated programming as per SSM something-something 428 (the one dealing with cold-engine surging and so on). I wasn't really getting the surging problem at the time, but I did it anyway as a preventative measure.
Now, I'm REALLY getting the surging, at 35.5k mile on the odo. Lousy when cold (and cold is a relative term here in Honolulu---the evening temps are only getting down in the mid-70s); engine jumps up and down as much as 300 rpm, and the car acts like a drunk's driving, lurching and coughing across the parking lot at idle. Otherwise ok once the temp needle gets to the bottom peg, and performs normally otherwise.
As additional information: Traffic here on the island is a LOT of stop-and-go; I don't really get any areas to do the SergeantMac full-throttle stomp. And I'm using slightly different gas---there is no 93 available on the island, so I've been buying generic 92 octane out of the tanks at the Pearl Harbor NB gas station.
Can anybody shed any light on this? :alone:
1) Last fall, about 10k miles ago, I upgraded my brakes to PowerSlot rotors with Hawk HPS pads. Ever since then, the brakes have always squealed upon application. Work was done by a dealer's shop (Energy Country FLM, in Port Arthur TX), so I'm confident that it was done properly; they were even willing to paint the calipers for me (I supplied the paint, although in the interim I've seen that they didn't prep the calipers right---calipers look cruddy again).
Like I said, this brake setup has always squealed since it was installed, and there's usually a fair amount of brake dust at wash/detail time. I'm getting tired of my MM sounding like a Deuce-and-a-half coming to a stop; any ideas as to what might be going on, and what I can do to remedy it?
2) Engine problems again. Early on (maybe 6k mi), I had my PCM reflashed with the updated programming as per SSM something-something 428 (the one dealing with cold-engine surging and so on). I wasn't really getting the surging problem at the time, but I did it anyway as a preventative measure.
Now, I'm REALLY getting the surging, at 35.5k mile on the odo. Lousy when cold (and cold is a relative term here in Honolulu---the evening temps are only getting down in the mid-70s); engine jumps up and down as much as 300 rpm, and the car acts like a drunk's driving, lurching and coughing across the parking lot at idle. Otherwise ok once the temp needle gets to the bottom peg, and performs normally otherwise.
As additional information: Traffic here on the island is a LOT of stop-and-go; I don't really get any areas to do the SergeantMac full-throttle stomp. And I'm using slightly different gas---there is no 93 available on the island, so I've been buying generic 92 octane out of the tanks at the Pearl Harbor NB gas station.
Can anybody shed any light on this? :alone: