Two things: I had the front struts replaced on my 06 CE last week since the car was in the shop for body work (hit a deer). Well, they did a front end alignment, and was well. Then I put my snow tires (new Blizzak WS-60's) on for the winter, and it feels like the rear end alignment is off now. The car feels like it is pushing down the road a little rather then going perfectly straight. Can the rear end on these cars even be aligned, considering they have a solid rear axle???
The other issue at hand is that I had the air/fuel ratio sensor replaced at the same time. I had a CEL on that was showing bank 1 lean, the shop ran the MAF tests, and determined the issue to be the AF sensor. Well, this morning the CEL came back on. I'm going to clean the MAF tonight to see if that makes a difference, but if not, anyone have any ideas? The car has 140k miles on it.
Thanks!
~Chris
Rear alignment can be adjusted with shims that are installed behind the bearing hub.
Your lean condition may be caused by a leaking intake manifold gasket. Look at where the manifold sits on the engine head to see if the gasket is black, and if there's visible dark oilyish residue by the gasket on the head seating surface. If so, reeplace with revised orange gasket # 17171-22060.
Rear alignment can be adjusted with shims that are installed behind the bearing hub.
Your lean condition may be caused by a leaking intake manifold gasket. Look at where the manifold sits on the engine head to see if the gasket is black, and if there's visible dark oilyish residue by the gasket on the head seating surface. If so, reeplace with revised orange gasket # 17171-22060.
