Q: Car jerks when turning

Greetings. Your described symptoms sound to me as the cause might be a broken engine or transmission mount. Gasoline engines generate a lot of torque and the mounting system keeps the engine and transmission under the hood! A weak or...

The most common problem with hard shifting from park is the brake light switch. The way it is set up you have to have your foot on the brake for the park switch release to engage. These brake light switched...

Hello. The vent valve is a common failure on this vehicle. Most of the time, when it is stuck closed it will also cause the vehicle to be hard to fuel with gas. I typically test the valve first and...

If your Check Engine Light is flashing, you need to stop driving it until it is fixed. A flashing Check Engine Light is warning you that there is a fire danger because there is to much raw fuel entering the...

Hello. If there was not a timing belt on the engine already then you need to be careful about turning everything. As long as you are taking it easy and being vigilant of any binding you can turn each of...

Hello, here some methods to remove glue. First Method: Materials: • Warm sunny day • Tarp • Large plastic garbage bag • Undiluted Ammonia • Windex (a glass cleaner) • Paper towels • Fine steel wool • Razor blades Tips:...

Unfortunately, yourmechanic.com does not do engine replacement or engine swaps. We would not have any helpful information for that. However, I personally have seen both a 370Z and G37 Coupe both with Chevy LS-3 engine swaps. Your best bet would...

There are so many things that can cause a car to shut off, that I can't give you an estimate here and now, particularly without knowing anything at all about what type of car you have and what sort of...