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MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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I appreciate what Glock brought to the market. And I appreciate how other manufacturers ran with it and made guns with more features. Like the Croatian XD. Loaded indicator, cocked indicator, and a chamber that fully supports the case. :jester:

 

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Glocks have all those things except for the fully supported chamber in .40. .40 is a pointless caliber anyhow. :lol:

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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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Glocks have all those things except for the fully supported chamber in .40. .40 is a pointless caliber anyhow. :lol:

Only because .357 SIG exists

kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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Glocks have all those things except for the fully supported chamber in .40. .40 is a pointless caliber anyhow. [emoji38]

I've never really understood the point of .40 either. I like 9mm. And I like a gun that can hold 20 rounds of it.

 

I've put more through the xd than any other pistol, so I'll probably stick with it and ones like it. I've shot a few others (FN, S&W, 1911), and didn't like any as much.

 

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MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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Only because .357 SIG exists

 

It was only made because some FBI agents couldn't handle the recoil of 10mm. Modern 9mm works just fine. I bought a .40 barrel and mags got my Glock just to keep options open in case ammo gets scarce but I'm not convinced it has an advantage over 9 or 45.

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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Okay guys I need some advice. The Fiancé's Cobalt continues to have a fuel smell even after I've replaced the rusty fuel lines, and the gas cap with an OEM one. Today I noticed that the engine light was on so I had it scanned. Turned out to be a P0442 code. According to that it has a small evap emissions leak. I was going to order a new solenoid for it, but it doesn't make sense to me that it would be the issue since I smell gas even after the car has sat for hours.

 

There is a recall out for the fuel pump seal on top of the tank so that leads me to believe that is the issue. Anyone else think that sounds reasonable? The dealer didn't seem to care about the recall when I talked to them a few months ago, and they were going to charge me labor if that wasn't the issue so I went ahead and fixed what was wrong myself. Figured I would at least narrow it down. I'm thinking it's time to let them have it for the recall now because there's really not much left that it could be besides that.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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Okay guys I need some advice. The Fiancé's Cobalt continues to have a fuel smell even after I've replaced the rusty fuel lines, and the gas cap with an OEM one. Today I noticed that the engine light was on so I had it scanned. Turned out to be a P0442 code. According to that it has a small evap emissions leak. I was going to order a new solenoid for it, but it doesn't make sense to me that it would be the issue since I smell gas even after the car has sat for hours.

 

There is a recall out for the fuel pump seal on top of the tank so that leads me to believe that is the issue. Anyone else think that sounds reasonable? The dealer didn't seem to care about the recall when I talked to them a few months ago, and they were going to charge me labor if that wasn't the issue so I went ahead and fixed what was wrong myself. Figured I would at least narrow it down. I'm thinking it's time to let them have it for the recall now because there's really not much left that it could be besides that.

 

 

It'd be easy enough to check. Almost every sedan offers access to the pump if you pull the rear seat bottom. There'll be an access panel to pop up and you can see the tank. Is there a recall on the gas tank? If so, what's the harm in having them do it?

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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It'd be easy enough to check. Almost every sedan offers access to the pump if you pull the rear seat bottom. There'll be an access panel to pop up and you can see the tank. Is there a recall on the gas tank? If so, what's the harm in having them do it?

Nice I didn't know that. It's a coupe so do you think it will still have the access?

 

I wanted them to do it, but they said if they started messing with the car and that wasn't the problem I'd be charged for the repair. I guess it's a recall, but it's only covered if the seal is actually bad. Kind of dumb, not sure why it's considered a recall then.

 

I knew it needed new fuel lines so I figured I'd do those first so I could rule those out. Just wanted to rule out the other things before I let them look into the seal recall.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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Hmm... After some searching it seems the Cobalt doesn't have the panel under the seat. Surprising. Just about everything I ever worked on that wasn't body on frame had that. You got a cliff nearby? :lol:

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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Hmm... After some searching it seems the Cobalt doesn't have the panel under the seat. Surprising. Just about everything I ever worked on that wasn't body on frame had that. You got a cliff nearby? :lol:

 

 

Lmao! No cliffs. Guess I'll let the dealer take a whirl. At this point I really don't think it could be anything else anyway.

Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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I have yet to see an easy way to a fuel pump on anything that isn't foreign.

 

My Volvo has a little compartment in the trunk - four bolts with a 10mm head, and it's off. The '86 Grand Marquis you can sort of access from under the car due to the design of the tank.

 

My Silverado? Well, tank down or cab off is the only way.

 

I take that as GM giving me the middle finger .... so I'll extend it right back at 'em by never buying another one of their poorly engineered crap-boxes ever again. :lol:

 

Anyway ... like most GM cars I've worked on, the tank has to come down.

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That's odd. Newer Cadillac full size cars (DeVille after the turn of the century) have an access panel in the trunk, whereas the earlier (like mine) require a tank drop.

 

Dunno, you'd think with the relative longevity of a fuel pump it wouldn't be necessary. My Dad's never replaced one in any of the vehicles he's owned during my time on earth, and despite my abuse of my Cadillac's pump (running the car absolutely as far as she'll go without going till the car dies), I've never had any issues either.

 

Then again, my Cadillac is a wednesday car.

 

My Chevrolet is a monday truck, but the guys on the line musta got lucky all weekend, very well built and put together. Just like my Cadillac.

SnakeEyeSS Senior Enthusiast

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Was trying to see if pricing was out on the 2017 CX5 and stumbled on this.....Do you see it? :lol: a Mazda dealer shouldn't make that mistake. Looks like they are in Florida....

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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Thinking of selling both of my Xbox One's to buy a higher end laptop to game on. Getting tired of the X1's never working correctly and being junk.

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