When driving over some bumps in the road today, I noticed a squeeky noise from what sounds to be coming from outside, the front area...should I have my mechanic check my shocks?

 

Minor leak from this little thingy? What should I do? ..Looks & smells like water tho

 

^What does water smell like?

 

smells like oxygen

 

I've searched everywhere for the answer to this and I know someone has asked it before... How do I upoad pics into threads?

 

use photo bucket it free

also you can click the "go advanced" tab and then click on the paper clip

 

I think it smells more like Hydrogen...

 

Went the photobucket route. Thank u kind sir.

 

water smells sorta like metal

 

I don't know this for sure, but if I were to guess, I'd say that's a EVAP/vacuum line for your fuel vent/EGR system.

It should be fixed but if it's as I said (again, not sure), then you can fix it easily, just unclip it, clean it up really well, and wrap the crap out of it with electrical tape or something.

 

Condensation from ur A/C line? idk...

 

I think thats what it is....It only happens when I run the AC ........that I know of

 

I'm coming up on my first oil change since I had the car.(MPG extremely low...like 14mpg) Any suggestions on which oil to use? & air filter?

 

I have been using Mobil 1 for the past 40k miles and I like it, I use Castrol Edge on my parents G and they aren't complaining either. I really dont know what you're looking for in an oil, but I guess the only piece of advice i can give you is to stick with the same brand/type. It wont hurt to switch but I was told they use different additives that "build" on each other each consecutive oil change. as for oil filters, all I can say is to stay away from FRAM... the price may be appealing, but you get what you pay for...

for air filters, i guess thats all personal preference...

 

oil and air filter will not make much difference. If your getting 14mpg, you might need to change the driver.

If your car was poorly maintained and you changed everything to help MPG, you might see +1 mpg after all said and done. Thats filters,oil, tire pressure, cleaning out the trunk and other stuff. But changing your driving style/pattern can net you better MPG.