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Does your ABS light come on consistently and you do not know what is wrong! Well, when you check your code, you may see that it says that your front wheel sensor is damaged. However, that is not always the case. A lot of times, your ABS wheel sensor is just fine; they just need to be cleaned. Of course, if you take it to a shop, they are going to tell you that you need a new one. So we are going to go over how you can clean your own ABS wheel sensor in your Toyota and save yourself a lot of money. After you clean it, if you are still having the problem, you will need a new one. However, most people have noted that nine times out of ten, this does indeed fix their problem.

First of all, before you get started, you are going to want to make sure you have everything that you need to perform the job. The only things that you are really going to need are a ratchet, jack, wheel lock and, of course, a rag or paper towel to clean it off with. After you have all of this stuff, you can feel free to get started. This should only take you an hour or two to do yourself.

Getting Started On Your Wheel Sensor

First, you have to choose which side you want to get started on. You can choose either the passenger side or the driver side; it does not really matter. However, whichever side you do choose, that is the side that you, of course, need to jack up first. Before you jack up the car, you need to turn the steering wheel to the opposite side that you are working on. For example, if you are working on the driver side, then you are going to want to turn the wheel to the passenger side. Also, when you get it jacked up. You should use a jack stand, not just the jack. You never know how long you will need to have this car jacked up, so you will want the jack stand.

After you turn the wheel and get everything all set up, you will notice that you should be able to locate the ABS wheel sensor very easily. It should be located directly mounted to the knuckle. To take this off, you are going to have to remove the two bolts that are holding them in place. In most Toyota cars, they are 10mm bolts. However, some of them can change from time to time. Overall, there will be about four bolts you have to take out. To do this, just follow the ABS sensor around so that you can remove all of the bolts. When you get the sensor off, you will notice that it is all covered in dirt. Take your rag or paper towel, and start whipping it off. As you do, you will notice that the very middle of it has a sliver strip that you could not see before. A lot of times, dirt blocks this and can cause problems, as you found out. After cleaning it, simply reverse the steps you did to reinstall it. Also, be sure to check both of the front ABS sensors. The one on both sides of the car!

Still Having Problems

Most of the time the procedure discussed above will fix any problem that you are having with your ABS sensor. If you have cleaned both of the front sensors and there are still problems, then you do have a damaged ABS sensor. At this point, you need to get new ones and replace them. If you want, you will be able to install them the same way you cleaned the other ones. However, instead of cleaning the old ones and putting them back on, you can simply put on the new ones. Overall, this is a one day job that can save you a ton of money. Most people do not notice how much money that they can save by doing this themselves until they actually do it!

Mantius Cazaubon is a successful author and publisher of Toyota Parts Buyers Guide

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California Asks Epa to Tighten Emissions Rules

California state officials asked the federal government to impose the strictest controls on tailpipe emissions in the country reducing carbon dioxide by 30 percent by 2016. This move is expected to force automakers to average more than 40 miles per gallon in the next decade. Eleven states, including Maine, have adopted California's regulations, but they are on hold pending the outcome of auto industry legal challenges.

The state has instituted a requirement that would force automakers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles starting September 2008. Eleven states have adopted its regulations, including New York, Maryland, Rhode Island and Vermont. A waiver from EPA is required in order to put the rule into effect. "California can regulate first as it has in the past," said Robert Sawyer, the chairman of the California Air Resources Board, noting California's "unique needs for its own motor vehicle program."

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier held a day-long hearing suburban Washington to tackle the issue. The federal agency has taken no action since California sought the waiver in 2005. It only scheduled the hearing after the Supreme Court ruled in April that the EPA has the express authority to regulate greenhouse gases and tailpipe emissions as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act.

"Global warming is happening now," Sawyer noted. He also stressed the international consensus in a series of reports. He pointed to the shrinking of glaciers around the globe and shifts in climate that will lead to the disappearance of snow from Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, for example. He said that California's wine and tourism industries are at risk, noting its temperature has increase 0.7 degrees over the last 100 years, raising sea levels.

Automakers said that the new regulations will cost billions and do little to improve the world's environment because other countries will continue to pollute. It will, they added, create a complex web of regulations. California said that emissions controls are much lower today and that automakers have used efficiency gains to improve horsepower and increase size rather than increase fuel economy.

Automakers should improve fuel economy "instead of responding to private desires," said Dan Sperling, a professor at the University of California Davis. "A patchwork of state-level fuel economy regulations as is now proposed by California is not just unnecessary but actually counter-productive," said Steven Douglas, the director of environmental affairs for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade group that represents major automakers including General Motors Corp., the Ford Motor Co., DaimlerChrysler AG and the Toyota Motor Corp.

Automakers are fighting the regulations and finally put a halt to its implementation. The stirring desire to avoid it on a number of fronts is expected to create swift halt likened to EBC brakes. They have filed three federal lawsuits challenging the regulations in California, Vermont and Rhode Island. In those suits, automakers have said that the regulations could force it to add expensive improvements and stop selling some of its heaviest vehicles.

Separately, Congress is considering several proposals to dramatically increase corporate average fuel economy. U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, said that his goal is to have an alternative bill to submit when the legislation reaches the Senate floor in early June. "We're working very hard, and I hope that we will," he said. Levin has been meeting with his colleagues seeking to soften the current fuel economy proposal. He said earlier that a draconian fuel economy proposal could bankrupt Chrysler Group, given its heavy reliance on light trucks.

Last week, Levin and other Michigan Democrats, including Gov. Jennifer Granholm, signed on to a proposal that would exempt auto manufacturers from fuel economy requirements through 2020 if they agreed to produce all vehicles to run on flexible fuels like E85.

That brought stormy reactions from Democrats, including committee chairwoman Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., dismissively cited Inhofe's famous declaration that global warming is ‘the greatest hoax in human history.’ "This 'hoax' is taking over place after place after place," Lautenberg said, pointing to shrinking glaciers and other phenomena that may be linked to climate change.

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Correy Putton is a 28-year old bachelor from Pittsburgh, PA who has been around cars for the better part of his life. He now works online and writes all about his passion: cars. He is also a certified mechanic.

How do I install a prodigy brake control in my 1995 Chevy Suburban? It seems I need to hardwire it?

There doesn't seem to be a wire harness that the brake control plugs into under the dash, so I'm not sure which wires I need to wire to.

if it came with the tow package you could buy the wire from auto zone advanced auto it will plug into you re truck under the dash then connect the prodigy directly to the wire that you bought very easy

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