Missing Like Crazy!
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From: Troy AL
Missing Like Crazy!
Took the little lady on a cruise yesterday to a city about 60 miles north of here. After arriving, the 95 LT1 suddenly started missing like crazy. Can't imagine what it was. Managed to get it to the Chevy dealer. By the time I got it there it was smoking from under the engine pretty badly.
Just had a major tune-up with new plugs and wires, alignment, and front brake pads.
Guess I'm about to spend another substantial amount
Dealer provided me a car through Enterprise Car Rental and I came back home. Should hear from the service guy before work begins. Hoping it is not going to cost me an arm and a leg.
Just had a major tune-up with new plugs and wires, alignment, and front brake pads.
Guess I'm about to spend another substantial amount
Dealer provided me a car through Enterprise Car Rental and I came back home. Should hear from the service guy before work begins. Hoping it is not going to cost me an arm and a leg.
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probably got messed up because you took it to a dealer, they will probably recommend a new optispark, water pump, etc.. throwing everything at it to fix it.
hopefully it is a bad wire, plug, or coil wire as per bogus....
hope you get back on the road soon.
hopefully it is a bad wire, plug, or coil wire as per bogus....
hope you get back on the road soon.
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Got a call from the dealer today. They could find nothing wrong except for some kind of a valve in the AC system. Said when they bypassed it, the car ran fine. They will install a new one.
As for the smoke that was pouring out from underneath the car, they said it was caused by a small oil leak. I asked them where. They said it was either a valve cover gasket or main seal.
I thought maybe I had a small oil leak because I could occasionally smell it. But when I drove the car to the service area, it was smoking from underneath rally bad. I don't know if the missing had aggravated the leak or what. I told them to just replace the valve and I would take it to my local Chevy dealer for the oil leak repair when I got it back home tomorrow.
I hope this oil leak does not turn into a "break-the-bank" repair. Anyone know a ballpark figure on replacing a valve cover gasket and/or replacing a rear seal??
As for the smoke that was pouring out from underneath the car, they said it was caused by a small oil leak. I asked them where. They said it was either a valve cover gasket or main seal.
I thought maybe I had a small oil leak because I could occasionally smell it. But when I drove the car to the service area, it was smoking from underneath rally bad. I don't know if the missing had aggravated the leak or what. I told them to just replace the valve and I would take it to my local Chevy dealer for the oil leak repair when I got it back home tomorrow.
I hope this oil leak does not turn into a "break-the-bank" repair. Anyone know a ballpark figure on replacing a valve cover gasket and/or replacing a rear seal??
