Which scanner for 1985 Vette
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Racer
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Which scanner for 1985 Vette
I want to be able to check data on my sensors so I'm not playing a guessing game with the car when it runs bad. I have ha d aproblem recently with my car. I thought it was a bad injector but now I'm thinking it may be a sensor.....maybe the IAC. My car is running a bit rich, ideling higher than normal when cold then stumbleing when you pull to a traffic light, hot before surging and then leveling out. This only seems to happen when the car is hot and only reared its head after I dereased the motor. I checked the airfilter to make sure I didn't get it wet and its fine. I plan to change the cap, rotor, plugs, wires, and clean the MAF and TB this weekend. I would also add that my oil has a faint gas smell. It also seems to be heating up a bit more than usual. The car runs great when under throttle and has no power loss.
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I want to be able to check data on my sensors so I'm not playing a guessing game with the car when it runs bad. I have ha d aproblem recently with my car. I thought it was a bad injector but now I'm thinking it may be a sensor.....maybe the IAC. My car is running a bit rich, ideling higher than normal when cold then stumbleing when you pull to a traffic light, hot before surging and then leveling out. This only seems to happen when the car is hot and only reared its head after I dereased the motor. I checked the airfilter to make sure I didn't get it wet and its fine. I plan to change the cap, rotor, plugs, wires, and clean the MAF and TB this weekend. I would also add that my oil has a faint gas smell. It also seems to be heating up a bit more than usual. The car runs great when under throttle and has no power loss.
Until you get a scanner, you can pull codes from the ALDL connector with a paper clip, this is detailed in the "search" section of this forum.
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Still occurring... in fact, just went out to do the IAC and TPS adjustment, and it seems to have created more problems. Just started a new thread about it here:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...post1578073711
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...post1578073711
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Changed out the cap, rotor, plugs, wires clenaed the TB, MAF and IAC with new gaskets. Also added a 180 t stat and did a TB coolant bypass and she runs great for now. 180ish on the highway and 210-215 around town with heavy traffic.
The throttle body was so dirty I had to use TB cleaner and a plastic scraper just to clean it. The IAC has slight corrosion on the tip so i lightly wire brushed it. The cap and rotor where horrible very carbon tracked, but they where 26 years old. The wires where a total bitch to change....whats up with all the wire looms and the wires under the distributor.
Also wanted to add the MAF had a large leaf on the intake side blocking it up....still not sure how it got in there.
The throttle body was so dirty I had to use TB cleaner and a plastic scraper just to clean it. The IAC has slight corrosion on the tip so i lightly wire brushed it. The cap and rotor where horrible very carbon tracked, but they where 26 years old. The wires where a total bitch to change....whats up with all the wire looms and the wires under the distributor.
Also wanted to add the MAF had a large leaf on the intake side blocking it up....still not sure how it got in there.