Please HELP!!! ASAP
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I am getting so frustrated that I am thinking about doing it myself!!! Do you think This is something I could check an possibly fix ? May be you guys could give me specific instructions and i step by step guide me through it? That just seems my only choice at this point.
Very easy to do. Under the car follow the wires form the O2 sensors to where they are plugged in.
Until you've checked I'm done
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LOL, just checked in here (C5 Gen) to see what was going on after a long hiatus (sold my C5), and now I remember why I don't help people in these types of threads.
Edit: Vega$Vette nailed it. Check your o2 sensors...OR ELSE YOUR MOTOR WILL BLOW UP!
Edit: Vega$Vette nailed it. Check your o2 sensors...OR ELSE YOUR MOTOR WILL BLOW UP!
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Finally found a corvette specialist and took the car to him today, That place was amazing, 5 huge garages, about 50 corvettes all generations, supercharged, heads cams you name it. The guy came to me and said 'I do not want to hear anything that anybody did before me,I always start from scratch. He said that his saying was if I can not help you than god help you! his attitude and confidence already made me feel 100%better!!! He said " vettes; are my passion and life."
People say he is the best around been in business for 40 years, but charges a lot but the job is always perfectly done.
Finally there is light in the end of the tunnel
People say he is the best around been in business for 40 years, but charges a lot but the job is always perfectly done.
Finally there is light in the end of the tunnel
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Finally found a corvette specialist and took the car to him today, That place was amazing, 5 huge garages, about 50 corvettes all generations, supercharged, heads cams you name it. The guy came to me and said 'I do not want to hear anything that anybody did before me,I always start from scratch. He said that his saying was if I can not help you than god help you! his attitude and confidence already made me feel 100%better!!! He said " vettes; are my passion and life."
People say he is the best around been in business for 40 years, but charges a lot but the job is always perfectly done.
Finally there is light in the end of the tunnel
People say he is the best around been in business for 40 years, but charges a lot but the job is always perfectly done.
Finally there is light in the end of the tunnel
Good Luck
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I don't understand it, the poster asked for help, a simple solution check was suggested by a lot of people-------------CHECK 02 SENSORS-------
And after 4 pages of posts it has not been done................
Why are you asking for help, if you won't follow forum members suggestions? At least eliminate what every one thinks it is, or 99.9% know what it is, instead of going from mechanic to mechanic and spending more money.........
And after 4 pages of posts it has not been done................
Why are you asking for help, if you won't follow forum members suggestions? At least eliminate what every one thinks it is, or 99.9% know what it is, instead of going from mechanic to mechanic and spending more money.........
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I don't understand it, the poster asked for help, a simple solution check was suggested by a lot of people-------------CHECK 02 SENSORS-------
And after 4 pages of posts it has not been done................
Why are you asking for help, if you won't follow forum members suggestions? At least eliminate what every one thinks it is, or 99.9% know what it is, instead of going from mechanic to mechanic and spending more money.........
And after 4 pages of posts it has not been done................
Why are you asking for help, if you won't follow forum members suggestions? At least eliminate what every one thinks it is, or 99.9% know what it is, instead of going from mechanic to mechanic and spending more money.........
I work in a medical field and believe that different people play different roles in today society, mechanics, police, cooks, pilots etc. Some times you have to rely on other people's skills(sadly) that is why I took my car to people who were supposed to know how to repair it. Btw I did talk about O2 sensor potential problem with every single mechanic I took my car to.
If a patient comes to a hospital with signs symptoms we do not give him 99.9% suggestions and send him home, instead we do all we can to help, diagnose and treat. Why should it be different in car repair business?
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Impossible to diagnose over the internet, so either take it back or try a Vette specialist.
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Thank you for your suggestion, the vette is already in good hands of one of the best vette specialists.
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So you get his Hx, take a guess at what's wrong, give him some tests he can do himself, but he doesn't do them...just keeps calling/emailing with the same problem.
Not that any sane medical professional would diagnose and prescribe over the phone or email, but you get the point hopefully. Go pay a pro to fix it.
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Keeping this in your context, you can imagine if a patient called or emailed asking you to diagnose him and prescribe meds.
So you get his Hx, take a guess at what's wrong, give him some tests he can do himself, but he doesn't do them...just keeps calling/emailing with the same problem.
Not that any sane medical professional would diagnose and prescribe over the phone or email, but you get the point hopefully. Go pay a pro to fix it.
So you get his Hx, take a guess at what's wrong, give him some tests he can do himself, but he doesn't do them...just keeps calling/emailing with the same problem.
Not that any sane medical professional would diagnose and prescribe over the phone or email, but you get the point hopefully. Go pay a pro to fix it.
Thanks
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Originally Posted by ignatkor
I need you guys opinions and advises as to what it is and what I should do
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OK, I just finished reading this LONG thread. I get to the end and NO solution! This is like reading a great book only to find that the last page with the "who done it" is missing. Bummer... I'll check back. :-)
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Asked for help and didn't take it, simple solution, look under car, follow directions, see if 02 wires come and go to correct location, not that they are just hooked up.................
How simpler can it get, without spending money,
How simpler can it get, without spending money,
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Sounds like the front 02 sensors are on the wrong banks. The sensor read the oxygen content and with that, can deterimine the air fuel ratio. If you have them on the wrong bank, then the computer is getting a reading from one bank, and trying to adjust the other bank. If your driver side bank is lean, but the sensor is on the passenger side and its rich, it will lean out the driver side even more. Or if ots rich and the otherside is lean, it will richen it more. Get it? If the mechanic doesnt know which side they are suppose to be on, they can look just fine, but it will cause all kinds of hell. Run like CRAP. So, the wires can look fine, but if they are on the wrong bank, they do no good because they are sending the wrong information to the wrong bank (passenger side vs driver side), and the computer WILL NOT be able to correct the proper ari fuel, and will alarm out.