Help diagnose my problem!
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Instructor
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From: Edgewater Park NJ
Help diagnose my problem!
Just did a header install a weak ago on my 2000. All is finished car was running fine for a week. This week the car decides to randomly stutter. Usually in the 1-2 shift and it feels as if the car is about to turn off but then it continues like normal right after that. Every once in a while the car will randomly stall. Whether driving or stopped. Another thing acting up is my DIC. The average mpg is going weird. When the car stutters it sets the avg MPG back to 0. And it also lets the mpg go down when I am at a stop.
What I am wondering is does this sound like a ground wire is messed up somewhere?
What I am wondering is does this sound like a ground wire is messed up somewhere?
Burning Brakes
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From: hill billy hell
the block, did you take that off during your header install. maybe it got damaged. All I can tell you is when i had fuel memory issues with the DIC
it was because of the battery going south, what about any codes?
hope that helps
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From: Edgewater Park NJ
Could be, or battery issue. What about the ground on the driver side of
the block, did you take that off during your header install. maybe it got damaged. All I can tell you is when i had fuel memory issues with the DIC
it was because of the battery going south, what about any codes?
hope that helps
the block, did you take that off during your header install. maybe it got damaged. All I can tell you is when i had fuel memory issues with the DIC
it was because of the battery going south, what about any codes?
hope that helps
No codes at all.
Last edited by ParkeyO; May 28, 2008 at 07:17 PM.
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From: Edgewater Park NJ
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From: Edgewater Park NJ
Ok so car has gone AWOL. Almost had to have it toed home luckily I made it but barely. Car now barely drives. bucks extremely hard. I hear a loud buzzing somewhere inside but do not see any arcing or anything from any wires. or the plug wires. could this be the coil pack? When I give it gas it bucks even harder. It is going into low engine mode or w/e. Saying to service engine soon on DIC, also saying check tire sensors, and to check my active handling. I understand this is an electrical problem. I am done for the night. So I need some ideas where to start. I am gonna check all the grounds, clean them and such as per that other electrical thread. Hope this fixes it.
Race Director
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From: Lake Havasu City, AZ
IIRC there are two ground wires going to the block on the passenger side ... I missed one on my header install... it was still hung up at the firewall..
I had the buzzing, no start, no gauges etc...
Bill Curlee helped me out..
I had the buzzing, no start, no gauges etc...
Bill Curlee helped me out..
Last edited by rws.1; May 28, 2008 at 11:31 PM.
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From: Lake Havasu City, AZ
here is a link to my post when I did the install and some fellow members helped me diagnose my problems...
The thread has some pics of the starter wiring and the ground above and other info.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ghlight=header
The thread has some pics of the starter wiring and the ground above and other info.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ghlight=header
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From: Edgewater Park NJ
the car starts.. it just dies though. so.. another thing I discovered during the install, is that I had a mouse living under my driver side cover thing that pops off. there was a nest built and everything.