Threads Tagged with why

99, boiling, c5, car, cold, corvette, damage, heat, hot, ls1, overheat, overheated, overheating, stalled, vette, why

Car overheated to the point where it stalled

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GOTHAM VETTE on 10-31-2011

10-28-2021 08:16 AM
by grinder11

25

11,084

1980, automatic, battery, broken, buzzer, c3, corvette, drain, drains, key, nmsc, seatbelt, test, why

Battery drain

murfthsurf on 11-24-2009

06-18-2020 11:47 PM
by ignatz

12

2,133

blower, c3, c4, camaro, connector, corvette, internal, motor, park, replacement, resistor, smoking, why, wiper, wire, wound

"69 wiper motor - Willcox ? "

69/03vette on 08-02-2010

09-03-2015 01:27 PM
by 76_vette_girl

11

3,978

1971, 1980, battery, colum, corvette, drain, drains, engagaged, engaged, pics, plow, prevent, steering, test, why

Battery Drain Test-easy to do with pics

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...Roger... on 06-20-2007

08-08-2013 09:00 PM
by scorpion18z

51

33,426

1984, 92, c4, c5, compartment, corvette, driver, engine, exhaust, leak, leaking, lt1, oil, side, smoke, smokes, why

92' LT1 oil leak > smoking from engine compartment and exhaust

az_camaro on 10-19-2011

08-29-2012 12:12 AM
by 96GS#007

2

2,510

00, 1999, c5, c6, cables, car, cars, corvette, gauge, incorrectly, jump, jumped, jumper, jumping, jumpstart, risk, start, why

Why can't the C6 jump start some cars?

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appadv on 11-03-2011

01-06-2012 03:16 PM
by MikeyTX

54

7,563

1040, 1540, 2050, 20w, 50, bbc, blue, brad, car, champion, classic, flames, gtx, high, nitrous, oil, penn, pressure, why

20/50 vs 10/40 in bbc with forged internals?

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FlyLS6 on 12-27-2011

12-30-2011 06:20 PM
by BLOCKMAN

24

18,102

99, abs, anti, battery, c6, check, coming, comming, corvette, light, lock, replace, sensor, service, why

HELP! My ABS light keeps coming on... What's all this mean?

COURTY05 on 12-19-2011

12-20-2011 09:54 AM
by COURTY05

7

10,516

01, 17, 2001, 275, 45, bang, best, bottom, buck, c5, nj, why, yellow, z06, zo6

Best bang for the Buck!

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Todds427 on 11-11-2011

11-16-2011 11:55 PM
by vetfeva2

66

5,194

brake, break, converting, corvette, dot, dot5, fluid, is, jelled, label, only, tags, use, warning, why

Brake fluid?

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emdoller on 09-10-2011

09-13-2011 05:42 PM
by MikeM

34

6,539

C1 & C2 Corvettes

air, fix, fixed, goodyear, leak, left, loses, middle, nail, rear, repaired, screw, slow, tire, why

Screw in rear tire, slow leak

KSUPROF on 08-21-2011

08-22-2011 10:12 AM
by Vetteman Jack

17

8,382

Ever see a C4 Corvette Catch Fire?

Steve@RSD on 12-27-2010

08-06-2011 12:56 AM
by Doughboy2k3

3

1,182

C4 Parts for Sale/Wanted

dynometer, horse, manufacture, power, read, why

New Vette Owner tech questions

Sibcoe on 07-10-2011

07-10-2011 10:01 PM
by Sibcoe

4

756

1988, 2005, cause, check, corvette, engine, light, on, stalls, why

Engine stalls

F8tBoy on 06-10-2011

07-07-2011 11:16 PM
by hooked073

16

1,354

2007, change, changed, check, chevy, corvette, dealer, engine, light, lights, oil, oild, pressure, sensor, switch, why, working

Check engine light after oil pressure sensor change...

DEATHPROOF on 06-14-2011

06-14-2011 03:02 PM
by Bill Curlee

5

8,941

20, ac, alternator, car, maximum, nissan, output, pathfinder, read, reading, ripple, test, volt, voltmeter, why, wire

would putting a voltmeter on the alternator output wire, to test alternator,hurt any?

dizwiz24 on 04-26-2011

06-08-2011 07:23 AM
by Ralphbf

17

3,644

10, 84fairfield, closed, ethanol, ethanolfree, gas, gashwy, gasoline, grayslake, harbor, houstontx, palm, pinging, shell, siurprice, station, stations, tx, why

A pleasant surprise using Shell gas

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ROCKnROLL on 04-12-2011

04-14-2011 11:25 AM
by 99 VET

32

2,861

1968, 1977, 2011, corvette, dont, filter, moving, oil, pressure, why

no oil pressure?

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ctbell36 on 04-05-2011

04-09-2011 11:08 AM
by ctbell36

25

1,883

30rwhp, corvette, high, lftf, lost, ls2, tq, why

Tuners help needed lost 30rwhp up top

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njgreg on 02-12-2011

02-18-2011 06:00 PM
by njgreg

40

2,132

automatic, automatics, c4, corvette, corvettes, drive, driver, driving, enjoy, frodude3000, mountains, performance, why

Does any one enjoy driving automatic corvettes?

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carlitobandit on 01-26-2009

12-23-2010 09:57 AM
by Tact

101

3,945

blue, buy, c6, camaro, corvette, grabber, lt1, mustang, why

Of all choices, why did you buy a Corvette?

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Agent White on 11-05-2010

11-20-2010 02:59 PM
by JWell

130

5,626

C6 Forced Induction/Nitrous

5050, c5, corvette, ice, injection, meth, methanol, nitrous, nos, propane, run, time, water, watermeth, why

Can I run 50/50 water/meth injection w NOS

blackbird345 on 11-09-2010

11-10-2010 08:57 AM
by Mr.Big

8

13,966

CLB or not?

timritchieblue on 08-05-2010

08-15-2010 04:09 AM
by timritchieblue

12

835

1034, 195, afr, dport, exhaust, gasket, headers, heads, heasd, hedman, l98, port, rectangular, shape, why

AFR 195 heads exhaust port shape

FKING1 on 07-22-2010

08-02-2010 06:32 PM
by cardo0

8

3,419

1984, 1985, 1988, 85, c5, cor, corvette, disconnect, esc, ette, location, module, why

Disconnect ESC Module?

ejscarfo on 07-23-2010

07-24-2010 01:25 PM
by ejscarfo

4

4,075

c5, corvette, headlight, headlights, hid, light, lights, motor, park, pop, raise, running, turned, turning, why

Headlights pop up when running lights are turned on...help...

Ken_C8 on 03-08-2010

03-13-2010 07:25 AM
by kluden

8

1,860

c5, car, change, corvette, driving, gear, gears, performance, put, reverse, shift, truck, types, whar, why

Do you manually change gears while driving?

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BossV8 on 01-01-2010

01-03-2010 03:28 AM
by BossV8

61

3,503

to clay bar or not to clay bar

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hdman 49 on 12-24-2009

12-30-2009 01:33 PM
by MikePhillips

25

1,532

Car Care Discussion

1978, 2001, aftermarket, c3, corvette, empty, fuel, gas, gauge, grand, guage, problems, reads, time, why

Fuel gauge reads empty all the time

shamby on 12-09-2009

12-10-2009 04:33 PM
by lock-n-load

8

2,664

1994, 2004, corvette, daily, driven, gto, motor, pontiac, sale, seater, sold, supercharged, supercharger, supercherged, trade, why

Trade: Supercharged GTO

mercury1 on 10-30-2009

11-10-2009 02:34 PM
by mercury1

13

2,385

C5 Corvettes for Sale

automobile, ballcock, change, drain, fluid, problemwithengineoverheating, radiator, why

engine block drains

Slogo on 10-13-2009

10-15-2009 10:37 AM
by Top_Fuel

11

1,045

Picked up my '92 Today - runs hot

Eric Voigt on 09-11-2009

09-11-2009 10:17 PM
by darkstallion_69

8

457

W h y ? ? ?

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427SIXPACK on 08-26-2009

08-28-2009 05:30 AM
by Grumpy

126

4,589

aluminum, c4, c5, chrome, chromed, factory, holes, pin, pitted, polished, recalled, wheels, why

"Pin holes" in factory chrome wheels

HYHOSIL on 08-17-2009

08-20-2009 09:39 PM
by SpinMonster

9

837

1984, 1994, 1996, 84, c4, corvette, engine, hot, idle, rough, running, runs, surges, surging, vette, why

runs rough and surges up date

rtmpmm on 08-16-2009

08-16-2009 12:24 PM
by rtmpmm

2

1,014

Help - Headlights pop-up when parking lights applied...why?

rtysonjr on 07-24-2009

07-24-2009 09:29 PM
by rtysonjr

4

1,135

couple, hid, side, stops, weeks, why, work, working

One side of the car not working with HID help me

And7Baller on 07-01-2009

07-02-2009 04:01 PM
by And7Baller

4

668

Need some advice -- Crazy Blow by on basically new engine

TopSpeedNeed on 05-26-2009

06-06-2009 11:08 PM
by TopSpeedNeed

14

5,155

01, 2008, chevrolet, corvette, differential, floor, garage, located, location, valve, vent, vents, why

Differential vent valve location?

legalins on 05-17-2009

05-18-2009 09:24 AM
by legalins

5

2,010

Dumb Question: How wash a Vette....

Rick Church on 04-23-2009

05-14-2009 03:04 PM
by Detailed Image

14

1,052

Car Care Discussion

Hydraulic Floor Jack.......

jhammons01 on 04-11-2009

04-12-2009 06:20 PM
by c4cruiser

15

1,102

1990, altenator, alternator, battery, block, cable, chevy, corvette, cs130, fusible, jumper, junction, links, run, starter, told, why, wire

alternator or starter lug

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baxsom on 01-07-2009

01-18-2009 01:34 AM
by baskin1

20

1,659

Autocrossing & Roadracing

Why We Race: The Mustang Challenge

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gkmccready on 12-14-2008

12-15-2008 11:22 PM
by Axelrod

22

575

1988, 45mph, c5, car, corvette, doesnt, gear, kick, kickdown, kicking, kicks, lock, shift, transmissions, why

Why does my car kick down sometime and sometimes not?

C5CORVETTE1 on 08-11-2008

08-12-2008 10:57 AM
by C5CORVETTE1

14

2,314

1982, 2006, 2007, 2008, 77, 79, c3, corvette, door, doors, drivers, handles, open, stuck, why, wont

door won't open

kcmstono on 06-10-2008

06-13-2008 08:56 AM
by kcmstono

10

2,071

accident, accidents, autobahn, autobann, bad, why

[Z06]

Bad accident on german Autobahn.....

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McDaniel on 04-14-2008

04-15-2008 10:05 PM
by Sharky99

21

3,199

C6 Corvette ZR1 & Z06

52472569, 98, blower, c5, corvette, fan, fans, gm, hvac, motor, noise, noisy, parts, why

HVAC Noise

mcintex on 01-25-2008

02-17-2008 11:53 AM
by MadTom

9

1,909

Crazy Speedometer!

Black_6-Speed on 01-16-2008

01-17-2008 02:01 PM
by bgreen83

15

1,048

2000, broken, c5, cabin, cap, corvette, filled, fume, gas, lid, overfilled, smell, smells, tank, why

Fuel smell

Pizzano on 04-27-2007

01-13-2008 10:33 PM
by ls1vette97

17

1,579

C5 Forced Induction/Nitrous

Help with Meth Debate

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Twin Screws on 01-04-2008

01-10-2008 06:11 PM
by peter pan

40

2,990

ami, anmi, bon, bonami, buy, car, clean, cleaner, cleaning, film, glass, pa, polish, powderhoustontexas, scratches, why, windshields

bon-ami for cleaning glass

nmk on 01-02-2008

01-05-2008 02:18 PM
by maxp

11

21,836

Car Care Discussion

1999, 2001, c5, c6, corvette, dic, door, honk, honks, horn, locking, locks, on, silence, times, why

Three horn honks

horsepit on 12-29-2007

12-29-2007 06:20 PM
by op z

18

1,053

WTF, why!!!!!!!!! (pics)

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Spoon83 on 10-08-2007

10-10-2007 09:58 PM
by BADMFR

57

2,981

1974, 390, carb, carbs, carburetor, cfm, engine, holley, horsepower, make, motors, nascar, restrictor, rules, spec, why

390 cfm Nascar carb, engine puts out ~550hp How?

Matt Gruber on 10-05-2007

10-07-2007 08:53 AM
by wgbsigns

16

15,276

ac, antfreeze, antifreeze, c5, car, corvette, garage, hood, smell, smells, smoke, time, van, vents, why

why does my car smell like antifreeze all the time?

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pdd000 on 09-17-2007

09-18-2007 10:30 PM
by madmatt9471

20

8,390

1991, 91, ac, bad, corvette, delco, fuel, gm, injector, injectors, junk, made, multec, multecs, short, why

Multec Injectors for my 91 vette (GM product ?)

dorney7 on 08-20-2007

09-16-2007 09:14 PM
by minium

3

2,031

1984, 383, automobile, corvette, deaccelerate, gm, idle, low, running, slowing, stalling, stalls, stop, warm, why

Low idle / stall once warm and slowing to a stop

ztrips on 06-01-2007

08-13-2007 03:57 PM
by Mutt Vette

5

4,011

all dressed up my turn

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Nowhere Man on 08-05-2007

08-08-2007 09:49 AM
by AGENT 86

30

1,500

broken, cracked, edge, gear, missed, piston, plug, smashed, weisco, why

Broken #2 piston-Why? (pic)

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...Roger... on 06-04-2007

07-01-2007 06:04 PM
by Belgian1979vette

52

5,075

1988, c4, cause, check, corvette, engine, fan, flashes, flashing, light, on, service, stalls, why, ws6

Check Engine light flashes constantly

Demonic85 on 05-17-2007

05-18-2007 07:58 PM
by Demonic85

6

2,961

1998, 2001, connector, corvette, disconnect, harness, power, quit, seat, seats, why, wiring, working

Power seat problem

AuburnShrink on 04-01-2007

04-13-2007 07:51 AM
by AuburnShrink

15

1,232

1520, 84, 92, add, antifreeze, burning, car, coolant, corvette, driving, loose, low, minutes, running, smell, start, stays, temp, why

Coolant getting LOW after replaced with new Coolant Temp Switch.

sami85L98 on 08-04-2006

08-14-2006 12:56 PM
by sami85L98

17

849

1985, 6, 85, change, corvette, cylinder, fuel, identical, injector, injectors, problems, thermostat, vette, wets, why

injector problems 85 vette

braz28 on 07-28-2006

07-30-2006 02:19 PM
by braz28

6

1,467

why aftermarket steel flywheel over stock one?

PolishDude on 07-07-2006

07-07-2006 01:48 PM
by PolishDude

0

265

abrasive, ami, bon, bonami, car, glass, haze, label, red, remove, safe, scratches, why, windshield, windshields

BonAmi on the Windshield??

Chewch87 on 05-26-2006

05-27-2006 01:38 PM
by comp

16

22,036

1974, 48l, 80l, code, codes, corvette, digit, paint, why

1974 Color Codes....my tag might be funny?

BrentDev on 04-22-2006

04-23-2006 12:32 AM
by KapsSA

10

2,508

Why Detroit is better than Chicago...

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DRKCYDE on 01-07-2006

02-05-2006 03:02 AM
by hokievette03

155

3,598

Great Lakes

Vette season officially over in NE Ohio

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marshrat99 on 12-10-2005

12-12-2005 05:14 PM
by Glensgages

25

743