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92, camaro, car, causing, die, driving, fuel, gen, off, power, shut, shutting, trans, turn, vats

could VATS cause car to turn off?

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¡MR.AWESOME! on Apr 15, 2009

May 7, 2023 04:55 PM
by Tuned Performance

57

8,290

Electronics

350, big, cam, car, causing, correctly, engine, fix, idle, rev, rich, running, sbc, sensor, stall, stalling, surging

How to fix some of those common idle issues (big cam, surging, stalls, etc.)

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blue86iroc on Jul 17, 2005

Mar 24, 2021 12:01 PM
by Nuke82

68

87,763

DIY PROM

01, 87, ac, camaro, causing, compressor, cutoff, cycling, jump, low, pressure, remove, removing, switch, throttle, tpi, trans, z28

ac pressure switch?

coolcamaroZ28 on May 16, 2005

Feb 9, 2020 07:32 PM
by boxingjunkie

18

36,273

Cooling

bad, battery, car, causing, dead, engine, grind, grinds, grindshard, hear, pickup, replaced, start, starter, starting

Sometimes my starter grinds???

TPI86TA on Feb 29, 2004

Mar 13, 2018 10:43 PM
by Pro

22

40,715

Tech / General Engine

1988, causing, forums, greatest, hard, impala, iroc, lo3, mod, photobucket, sequential, signals, start, studdmstr, turn

Do you smoke in your ThirdGen?

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Aarons92Maro on Mar 20, 2009

Jan 31, 2016 11:06 AM
by gearhead141

138

8,444

Interior

car, causing, cold, csr, engine, hard, normal, port, runs, start, starter, starting, starts, tuned, weak

What causes hard starting?

steve's Z28 on Nov 2, 2004

Dec 6, 2015 05:12 PM
by KITT1983

11

14,809

TPI

1990, 57, 98, bad, breather, camaro, cat, causing, control, crankcase, gas, heater, hose, leaking, milage, mpg, thirdgen, vent

Reduced Gas mileage: Cause - PCV vent tube??

camarosource on Feb 28, 2012

Jul 17, 2015 12:49 AM
by 1992 Trans Am

14

12,691

Tech / General Engine

31, alternator, bad, camaro, causing, idle, liter, missing, motor, problems, rough, running, shuts, starts, turbo

3.1L Strange problem.. Sputters, runs rough possible electrical?? HELP!

joecool108 on Apr 9, 2013

Oct 9, 2014 08:20 AM
by joecool108

29

16,845

V6

87, bypass, car, causing, computer, cranks, gen, light, megasquirt, mod, start, timing, trans, transam, wont

MS + 87 TPI (trans am) won't start

83 Crossfire TA on May 16, 2014

May 27, 2014 04:10 PM
by willexoIX

10

1,616

DFI and ECM

1992, camaro, car, causing, chip, deleting, fuel, injector, injectors, l98, make, pulse, run, sends, shutong, vats

If VATS is not sending injector pulse will noid light still light?

wozbean on Sep 7, 2013

Jan 25, 2014 05:43 AM
by rgarcia63

16

6,327

TPI

bad, blocked, car, cats, causing, check, egg, engine, light, line, odor, return, rich, rotten, rough, running, runs, tpi

TPI running rich

hitman on Sep 11, 2008

Nov 28, 2013 08:47 PM
by Sam Evans

14

29,843

TPI

1991, 50l, 91, ball, battery, causing, firebird, firebired, formula, gear, gm, hard, mounted, ponitac, set, start, vats, warm, weather, worn

91 Firebird - czech rep.

m2rtin on Jul 14, 2013

Oct 18, 2013 01:17 AM
by m2rtin

25

8,491

Members Firebirds

aftermarket, alarm, battery, blowing, car, causing, electrical, fuse, problems, transmission

Aftermarket alarm causing short?

gm muscle on Oct 6, 2013

Oct 7, 2013 11:00 PM
by gm muscle

5

6,359

Electronics

89, blue, camaro, car, causing, cylinder, engine, exhaust, exhuast, oil, puff, rear, smoke, start, startup

What would cause blue smoke from exhaust only at startup?

Zerocyde on Nov 4, 2010

Aug 12, 2013 08:57 AM
by Nathanl91

19

120,081

Tech / General Engine

air, causing, cylinder, intake, leak, misfire

Can an intake leak cause a misfire?

GageBrand on Jun 30, 2013

Jun 30, 2013 09:36 PM
by blacksunshine'91

1

783

Tech / General Engine

1990, 31, acceleration, camaro, car, causing, distributor, hard, make, rough, start, starting, surge, surging, warms

1990 3.1 Hard to Start and Surging

Chief365 on May 16, 2013

May 29, 2013 06:04 PM
by Cadaver_Puncher

18

1,994

V6

bay, bolts, causing, clicking, engine, exhaust, forum, gen, leak, leaking, making, manifold, noise, sputter, ticking, vortec

exhaust leak

landon360 on May 9, 2013

May 12, 2013 11:08 PM
by landon360

4

1,429

Exhaust

3624mm, 84, add, bar, camaro, causing, changing, front, gen, lanes, oversteer, problems, rate, spring, steering, sway, swaybar, thirdgen

sway bar questions

DARKmj16 on May 2, 2013

May 11, 2013 05:41 PM
by midnightfirews6

23

2,565

Suspension and Chassis

85, bdc, cam, carb, causing, chiltons, disengaging, emission, fast, gen, high, idle, label, thermostat, z28

85 z28 idle issues driving me crazy.

danielr1211 on Mar 5, 2013

Mar 11, 2013 10:56 PM
by five7kid

6

2,394

Carburetors

affected, causing, distributor, duntovlives, fuel, hazards, headlight, headlights, hit, prime, primes, prims, problems, pump, tail, wiring

headlights cause fuel pump prime cycle!

duntovlives on Dec 21, 2010

Mar 5, 2013 09:03 PM
by Alaskan

15

8,296

Electronics

causing, higher, intake, points, pressure, rough, shift, shifting, swap

Swapped intake causing shift points to be off

tlman12 on Mar 5, 2013

Mar 5, 2013 07:07 PM
by goliath88

2

669

TBI

58, 58mm, bigger, body, causing, condition, gen, holley, holly, hsr, id, lean, mm, throttle, tpi

58mm Throttle Body Swap Question

MrPackstin on Feb 17, 2013

Feb 17, 2013 09:49 PM
by MrPackstin

4

981

Tech / General Engine

06, 1992, blazer, causing, cheap, cold, coolant, gauge, hard, passeo, sensor, simple, start, temp, temperature, weather

Simple Coolant Temp Sensor Question

insomniac on Jan 15, 2013

Jan 16, 2013 11:49 AM
by insomniac

18

2,096

TPI

1988, 1988tpi, 50, 87, camaro, causing, control, fix, fuel, idle, pressure, problems, reset, screw, ttop

High Idle on a 1988 TPI camaro

cruzplcs on Jan 5, 2013

Jan 12, 2013 08:56 AM
by Anti-Venom

10

20,241

TPI

6degbtdc, 88, body, cat, causing, chip, codes, corvette, delete, drive, egr, prom, t5, timing, tpi

EGR DELETE PROBLEMS/PILL SELECTION

gtamann on Nov 22, 2012

Nov 22, 2012 07:03 PM
by vetteoz

1

1,537

TPI

1987, body, bolt, bolts, carburetor, causing, intake, issues, leak, missing, plenum, problems, screw, throttle, vacuum

Missing screw in Intake Plenum, is this a problem?

TA<3er4Life on Nov 15, 2012

Nov 16, 2012 09:43 AM
by red rock

5

8,059

TPI

600, adjustable, carb, causing, closing, filter, fuel, high, holley, holly, idle, idling, internal, screw, secondaries, secondary, setting, vac, vacuum

Holley 600 Vac Secondary Suddenly Not Idling Well

JamesC on Nov 3, 2012

Nov 8, 2012 05:54 PM
by JamesC

16

2,854

Carburetors

1992, battery, camaro, car, causing, coolant, disconnect, ect, engine, forgot, install, sensor, stalling, stalls, temp, warm, warmed

Stalling at Redlights after Warmed up!

maxjivi05 on Jul 19, 2012

Nov 4, 2012 03:40 PM
by cfs2chvy96sub

16

6,042

Tech / General Engine

84, bearing, body, car, causing, clutch, gear, launch, pilot, shakes, shaking, shifter, t5, trans, vibration, wrong, zoom

t5 shakes like crazy

84'transam on Sep 18, 2011

Nov 1, 2012 03:12 PM
by oddscrounger

25

8,842

Transmissions and Drivetrain

450, back, bad, causing, changed, drive, ecm, ect, high, iac, idle, key, powered, replace, sensor, tpi, tps, vbulletin

tired of replacing sensors.bad ecm?

bbsr72 on Sep 24, 2012

Oct 13, 2012 07:22 AM
by bbsr72

10

1,397

DFI and ECM

1991, camaro, car, causing, engine, exhaust, header, headers, leak, leaking, leaky, manifold, signs, stall, stalling

Exhaust manifold leak causing stalling?

Ridngchoppers on Oct 6, 2012

Oct 7, 2012 06:44 AM
by Ridngchoppers

3

16,096

Exhaust

arm, car, causing, chevy, clutch, diy, gen, hard, knock, knocks, line, powered, retard, rocker, vbulletin

Knock Retard when letting out clutch

JekyllandHyde on Sep 4, 2012

Sep 17, 2012 07:57 PM
by RBob

4

1,641

DIY PROM

car, causing, chevy, clean, cleaned, cleaning, dealerships, detailing, engine, las, problem, problems, rust, steam, vegas

Can engine steam cleaning cause problems?

white1991rs on Aug 8, 2012

Sep 14, 2012 09:15 AM
by 2007xl50

5

6,396

Auto Detailing and Appearance

1988, 700r4, cable, camaro, car, causing, cavalier, gas, pedal, plate, sticks, stiff, suddenly, tbi, throttle, transmission, tv

Stiff gas pedal

ricklovin93 on Mar 25, 2012

Sep 13, 2012 11:27 AM
by Ronny

23

18,577

TBI

05, 1986, 57, 97, body, camaro, cat, causing, checking, codes, delete, egr, elimiating, firebird, heat, motor, shield

Egr coming out of the cat.

evilemokid94 on Sep 9, 2012

Sep 12, 2012 09:09 AM
by Street Lethal

12

1,381

Exhaust

2012, back, board, camaro, causing, filling, floor, front, leak, passenger, passengers, puddle, rear, seat, ttop, water

Puddle in rear passenger floorbed plz help

Cordero51 on Aug 18, 2012

Sep 5, 2012 10:36 AM
by 82tarecaro

13

1,952

Interior

1992, 1997, 700r, camaro, causing, cold, f350, problems, stall, stalling, trans, transmission

trans is causing stalling

irocZ281986 on Aug 29, 2012

Sep 1, 2012 06:27 AM
by Atilla the Fun

2

618

Transmissions and Drivetrain

bought, car, causing, flat, flatspots, gen, high, lot, pressure, shaking, sitting, spot, temporary, tire, trans

Could this be because of a to high tire pressure?

Nonni on Aug 18, 2012

Aug 19, 2012 05:21 AM
by Nonni

5

1,098

Wheels and Tires

causing, cut, distributor, ignition, msd, radio, speakers, stereo

Change of distributor = Speakers cutting out

68Strat on Aug 6, 2012

Aug 6, 2012 12:15 AM
by 68Strat

0

1,016

Car Audio

1986, 32, 85, 89, bad, causing, cel, code, diagnosis, firebird, location, map, pontiac, replace, sensor

MAP Sensor Replacement 1985 Pontaic Firebird

stanleyN on Aug 1, 2012

Aug 1, 2012 04:46 PM
by ASE doc

1

1,547

Tech / General Engine

1984, 1992, 305, 91, aftermarket, camaro, causing, coolant, fan, size, socket, surge, switch, tbi, working

305 TBI fan switch questions

redmaro on Jul 24, 2012

Jul 24, 2012 09:50 PM
by UnderCover89TBI

11

1,720

TBI

700r4, 83, bad, causing, cts, engine, gen, iroc, irocz, make, rich, ritch, run, running, z28

Running rich

kosar77 on Jul 5, 2012

Jul 5, 2012 09:00 PM
by kosar77

2

1,034

TPI

305, causing, forget, gen, injectors, overheating, problems, procharger, prochargers, supercharger, thing, thirdgen, tpi, transmission, upgrade, worst

need procharger help.

Bauer 904 on May 22, 2012

May 23, 2012 05:51 AM
by Bauer 904

9

1,361

Power Adders

1991, 350, blow, blowby, breaking, cam, causing, chevy, engine, excessive, gen, mercruiser, rebuilt, starting, thirdgen

350 excessive blow by question

aljohnsonii on Apr 20, 2012

Apr 20, 2012 10:14 PM
by aljohnsonii

0

1,323

Tech / General Engine

30, 305, 377, 91, camaro, causing, chevy, engine, max, oil, pressure, psi, sbc, stay, tbi, toast, warm

Possible oil pressure problem

hondorian7 on Apr 13, 2012

Apr 14, 2012 04:12 PM
by 91 1LE

3

1,221

Tech / General Engine

axle, balance, bent, causing, engine, hei, lt4, misfire, powered, remove, rhythmic, smell, smoke, vbulletin, vibration

Erratic misfire, all rpm ranges, all gears

1983Chimaera on Feb 16, 2012

Apr 3, 2012 10:50 AM
by ASE doc

3

2,898

Tech / General Engine

1982, 1983, 82, camaro, causing, crank, crossfire, injection, made, plug, sizes, spark, start, starts, turn, z28, z28crossfire

1982 Z28 Crossfire Won't turn over

garylatl on Mar 27, 2012

Mar 28, 2012 12:00 PM
by z28romance

6

981

Tech / General Engine

53, camaro, causing, code, egr, engine, erg, high, hurt, maf, o2, oxygen, sensor, trouble, valve, voltage

EGR? o2 sensor? MAF?

86chevinit on Sep 5, 2010

Mar 18, 2012 07:59 AM
by leo27030

2

951

Tech / General Engine

85, bad, causing, condition, distributor, exhaust, false, hesitation, iroc, leak, lean, lt1, reading, seal, smoke, start

Exhaust leak causing a false lean?

ctandc on Sep 24, 2002

Feb 14, 2012 02:50 AM
by SkyKitt

7

4,034

TPI

1990, ac, bad, causing, clutch, compressor, dr650, engine, feels, knocking, locked, sound, sounds, turned, turns

engine sounds bad with a/c on.

pestrada38 on Sep 26, 2010

Feb 10, 2012 01:38 PM
by orpack66

14

4,425

Tech / General Engine

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