My 89 Camaro has like 96000 miles on it. I know as cars get older they need more work. Well I was driving home and came to a stop light and the engine just stopped. No service engine light or anything. Put it in park and started it back up without a problem, no clouds of smoke or anything. I am wondering if this is nothing more than perhapps the idle setting or if this is a small sign to a big problem. I don't want to be crusing down 264 and have it stop.

Second thing I'm curious about is every now and then I get smoke when I start it. Not the blue greyish smoke, cuase I know thats suppose to mean you seals my be starting to give, just a small puff of normal exhuast fumes. .... everyone is using 10w-40 motor oil right..err

 

When was the last time you gave it a tune-up?

 

Well I just changed the oil yesterday. Just bought it a week ago.

 

That has happened to me a bunch of time.. and I have yet to figure out the source of the problem..

I have done all the regular tune up and stuff on the car, seems to be a problem with these old cars... will probabally never figure it out..

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Third Gen Project
1989 305 tbi Camaro RS Red/Red
Ram Air II Hood
Centerline Champ 500 Rims
Edelbrock Open Element
MacEwen White Faced Guages

"Stock?! Theres nothing "stock" about a stock car."

 

Mitchell (diagnostic program) says our cars take 5w-30. I swear by Mitchell. Very nice program. The owners manual also says 5w-30 too. You can try switching over to that and see if that helps. 10w-40 is too thick for my taste (not that I drink the stuff). Hope that helps.

-ws6formula-

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1989 Pontiac Formula WS6
69,000 miles.
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305 TBI, 4.10 gears, SLP Zexel/Torsen Limited Slip Differential, 700r4 Corvette Servo, LT4 Hot Cam/Valvesprings, GM Aluminum Driveshaft, 2700 RPM Stall, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake manifold, Turbocity TB. Ran on 6-19-2001 again: UPDATED: 14.1 @ 97.68 mph. Dyno'd Bone Stock @ 172.6 rwhp, 266 ft-lbs. of rw-torque.