I removed the intake Sat and regasketed everything from there up.Now I have one hell of a nasty idle.I'm sure it's a vacumn leak somewhere but I can't find it.I took the damn thing apart 3 times trying to find it.
Did I mention I still have a freaking oil leak
! I worked on this damn thing from 11 am to 10 pm and didn't fix a thing.I just made it worse!!!!!
All I can say is F**k it!I'm taking it elsewhere and letting someone else kill thier back and legs on it.I'm so damn sick of taking it apart I couldn't dare to even look under the hood right now.
I went thru all the vacumn lines,removed the intake twice,we won't even go to the valve covers.I give up!
I work all week and won't have the time to tear it apart so now I have the old mans S-10.He's going to put a new coolent line on,oh yeah..I forgot to mention I blocked the throttle body coolent lines off and the hose I used to reroute the coolent has a split in it.It's shooting coolent everywhere under the hood.
I'm calling someone to get an apointment to take my car in.Anyone want to buy a camaro??????
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Since my dragon pic won't work I'll have to live with this...
Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily
Did I mention I still have a freaking oil leak
! I worked on this damn thing from 11 am to 10 pm and didn't fix a thing.I just made it worse!!!!!All I can say is F**k it!I'm taking it elsewhere and letting someone else kill thier back and legs on it.I'm so damn sick of taking it apart I couldn't dare to even look under the hood right now.
I went thru all the vacumn lines,removed the intake twice,we won't even go to the valve covers.I give up!
I work all week and won't have the time to tear it apart so now I have the old mans S-10.He's going to put a new coolent line on,oh yeah..I forgot to mention I blocked the throttle body coolent lines off and the hose I used to reroute the coolent has a split in it.It's shooting coolent everywhere under the hood.
I'm calling someone to get an apointment to take my car in.Anyone want to buy a camaro??????
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Since my dragon pic won't work I'll have to live with this...
Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily
Supreme Member
have someone turn on the car and put ur hand behind the tb and see if theres vacuum there...i had vacuum there and my car kept dying cuz of it..now i have to go buy a new upper intake (warped)
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1989 Firebird
2.8 v6, t5 swapped in
Ram Hi-po clutch, Cold Air, 1.6 rockers (ready to install), Lakewood LCA's, Lakewood Lift bars, 3" y-pipe, Random Tech Cat, 3" I-pipe, Flowmasters, MSd 6a, MSD Coil (Fireball in future) Accel 8.8 wires, MSD Ignition Module, 4th Gen Seats (not front yet)
" I'd rather run last in a full out race, than to NOT run at all ".
[This message has been edited by Graeme'sFirebird (edited April 02, 2001).]
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1989 Firebird
2.8 v6, t5 swapped in
Ram Hi-po clutch, Cold Air, 1.6 rockers (ready to install), Lakewood LCA's, Lakewood Lift bars, 3" y-pipe, Random Tech Cat, 3" I-pipe, Flowmasters, MSd 6a, MSD Coil (Fireball in future) Accel 8.8 wires, MSD Ignition Module, 4th Gen Seats (not front yet)
" I'd rather run last in a full out race, than to NOT run at all ".
[This message has been edited by Graeme'sFirebird (edited April 02, 2001).]
That is where I thought the leak was at.I shoot some carb cleaner around it and nothig happened.The only thing I can figure out is it's somewhere around the intake to head area or the intake to lower plenum.I know I connected all of the vacumn hose up.
I'm not going to mess with it anymore.I'm taking it to the shop Wed.Untill then I'm enjoying the old mans truck,it's not very often I get to drive a standard.
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Since my dragon pic won't work I'll have to live with this...
Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily
I'm not going to mess with it anymore.I'm taking it to the shop Wed.Untill then I'm enjoying the old mans truck,it's not very often I get to drive a standard.
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Since my dragon pic won't work I'll have to live with this...
Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily
Supreme Member
Wow, man, that sucks.. sorry to hear about the job. Hopefully it's something small you missed and it won't cost you a fortune! 
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kevin your 2.9 isn't stock is it???
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92 Rallysport V6 Red with black stripes.
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92 Rallysport V6 Red with black stripes.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by blackstripes:
kevin your 2.9 isn't stock is it???
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Well......not exactly. <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by blackstripes:
kevin your 2.9 isn't stock is it???
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All I've done is bore it .030
and add the 1.52 roller tip rocker arms.
other then those items everything else is stock.Engine wise that is.
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Since my dragon pic won't work I'll have to live with this...
Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily
Supreme Member
Oil leak is because you did not use a small block chevy distributor gasket back there.
The vacuum leak is the hoses broken.
Did you rebuild them?
You gotta use 5/16" windshield wiper hose to patch back together.
The vacuum leak at the back of intake you replace hose with 1/2" hose & use electrical tape to take up silght oversize difference.
Those tips will cure the leaks.
Water leak.
I took that bypass thing off & brought it to a radiator shop. $5 leak gone. They soldered it & pressure tested it.
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Chat Soon,
KED85
Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA
[This message has been edited by KED85 (edited April 04, 2001).]
The vacuum leak is the hoses broken.
Did you rebuild them?
You gotta use 5/16" windshield wiper hose to patch back together.
The vacuum leak at the back of intake you replace hose with 1/2" hose & use electrical tape to take up silght oversize difference.
Those tips will cure the leaks.
Water leak.
I took that bypass thing off & brought it to a radiator shop. $5 leak gone. They soldered it & pressure tested it.
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Chat Soon,
KED85
Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA
[This message has been edited by KED85 (edited April 04, 2001).]
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Oil leak is because you did not use a small block chevy distributor gasket back there.</font>
Ummm.....yes I did.I replaced the o-ring and put a gasket between the distributer base and block.<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Oil leak is because you did not use a small block chevy distributor gasket back there.</font>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">The vacuum leak is the hoses broken.
Did you rebuild them?</font>
Did that too.Went over them about 15 times Sat night.I gave up on the damn thing and took it to the shop for someone else to break their backs and legs over. <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">The vacuum leak is the hoses broken.
Did you rebuild them?</font>
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Since my dragon pic won't work I'll have to live with this...
Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily