My car is in the shop again for an oil leak, center linkage, and new belts. This is the 2nd time my car's oil leaked. Am I driving my car too hard? Or is my car just a P.O.S.?

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2.8L LC1 carb'ed Camaro SC
mods: 160* thermostat, CAI, stock V8 2 1/2" dual exhaust, Bosch Platinum +4, 8mm Accel wires, GTS taillight blackouts, Cool Blue headlights
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Kills: '96-'97 cavalier with 4 teens in my car and 3 in his

 

The seals are probably just getting old. Where's the oil leak? Distrib? Valve Covers? And the center link wears out eventually, as does the idler arm, so that's normal- both mine have been replaced already.

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The leak is either a valve cover or something behind the intake. I don't think it's the dist. cuz i had a leak there already and I fixed it. Well I don't know, who knows maybe its something simple I can fix myself(I hope)!

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2.8L LC1 carb'ed Camaro SC
mods: 160* thermostat, CAI, stock V8 2 1/2" dual exhaust, Bosch Platinum +4, 8mm Accel wires, GTS taillight blackouts, Cool Blue headlights
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Kills: '96-'97 cavalier with 4 teens in my car and 3 in his

 

My car has been in the shop since monday morning. It is leaking oil and anti-freeze. It is going to cost $900. Does that sound right?? I've only had the car for 4 weeks. This sucks.

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1992 Camaro RS
White with red interior
Soon to have a 10 disc cd changer, flowmaster, and K&N air filter

 

My camaro only needs the oil leak fixed now. I changed the belts and the idler arm. I'm hopefully getting the oil leak done thursday or friday. Oh yeah, my car's shocks are so bad I can't have anyone in the back seat or it will bottom out on every bump. My sh*ter's like 1/2" off the ground. There goes some more money
Money gladly spent on my f-body. Better on that than on drugs, right??

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2.8L LC1 carb'ed Camaro SC
mods: 160* thermostat, CAI, stock V8 2 1/2" dual exhaust, Bosch Platinum +4, 8mm Accel wires, GTS taillight blackouts, Cool Blue headlights
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Kills: '96-'97 cavalier with 4 teens in my car and 3 in his

 

Just had my 91 RS in the shop bout week and a half ago... had valve cover gaskets and the intake gasket changed... cost me 400 bux... but now i got a leak 100 times worse then it was when i brought it in... seems to be from the intake again... so i takin it back and they gonna fix it for free... i jus think the intake isnt sittin right ....

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91 3.1 RS.
T-Tops
12" tube in the "trunk" (That hole they call a trunk anyways)
16x8" ROH Rims
Firehawks all Around
New BOSCH plugs and wires.

Itchin for a SLP Cold Air and new catback.
Dynomax or American Thunder... dunno yet.. suggestions?

 

On the rear suspension note, two reccomendations.. first, replace your coil springs as well as the shocks.. if it's that close to the ground they're both dead. Second, now is the time to figure if you're raising the back end of your car or dropping the whole thing.. will influence your choice of springs and shocks. If raising, I reccomend Gabriel Hijackers.. it's nice to be able to adjust your ride height and suspension stiffness by just adding/draining air.

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'86 Camaro SC, black /w silver racing stripes
2.8l MPFI/700r4 /w special 2nd gear delete option
In search of new v8 engine & transmission, now contemplating t5 swap to get me out of this mess.
MSD coil, Accel 8mm wires, SplitFire plugs, Gabriel hijackers, possible performance chip I don't know about.. gotta crack open the ECM and check sometime

 

I'm just gonna get stock z-28 shocks and struts put on. I can't keep this car. It's killing my bank. I'm gonna sell it as soon as I can to get a 91-92 firebird(V-6 ofcoarse). I'm gonna mod the hell out of it. It's gonna be the most custom firebird around here. I think i'll also be on the lookout for a small compact car for everyday driving. I Drive about 100 mi. a day and i don't want that milage on my cool car

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1984 Black 2.8L LC1 Camaro SC
mods: 160* thermostat, CAI, stock V8 2 1/2" dual exhaust, Bosch Platinum +4, 8mm Accel wires, GTS taillight blackouts, Cool Blue headlights

 

Bizzy,
I have a set of struts and shocks from my 84 Camaro they are still good I just changed to KYB's. If you went my old ones e-mail me and we can work something out.

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Dale Earnhardt was a scholar of the race track that drove with the spirit of a warrior.

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