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    Help! 1986 Vette Dies 20-30 minutes after starting

    I was sitting in my office in my house and happened to look out across my driveway into my open garage where the Vette was parked and saw orange flames coming out of the interior. The top was down and the hood open. Flames were on both sides of the firewall so I don't know where they started...
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    Help! 1986 Vette Dies 20-30 minutes after starting

    Thanks, everyone, for all your suggestions. I looked out my office window into my garage last Friday to see flames poring out of the interior. I got the fire out with 5 extinguishers. Everything inside is burned and melted so I obviously won't be working on the original problem anymore. Doc
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    Help! 1986 Vette Dies 20-30 minutes after starting

    She moves a LOT of fuel, I can shine a light in the tank and watch a plentiful volume of fuel flowing back into the tank via the return. All the while maintaining 42 PSI at the fuel rail whether the engine is running or not. The main issue is neither myself or anyone else CAN figure out what it...
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    Help! 1986 Vette Dies 20-30 minutes after starting

    Thank you all for your suggestions. I'll try to go through all the points of the posts above with my results so far. I have a Snap On OBD1 MT2500 scanner that has essentially been connected to the car for the last 2 years. 2 years ago I purchased GM original Corvette shop manuals and have been...
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    Help! 1986 Vette Dies 20-30 minutes after starting

    Hi All, 1986 Base Corvette, start it, let it idle or drive it, around 20-30 minutes it shuts down. Attempted restart and at time idles another 5-10 minutes then shuts itself down or won't restart. When attempt restart will only start if slightly open throttle, won't idle but can force a high...
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