Recent content by mikevochis

A friend of the family has an 88 convertible with the 4+3 for sale. The odometer "reads" 6K. He is the original owner and says he has had an intermittent problem with the odometer not working. He feels the car has around 10k on it. The car looks and drives like a 10k car, and he is asking...

How about an intake manifold leak??? Put the vac guage back on, watch the guage and snap the throttle. If pressure goes down your ok...if it goes up I'd check for a internal leak.

Thanks Vig... I'll try the ECM clean out sometime this week. Can I just pull the neg off or should I pull both terminals? I've been told 15-20 mins disconnected is long enough...do you agree? While I got you... I'm replacing my bilstein's this week and was wondering where I could find some...

I have also had and heard bad things about the fram. I had one leak around the no-slip coat they put on the end. Don't know how or why but it leaked. I use the mobil 1 filter. Never had any problems. I order them online directly from mobil.

I saw the same thing in my 86 manual and also ran 87 for a long time. I also would run some injector cleaner through the system twice a season. I started running 94 because my friends told me if I drive a vette the least I could do is pay 20 cents more and run the good stuff. I noticed no...

I hope I didn't open a can of worms I put the two relay's in as you said (nice detailed description, thank you), and started the car. I started a little hard, but no check engine light came on. The tach read a steady 700, which is normal for my car, but the idle was very "lumpy", like I put a...

Thank you You guy's and this site are an incredible wealth of knowledge. I'll check it out tonight and let you know how I make out. Thanks again MIKE

Still need a little help... I got the two different relay's but I can't tell which one goes where. The power and burnoff relay's look the same. Both relay's have 5 pins, but one plug has 5 pins and the other only has 4. Does anyone know how I can tell which is the power and which is the...

I just spent the big bucks on the borla system from the cat back. They look and sound great. They have a deep sound, but are not over-powering. The only complaint is the two hours it took fooling around with the mufflers to get them centered evenly.

I'm replacing the heat shield on my 86 EGR tube and there is a clamp on the bottom of the pipe. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to squeeze the clamp tightly. I called my local chevy dealer and they said there is no special tool, but other than that they were no help.

I decided to change the MAF power and burnoff relays on my 86 vette do to a hard start condition. My local dealer sold me 2 with the p/n 10067925. I put both in and the check engine light came on and the RPM's were all over the place. As soon as I put the old ones back in the light went off...

My turn signal indicator bulb must of blown. Outside the car everything works, just the dash light is out. Has anyone fixed this before??? What am I in for, is it a big job??? Any help or advise would be great. Thanks

My 86 is also around 600.

I was on vacation in FL and talked to a guy from Ecklers about these switches. He said "push your foot down farther and you'll save $100 bucks" So I blew the money on two shirts.

I would keep an eye on it. It could be somewhat serious. I would want to know why the mechanic thinks there is gas in the oil. Did he see it? Did he smell it? Was the level on the dipstick high? Is the car running rich? My guess would be a fuel injector leaking. The only way I know of to...