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    Fuel Problem Just Not Finding Same Symptoms

    You cannot tell with the tank screen. Once the material has pulled debris inside you can no longer see the trash and you cannot see thru the sock even when new and dry. Replace. Always. Also get a new tank gasket. Like it or not your old one is not going to seal around the rusted and warped...
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    Aluminium radiator for an '88 - re Boomdriver.

    I do not think so...unless its the stick or auto trans difference with the cooler. Same engine, few differences in accessory mounting, not much else. Glad to hear its in and done. :thumb Nice feeling knowing that you now have a little margin for error in the cooling dept. Mine was just...
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    Question: Underhood fiberglass cleaning

    its probably some antifreeze from a blown hose... I doubt that there is much that can be done short of sanding it down and painting. Sometimes there is a chemical change when certain extreme PH things contact plastics or resins. Plain alcohol will ruin plastics in the interior...certain...
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    Question: Sound found

    if that gear was worn down after only 7000 miles...yeah, sumthins not right. Hope this new part fixes it. You've been rebuilding this rebuild for a while now... ! Hell, with the price of fuel maybe pushin it will be cheaper !:eyerole
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    Engine Rebuilder in San Francisco Bay Area

    Thats not high mileage... 250...300,000 is high miles for a gas engine. 150K is normal unless its using oil. If there is no oil burning and it simply doesn't run as well as it used to, thats maint & tuning. Fuel injectors, sensors, a good general tune and its as good as new. Computer...
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    Question: Are these new door pins, and are they right? (Pic Heavy

    Take the problem pieces apart. clean rubber well. Clean the mount/track VERY WELL...sterile well! Take tracks out and clean if necessary. I use a small wire wheel in a drill to clean all the glue scraps out of the mounting tracks & guides. Use a plastic bondo 6" spreader to push rubber down...
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    Aluminium radiator for an '88 - re Boomdriver.

    I was very surprized (and pleased) to see how many folks have jumped onboard to produce some big all aluminum radiators for cars that are pushin 30...and the prices ? :thumb I noticed one double row for $185....w/trans cooler. That ain;t bad. Mine @ $209 was a bargin, or so I thought. I have...
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    Question: Sound found

    A pulse dampener may help but there will always be 8 injectors ticking. They may be semi quiet today but they will tic tomorrow...they all do to some extent. Thats normal. Its a mechanical piece that moves and responds to pressure. Its gets bumped back and forth...so it makes a noise. The...
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    Aluminium radiator for an '88 - re Boomdriver.

    YW.. :beer I was very surprized to see that there are a handful of mfg now that offer a real double row all aluminum thats a full 2 inch and not a BS 3 row thats actually only 1 3/4" thick... The price has even dropped a bit. There were a couple of these 2" alums that were under $200...thats...
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    Question: 1990 L98: Failed California SMOG gold shield NOx tests

    I know of folks that do this in some neighboring areas...Its a common practice around Phx. In maricopa county they do smogs...in neighboring counties they do NOT...so lots of folks have a box at the UPS store across the county line...with a street address where the car is registered. There is...
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    Question: 1990 L98: Failed California SMOG gold shield NOx tests

    ya know, IMO it comes down to 2 things... the quality of the parts that are installed, as suggested above that the only correct EGR is the OEM Delphi. I have run into that with ignition parts and the aftermerket stuff just don;t cut it. and... the quality of the tune. In order to achieve...
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    Question: 1990 L98: Failed California SMOG gold shield NOx tests

    If this is thought thru, it fails to make sense. That EGR should have sufficient vac control pressure to operate when necessary BECAUSE the EGR generally only opens when the engine is under a load or bogs and THAT is when combustion temps shoot upward...the EGR is/was never intended to be only...
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    Question: Mileage: How Much??

    I'd say so... Corvettes never have been valued by the book. Since they are collectors or special interest cars, someone somewhere would pay a good price for that car with so few miles, all original.
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    Aluminium radiator for an '88 - re Boomdriver.

    Hey Roger... Mines STILL going strong despite the $200 price tag ! Still looks like new inside...still keeps my temps stable, and still don;t leak. Been running right at 188 with a/c in 85 degree ambients. Had this been a normal winter I would have had to inetall a 190 or 200 degree thermostat...
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    Question: Are these new door pins, and are they right? (Pic Heavy

    I am not going to believe that a car the quality of a C4 vette has worn out the door bushings that quickly ! This is a clearence issue from weather stripping. Almost ALL replacement weather strip has issues of this sort...its too firm, too thin, laid in place on top of old glue that makes it...
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    Question: Are these new door pins, and are they right? (Pic Heavy

    Am I reading this right???? 50,000 miles and the doors have already been rebushed and may need it again? Was the car wrecked? There is NO reason for those doors to be wearing out the hinges and bushings at that age/milage. Mine was hit on the passenger side and I replaced the whole door so...
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    Flip-up Headlights

    My first C4 back around '88 had a failed door motor and I was also opening the things by hand....completely unwilling to leave them UP cause it just wasn't very cool... What was so damned aggrevating was the motor would be dead as a door-nail and I'd stand there for 10 minutes spinning that...
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    Flip-up Headlights

    if you had the delron dowels (3) in your motor you already have the upgraded drive that I was refering to. It may have been 88 that it changed...not sure. Yous is completely managed by the control module.
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    Help! Rich cold start

    My guess is with the replacement injectors... I have seen different complaints with almost every replacement fuel injector...hard cold starts, rich starts, high idle, everything. It seems that the small change in injector resistence has some effect on the duration of the fuel inj pulse. It's...
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    Flip-up Headlights

    short answer...YES to D..all the above. For clarity, 'out of phase' means that one goes UP while the other goes down. 180 degree out of phase. Run-on.... you have to understand exactly how the motor works... inside the motor shell are sets of breaker points that tell the relay when the...
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