New woes, ranting again
07-21-2011, 08:19 PM
#1
New woes, ranting again Went to Louie's house to go to The Met game. Along the way, I thought how great the car was running despite the heat. Was to go from the ball game to the beer hall in Albany then to Joey's place upstate for the rest of the weekend.
One block from Louie's house, the car starts running bad.
The Mets lose. I take Louie home.
Checked all fuses, plugs, did a spark check, one coil on each side. Found nothing wrong.
Still runs like poop. Went to JFK at 4PM to see Joey at the auto shop where they have a scanner. Cylinder 5 no fire. Plugged in test spark plug to number 5 coil, no spark. I leave. Buy new coil. Go home. Install.
Runs great. All is well again. Zoom! Finally on the way to Albany-4 hours late.
Stuck in traffic on the way to the GWB. Overheats. Radiator hose pops off the radiator. Damn plastic radiator, the barb on the plastic hose nipple sheared clean off. Now the nipple is a smooth tube.
Drive two miles to a grocery store in Harlem. Along the way, the temp gauge is pegged because the radiator is dry. Also along the way, the engine starts to run REAL bad.
One hour to get the radiator & engine to hold three gallons of distilled water. Finally, the temp is under control. I cap it, I head for home.
The engine still runs REAL bad. I figure it's water in some plug, it'll dry out.
It does not.
The engine won't rev up. It vibrates badly.
I conclude the two catalytic converters are melted solid.
I chug all the way home at 35 miles per hour. All along the way, the engine temperature gauge is reading good-like 190 degrees. On the Clearview Expressway, the carpet starts smoking. Not a lot but this can't be good.
This confirms the cats are fused.
I make it to my house, run out the water hose, flush the undercarriage. Steam billows.
Joey's picking me up tomorrow. The car will sit until next week.
I have no wheels.
One block from Louie's house, the car starts running bad.
The Mets lose. I take Louie home.
Checked all fuses, plugs, did a spark check, one coil on each side. Found nothing wrong.
Still runs like poop. Went to JFK at 4PM to see Joey at the auto shop where they have a scanner. Cylinder 5 no fire. Plugged in test spark plug to number 5 coil, no spark. I leave. Buy new coil. Go home. Install.
Runs great. All is well again. Zoom! Finally on the way to Albany-4 hours late.
Stuck in traffic on the way to the GWB. Overheats. Radiator hose pops off the radiator. Damn plastic radiator, the barb on the plastic hose nipple sheared clean off. Now the nipple is a smooth tube.
Drive two miles to a grocery store in Harlem. Along the way, the temp gauge is pegged because the radiator is dry. Also along the way, the engine starts to run REAL bad.
One hour to get the radiator & engine to hold three gallons of distilled water. Finally, the temp is under control. I cap it, I head for home.
The engine still runs REAL bad. I figure it's water in some plug, it'll dry out.
It does not.
The engine won't rev up. It vibrates badly.
I conclude the two catalytic converters are melted solid.
I chug all the way home at 35 miles per hour. All along the way, the engine temperature gauge is reading good-like 190 degrees. On the Clearview Expressway, the carpet starts smoking. Not a lot but this can't be good.
This confirms the cats are fused.
I make it to my house, run out the water hose, flush the undercarriage. Steam billows.
Joey's picking me up tomorrow. The car will sit until next week.
I have no wheels.
07-21-2011, 08:58 PM
#6
wow I am kinda speechless. It seems like he had a Weds. motor. In know mine would have taken a **** as soon as the nipple popped off
add: mets= poop\
Bummer your TA isnt a 2000-20002 there is a GM bulliten for replacing the convertors 10yrs/120k miles I found it today while I was working on a TA
add: mets= poop\
Bummer your TA isnt a 2000-20002 there is a GM bulliten for replacing the convertors 10yrs/120k miles I found it today while I was working on a TA
07-22-2011, 05:32 AM
#13
LOL I have a pack of muffler bearings in the shop, I stocked up at an Auto Zone sale.
Looks like I'm simply gonna get the Dynomax/Walker off-road Y-Pipe with no cats and the BeCool radiator.
When I can more afford it, I'll get proper headers and a catted Y-Pipe. I'm hoping the soon to be released Texas Speed stuff is reasonable.
Looks like I'm simply gonna get the Dynomax/Walker off-road Y-Pipe with no cats and the BeCool radiator.
When I can more afford it, I'll get proper headers and a catted Y-Pipe. I'm hoping the soon to be released Texas Speed stuff is reasonable.
07-22-2011, 09:59 PM
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mets lost to cards? oh thats right,hey you guys can keep izzy for a closer. he's to much drama for me. you guys bail him out with double plays like the cards did. hey sjsingle1 whats this about an lt1 radiator please elaborate!!
07-25-2011, 12:30 PM
#19
I'm never disappointed by The Mets because I EXPECT them to lose. This way, it's a nice surprise when they win. It'd be nice if they won when I was sitting in Citi Field tho. Dem bums. It's not easy being a Mets fans, all 12 of us LOL.
Go backwards to an LT1?? An LT1 surely would've blown BOTH head gaskets under the circumstances.
Over the years, I've lost two transmissions because the stock in-the-radiator transmission cooler went bad allowing coolant into the transmission. A situation that isn't noticed until the transmission starts acting up, and it's too late.
Now this problem caused by the barb section of the plastic radiator shearing off causing the hose to pop off.
I didn't care for stock radiators because of the transmission coolers before this. Now I REALLY hate stock plastic radiators with integrated trans coolers.
I'm back from my weekend at Joey's and the car is in the shop. The oil still looks good, it's not even dark and there's zero coolant in the crankcase. Today, I'll jack it onto the 12x12x12 blocks I have. Tomorrow, I'll yank out the y-pipe and cats and see how it runs.
Go backwards to an LT1?? An LT1 surely would've blown BOTH head gaskets under the circumstances.
Over the years, I've lost two transmissions because the stock in-the-radiator transmission cooler went bad allowing coolant into the transmission. A situation that isn't noticed until the transmission starts acting up, and it's too late.
Now this problem caused by the barb section of the plastic radiator shearing off causing the hose to pop off.
I didn't care for stock radiators because of the transmission coolers before this. Now I REALLY hate stock plastic radiators with integrated trans coolers.
I'm back from my weekend at Joey's and the car is in the shop. The oil still looks good, it's not even dark and there's zero coolant in the crankcase. Today, I'll jack it onto the 12x12x12 blocks I have. Tomorrow, I'll yank out the y-pipe and cats and see how it runs.
Last edited by Paul Bell; 07-25-2011 at 04:24 PM.
07-26-2011, 07:48 PM
#20
Here's the update:
Got the cats/y-pipe off the car. ONLY snapped the three manifold studs on the left side, the three on the right side are intact with good threads.
The engine, with open exhaust manifolds ONLY still runs really bad.
Alright. I'm standing there thinking, hole in a piston? dropped/bent valve? bent pushrod?
Can't be, nothing points to any of those scenarios.
Lets flash back to Tuesday, one day before this all happened. I was stuck in NYC traffic. Hot as hell. The car was running very hot but not in the red. I eventually got to my destination and the car cooled off. The very next day, one ignition coil goes bad.
Back to today. I'm standing there mentally eliminating what it could be in my mind. I decide to do an ignition coil check of every coil. BINGO. Coils 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all bad.
Four ignition coils bad due to high underhood temperatures.
These are the higher output truck coils with the heat sinks. I've been using these coils since May 2009 without issues. I've never had the engine get as hot as it did last week. Apparently, these coils die when they get that hot.
What's on the list:
-4 new coils;
-drilling out the busted studs;
-Dynomax/Walker off-road stock y-pipe;
-BeCool aluminum radiator;
-Earls plate transmission cooler from the '94 I had;
-an oil change.
Got the cats/y-pipe off the car. ONLY snapped the three manifold studs on the left side, the three on the right side are intact with good threads.
The engine, with open exhaust manifolds ONLY still runs really bad.
Alright. I'm standing there thinking, hole in a piston? dropped/bent valve? bent pushrod?
Can't be, nothing points to any of those scenarios.
Lets flash back to Tuesday, one day before this all happened. I was stuck in NYC traffic. Hot as hell. The car was running very hot but not in the red. I eventually got to my destination and the car cooled off. The very next day, one ignition coil goes bad.
Back to today. I'm standing there mentally eliminating what it could be in my mind. I decide to do an ignition coil check of every coil. BINGO. Coils 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all bad.
Four ignition coils bad due to high underhood temperatures.
These are the higher output truck coils with the heat sinks. I've been using these coils since May 2009 without issues. I've never had the engine get as hot as it did last week. Apparently, these coils die when they get that hot.
What's on the list:
-4 new coils;
-drilling out the busted studs;
-Dynomax/Walker off-road stock y-pipe;
-BeCool aluminum radiator;
-Earls plate transmission cooler from the '94 I had;
-an oil change.