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wssix99 on 10-20-2023

10-20-2023 04:32 PM
by wssix99

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check, dull, engine, faq, firebird, foam, general, headlight, light, ls1tech, ls2, lt1, maintenance, read, sea

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General Maintenance & Repairs FAQ -- PLEASE READ BEFORE STARTING THREAD

VIP1 on 05-30-2008

05-30-2008 01:27 PM
by VIP1

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car, cleaner, creep, deep, foam, for, fuel, good, injector, long, put, sea, seafoam, seafoamcar, seafoaming

How To Seafoam Your Car

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ChocoTaco369 on 06-30-2006

03-30-2017 01:31 AM
by LS6427

1,157

1,146,285

911009, big, cool, cooler, cooling, delete, issues, ls1, ls1tech, perma, power, production, repair, steering, stops, ws6

Power Steering Cooling Success

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wssix99 on 10-18-2010

01-02-2019 09:46 PM
by sjsingle1

624

272,123

1999, 2002, 2004, bcm, body, c5, camaro, connectors, control, corvette, electrical, find, info, location, module

LS1 Body Control Module Problems - The Fix

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Racr_X on 03-15-2008

05-06-2021 09:17 AM
by cancam99ss

407

407,585

block, bolts, broke, broken, chevy, engine, fixes, gmc, housing, loose, ls1, ls6, motor, mount, replacimg, replacing, starter

Starter motor mount on block....broke.....

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LS6427 on 03-26-2010

07-17-2024 10:26 AM
by Junkman2008

246

259,031

2006, 41952, 41985, ac, cold, delco, gmc, gto, plug, replaced, replacement, runs, sierra, spark, torque

Poll

Change your own spark plugs or take it to get serviced??

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2002CobraKiller on 09-15-2005

06-05-2007 07:28 AM
by Anthony Williams

244

25,527

2002, 2008, 90cc, 99, artaka, ce, crack, cracked, defects, door, fix, inside, ls1, panel, trans, xj, yamahall

Cracked interior door panel...:( *DON'T QUOTE PICS!

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HPP on 01-22-2006

05-12-2007 12:19 AM
by litle88

235

19,058

1999, chuck, crack, cracked, cracks, door, fbody, firebird, hinge, interior, opening, pontiac, schable, side, stress

interior door crack????

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WOT on 12-04-2003

05-20-2006 12:30 AM
by Gun5

191

16,688

10w30, 400, acadia, amsoil, extended, filter, fram, honda, iroc, ls1, mobil, oil, p8ha, sts, turbo

What Motor Oil & Oil Filter are you guy's using?

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Badguy7 on 01-27-2008

12-07-2008 07:41 PM
by bad6as

176

15,563

1976, 2005, 3800, 96, ashtray, blowing, body, camaro, eldorado, fixing, foxbody, fuse, gto, jack, misfire, pontiac, rs, scissor

Dumbest, simplest fix you've done to your car?

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Chaotic Firebird on 10-13-2006

07-10-2010 04:43 PM
by Footlead

143

14,653

7590, 75w90, 99, corvette, davidson, gear, harley, ls1, ls1tech, mobil, oil, purple, royal, rp, transmissions, vrod

Poll

Royal Purple Or Mobil 1

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ws6formula98 on 09-10-2005

09-15-2006 09:23 AM
by Switchblade

141

16,215

400ex, 47, 99000, carburetor, crankcase, dodge, idle, jet, pay, porsche, putting, seafoam, smoke, startupand, works

Poll

Seafoam: startup and idle videos

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orangeapeel on 11-08-2006

12-21-2007 05:37 PM
by squeals99

136

18,166

3x, bad, bolt, corvette, filter, filters, fram, horror, oil, quality, review, reviews, story, suck, sucks

Why is FRAM oil filter so bad?

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ZR2877 on 07-30-2002

11-09-2011 10:05 PM
by HAZ-Matt

133

111,892

0w30, 1, aou, castrol, find, gc, lost, mobil, mpg, noack, oil, sells

Found an ONLINE STORE that sells GC 0W-30!!

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ChocoTaco369 on 07-10-2006

09-23-2006 02:20 PM
by ChocoTaco369

129

7,779

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What kind of oil filter do you prefer?

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garrettpen on 11-01-2006

04-23-2007 03:48 PM
by 24KTA

125

9,617

98, ac, camaro, delete, grease, ls1tech, lubricant, pulley, pulleys, quit, repacking, replacing, squeaking, squeaky, squeking, tensioner

Squeaking pulley? Don't replace it. Regrease it! pics

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taintedmeat on 05-26-2007

03-29-2015 07:15 PM
by Stan1911

118

77,274

270025, 811068, adapter, bracket, camaro, fbody, formula, hunsaker, install, mount, procar, s10, scat, scatprocar, seat, seats, ws6

Good Seats

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the_merv on 02-05-2010

02-11-2010 10:10 AM
by Swedez28

115

6,577

baer, booster, brake, buy, chamber, cleaner, combustion, dealer, foam, line, ls1tech, mopar, rockwall, sea, seafoam, tx

seafoam and mopar combustion chamber cleaner

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therealcreeper on 06-19-2009

03-22-2017 06:10 PM
by LS6427

114

62,763

2002, alt, car, flickering, flikering, fuse, lights, ligting, low, ls1, power, pulsing, replace, swap, trans, voltege

Pulsing/Flickering Int/Ext Lights.. I Have Replaced My Alt.

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TORCHD 02 TA on 04-13-2011

09-26-2012 02:13 AM
by HuddSS

114

69,078

1664, 406, city, filter, filters, fram, g8, gold, headers, napa, oil, pf61, pontiac, rapid, whats, wixx, wrench

What oil filter do you use and why

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frisky2101 on 11-29-2006

02-13-2008 09:11 PM
by 01pewterbird

111

8,456

02, 1993, 2001, 2002, body, camaro, chevy, door, electric, motor, passenger, picture, power, prelude, remove, replacing, side, trans, window

How to replace your power window motor...

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02SS:ZEUS on 08-11-2007

08-15-2024 02:31 PM
by wssix99

110

109,643

ac, cv4000c, delco, engine, f150, low, ls1, m1, mark, mobile, oil, pcv, pressure, ruins, shakespear, shop, tampa

Never Using Mobile1 Again

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DrivenWS6 on 02-20-2007

07-27-2007 10:37 PM
by cals400ex

107

6,841

What Engine oil do you use???????

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GM DR on 02-15-2024

04-11-2024 10:36 PM
by 01CamaroSSTx

106

5,646

0w40, 20w50, 40k, aggressive, cam, camaro, car, dd, happen, high, ls1, miles, oil, pennzoil, platinum, roller, rotella, t6, zddp

what oil to run.

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cory04gto on 11-20-2013

05-28-2015 11:27 AM
by Firebrian

104

21,345

cam, chamber, cleaner, cleaning, combustion, engine, g2, lg, makes, mopar, motorsports, pcv, results, smoke, video

Mopar combustion chamber cleaner video results

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LS1Fury! on 07-16-2009

09-13-2009 09:32 AM
by jclz28

102

31,288

030, 0w30, autozone, castrol, european, formula, german, gold, grand, gt, ls1german, m06, ol, prix, syntec

German made Castrol Syntec 0w-30 question

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Mike02Z on 02-09-2006

03-17-2007 08:57 PM
by why2kmax

98

13,855

18, car, craigslist, driver, florida, form, hydraulics, jobs, ny, nytow, prevent, queens, south, stolen, switches, theif, truck, ways

My car was stolen. How do I prevent this from happening AGAIN?

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98-WS6 on 02-01-2011

02-20-2011 04:54 AM
by LS6427

95

12,028

aircraft, airplane, crap, glass, gummy, lq4, ls1tech, oil, paint, plastic, remover, stayed, stripper, tint, tinted, windows

Tint remover.......we have a winner.....

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LS6427 on 03-05-2009

07-06-2018 02:56 PM
by slogo

94

75,680

1990, 300, awful, cars, corvette, economy, fuel, gas, l98, location, miles, pcv, tank, terrible, valve

Terrible fuel economy with light to moderate driving

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Onyx_Black_Z28 on 01-28-2012

06-19-2012 12:24 AM
by Onyx_Black_Z28

93

8,995

0w30, bradenton, castrol, discontinue, discontinued, find, gc, german, life, lifter, noise, rx7, shelf, silverado, specs, ss

German Castrol EMERGENCY!

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Ryan01228 on 02-10-2005

05-01-2005 07:20 PM
by Patman

93

7,140

2012, camaro, catch, catchcan, egr, gsp, ls1, ls1tech, ls3, motorsports, norris, oil, rx, ss, valve

Oil catch can for decent price?

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dhctss on 01-26-2013

02-13-2013 07:24 AM
by mikh338

92

14,637

cat, chevrolet, gm, it, jeep, kx125, liberty, o2, obd2, p1137, p1171, readiness, ready, shows, sit, squeaks

Any Suggestions?

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thegirl on 11-08-2004

11-18-2004 06:41 PM
by Louis

91

3,761

2001, code, cut, fuel, gas, half, idyling, jeep, losing, milage, mileage, oil, pressure, rails, reason

Car idleing low! (Gas milage cut in half!)

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The Mighty Texan on 02-11-2011

05-23-2011 05:46 PM
by The Mighty Texan

90

7,553

1999, 2002, 98, camaro, car, chevy, doesnt, fiberglass, firebird, integra, ls1tech, roll, trans, window, windows, wont

Window doesnt't go up all the way...Pics included

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SimC33 on 07-28-2008

06-28-2022 03:41 PM
by wssix99

87

67,385

Changed original Fuel Filter at 105K!!

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BayAreaSS on 11-12-2006

07-24-2007 01:18 PM
by troopercar

86

4,329

advance, auto, black, cut, fil1522, filter, gold, kn2006, napa, open, pf59, rubber

Poll

Which filter???

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fastlt1 on 01-28-2006

05-22-2006 03:37 PM
by Mike02Z

85

7,616

Poll

What plug wires are you having good luck with?

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mikes02ls1 on 07-30-2005

03-28-2008 07:51 PM
by CRAGER

84

6,109

1998, 1999, 96, air, cats, clogged, firebird, flow, load, ls1, mass, pontiac, sensor, sputter, sputtering, underload, whats

Sputtering Under Load (RESOLVED! See Post #67)

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HibachiZ28 on 07-25-2012

05-24-2013 09:15 AM
by HibachiZ28

82

95,098

05, changing, cost, fair, hemi, labor, montana, plugs, price, spark, time, tr, tune, tuneup, up

Is this a fair price for a tune up?

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01bird58 on 01-21-2009

01-26-2009 07:59 AM
by the_merv

81

8,760

0w4, 10w40, 20w50, 5700, amsoil, chart, herb, high, kutz, l31, milage, oil, product, purple, royal, tests, tfout, vortec

Royal Purple

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StevieZ on 07-29-2002

08-11-2002 06:59 PM
by LS1PWR02SS

79

4,372

34, 38, air, banging, camaro, car, connector, convert, die, doesnt, exhaust, flow, maf, mass, unplug, v6

gonna die at an early age over this car... fml

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LT1TA on 06-27-2010

07-13-2010 06:30 AM
by bjamick

77

3,796

0w30, amsoil, api, burned, castrol, color, cst, german, hot, ls1, ls6, oil, switch, tech, viscosity

German Castrol 0w-30?

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BoneSS on 09-26-2004

11-15-2004 03:28 PM
by Patman

77

7,008

100, 1qrt, air, burning, consumption, fell, fill, grommet, hole, inside, miles, oil, pan, pcv, sucking, valley, venting

New PCV experiment......

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LS6427 on 08-03-2009

11-11-2009 07:17 PM
by XtremeDime

76

15,213

1999, 2001, air, anti, bar, camaro, center, cop, end, ls1, pieces, ram, sfc, top, trasn

TTop Center bar Trim, The tiny ones on the ends....

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ANTICOP RAM AIR on 01-12-2012

01-05-2015 03:32 PM
by bob320fa

76

6,365

Poll

To flush or not to flush?

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Tainted on 01-11-2007

03-15-2007 11:17 PM
by 01WS6/tamu

76

4,922

02, air, bad, camaro, check, consumption, excessive, fuel, guages, intake, leaks, light, pump, relay, rpm, sensor, sensors, ss, temperature, turn

Excessive Fuel Consumption

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02 CamaroSS on 07-30-2010

08-26-2010 03:05 PM
by 02 CamaroSS

74

5,896

12568241, 2001, air, blazer, camaro, check, code, diagram, injection, number, obdii, p1415, p1416, part, repair, valve, z71

major issue with check valves

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mc01ta on 10-22-2004

04-19-2005 04:27 PM
by Another_User

74

4,917

99 T/A won't stay running

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br549 on 07-31-2020

08-18-2020 02:13 AM
by stilealive

74

5,888

454, 600, 68, 98, 99, accelerate, camaro, coming, fuse, idles, low, purge, rev, rpms, selenoid, starts, stop, stops, z28

LOw idle and chasing throatle coming to a stop help!

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firehawk68mcleod on 03-11-2011

05-17-2011 01:43 PM
by VISHIS

73

6,294

4l60e, caked, cover, gasket, ls1tech, main, oil, rear, repair, replacement, seal, shady, tempory, transmission, valve

Rear main Seal repair

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polorico on 01-14-2014

02-02-2014 06:49 PM
by Cole Train

72

8,992

camaro, car, covers, firebird, jack, jackstands, ls1tech, stabil, stands, storage, storing, thing, things, vehicle, winter

Things to do before storing your vehicle

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prince xizor on 11-30-2005

02-17-2014 09:00 AM
by 1_MEANZ28

71

18,606