Oh man, my car is screwed!!!
03-11-2011, 09:35 PM
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Oh man, my car is screwed!!! The trans is finally about to take a dump, shifting hard, the converter won't lockup and for some reason there is an engine misfire and the exhaust smells straight up terrible. No clue if these are related issues. It all seemed to start happening after if filled up. Bad gas????
03-12-2011, 01:18 AM
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How does the exhaust smell? Sweet like alcohol or rotten eggs. If it's sweet it could be too much ethanol/e85 in the gas or coolant in the combustion chamber from a cracked head gasket.
03-12-2011, 09:39 AM
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I hate that GM set these up so that trans shift pressure maxes out when the maf fails. Not what you want on a transmission that can't handle normal torque from these engines. Fortunately you can tune that little quirk out.
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03-12-2011, 07:27 PM
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was it a cylinder 1 misfire??... ive been having that problem intermittently the car will start to shake at idle then engine light comes on .. happens after about 20 minutes of driving
03-13-2011, 10:46 AM
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