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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 11:38 PM
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I have a 95 lt1 camaro. While we cammed the car a few weeks ago. after the cam i ran it for about 2 weeks to work. It ran perfect but out of no were it started acting up. It would not want to start, after it did it would die after putting it in gear everytime... I tryed to scan it but would not give me any codes. the car is a OBD2 not OBD1... CAR MODS:Shorty Headers, No cats, K@N INTAKE,Cam specs are 218/228, Lift .492/.492, Stock stall, Not tuned yet. New fuel pump. Has new Spart plugs. Whole MSD IGNITION SYSTEM.. No one has no clue wants wrong with it any more we have checked almost everything... ANY IDEAS???? thanks guys
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 11:47 PM
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95..... obdI? replaced the opti?
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 11:59 PM
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95..... obdI? replaced the opti?
We replaced the opti already. anything else i might be missing... thanks
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:31 AM
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should get it tuned asap.
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:32 AM
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Icm possibly? Did you change the pcm in the car to a 96 or newer pcm? If you didnt, then its obd1 with a obd2 plug. If you know that already then my bad. Just wanted to point that out. Hope you figure out whats wrong with it. mike
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:37 AM
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Icm possibly? Did you change the pcm in the car to a 96 or newer pcm? If you didnt, then its obd1 with a obd2 plug. If you know that already then my bad. Just wanted to point that out. Hope you figure out whats wrong with it. mike
No i didnt change the pcm. it came like that. Its a OBD2 pcm with a OBD2 plug.
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:37 AM
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What can you tell us other then it won't start... do you have spark, do you have fuel, does it try to start and when it does and stalls is it running smooth until you put it in gear?
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:40 AM
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should get it tuned asap.
I do need one but I need to find the problem first. Or do u think thats wats causing this. but if that was true why did it run perfect for 2 weeks then took a dump????????.....
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by BigD383lt1
What can you tell us other then it won't start... do you have spark, do you have fuel, does it try to start and when it does and stalls is it running smooth until you put it in gear?
i have spark, i have fuel, i have air, and when i starts it wants to die. it cant find a good idle. feels weak on the throttle like no power and slow respond. thanks.....
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Originally Posted by 831jd
No i didnt change the pcm. it came like that. Its a OBD2 pcm with a OBD2 plug.
Ok. was just curious because 95's didnt come with obd2. they were still all obd1 but with a obd2 connector. Im having problems scanning mine as well and the scanner can read both obd1 and 2.
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Have you checked the intake elbow to make sure it is on correctly and doesn't have any tears? It sounds simple and stupid but can cause these problems.
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by BigD383lt1
Have you checked the intake elbow to make sure it is on correctly and doesn't have any tears? It sounds simple and stupid but can cause these problems.
Its good thanks though.. anything else it might be. it has to be something lil and stupid that we missed.......
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 01:18 AM
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I do need one but I need to find the problem first. Or do u think thats wats causing this. but if that was true why did it run perfect for 2 weeks then took a dump????????.....
I do believe that its possible your tune is way off after all the mods and that its just now getting worse.. Or i could see the opti, burnt plug wire could also be causing these problems.
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by food nd cars
I do believe that its possible your tune is way off after all the mods and that its just now getting worse.. Or i could see the opti, burnt plug wire could also be causing these problems.
im kind of thinking its the tune now but can anyone come up with a reason why it took so long to act like that? wouldnt it start rite alway?
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It's not listed but did you change your injectors? Also have you tried disconnecting the battery and resetting the pcm's learned settings this may help just to determine if it is tune related.... I can't see how though my car ran after my 383 build granted it ran like crap but it ran. imo looking at the tune is not the right direction... just for ***** and giggles check the two injectors fuses they are in the fuse box under the hood. These motors don't like running on four cylinders! lol
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ok right off the bat check all of the rockers and make sure none of them have backed off and caused valve train issues.........if that is good.......does the car run OK when its cold before it goes into closed loop?? If so its a tune thing......

does it sound like its skipping or missing??

sound like its down a cylinder???

popping at all???
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Originally Posted by quik95lt1
ok right off the bat check all of the rockers and make sure none of them have backed off and caused valve train issues.........if that is good.......does the car run OK when its cold before it goes into closed loop?? If so its a tune thing......

does it sound like its skipping or missing??

sound like its down a cylinder???

popping at all???
very good point make sure the rockers aren't too tight... if they are too tight it will have a hard time starting and will not run right!
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 09:15 AM
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just out of curiosity can you pull the pcm out of it's hole and post the service Number please. There is a white tag on the back side of them.
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Originally Posted by quik95lt1
ok right off the bat check all of the rockers and make sure none of them have backed off and caused valve train issues.........if that is good.......does the car run OK when its cold before it goes into closed loop?? If so its a tune thing......

does it sound like its skipping or missing??

sound like its down a cylinder???

popping at all???
check all of the rockers and valve train last week we did the rockers all over again to make sure none were tight. but found two rockers pretty tight and fixed that. but didnt changed much. It idles fine while its cold but as long as u dont put it in gear. it back fires a crap load. Its running to rich.
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Originally Posted by 831jd
check all of the rockers and valve train last week we did the rockers all over again to make sure none were tight. but found two rockers pretty tight and fixed that. but didnt changed much. It idles fine while its cold but as long as u dont put it in gear. it back fires a crap load. Its running to rich.
backfiring through the intake or exhaust???

did you burn a plug wire???
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