Thanks Big T. I think I'll take you up on that. I don't think my son was going to gut it till this weekend. I'll check with him. Message me how much and I can venmo you or zelle it to you.
Correction on part of the issue. It smokes in 1st gear to about 25-2700 rpm then it cleans up. When we run it with the airbox off smoke comes out of the CDR / EGR tube coming out of the valve cover.
Well it isn't 100% yet. With it open at the downpipe it doesn't stutter or spew smoke anymore. However my son noticed something while driving it. When it is in reverse or drive it bogs down at idle when the A/C is on and the RPM's drop and it stalls. It's perfect when the a/c is off. If he...
Thanks guy's. My son just separated the downpipe and it fixed the problem. So the cat is clogged. He is taking it to work to clean out the cat and reinstall. The good thing is it has the original muffler as well. So he's going to disconnect at muffler and it's only about 6" to the cat and it's a...
The fuel is good. No bubbles. Another reason I think it's probably plugged is the black smoke coming out of the tailpipe Is dark but there isn't enough coming out for the amount that the accelerator is being pushed. To open it up do you just unbolt at the downpipe and shine a light up the pipe?
I wish it could hack it off. I'm in commifornia. If it was a 97 I could but since it is 1 year younger it still has to be inspected. I will probably have my son cut it off and put a pipe in it.
While my son was driving the 98 burb yesterday it started stumbling, smoking, and stalling. He had 2 pmd's that he swapped out and it continued. Also as he was driving the coolant temp climbed to 220-230 range driving through town. It was about 110 degrees. I bought a new PMD today and it works...
I found it. It's a turbocharger service kit. None of the big parts stores carry it. Rockauto has 2 different ones. Cardone and Rotomaster. The cardone is double the cost at $223. They look the same. Is there a difference?
On the 98 burb the turbo is about done. With 300k on the original engine I'm not keen on putting a performance turbo on it. My local parts stores have them for about $700. Not sure if there is a rebuild kit available. I have seen gm8's on ebay from $250 - 1000+. I thinking even though they say...
Thanks guys. The starter is one from Autozone. I'm wondering if my son used the wrong bolts when he installed it. I know I had everything lableled. He knows to install that little bracket on the end of the starter. I told him if he doesn't it will crack the block with the starter weight. I...
Thanks will. I am leaning having a trans shop do it. Mainly for time. When everything was balanced they didn't do anything to the flex plate. I was looking on rock auto and the picture of the gm plate they have is identical to the one in there. The pictures of the other manufacturers are a...