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:angry: Design… Northstar look at that engine for a design not meant to fail. A tightly packaged V8 fits in a small engine compartment. Just don’t try to repair it. Oil pan leak good luck, timing chain fun, now go find that starter motor. I’m sure it’s a great design from the manufacturers point of view. From my point of views it’s terrible 5-8 years out the cost of repair versus car value sends many of those cars to an early grave.
Ever try to get all the warning lights out at the same time on a Mini Cooper? Ack
:angry: Design… Northstar look at that engine for a design not meant to fail. A tightly packaged V8 fits in a small engine compartment. Just don’t try to repair it. Oil pan leak good luck, timing chain fun, now go find that starter motor. I’m sure it’s a great design from the manufacturers point of view. From my point of views it’s terrible 5-8 years out the cost of repair versus car value sends many of those cars to an early grave.
Ever try to get all the warning lights out at the same time on a Mini Cooper? Ack
Cooling fan, radiator, thermostat, water pump, head gasket. Fan comes on ok. Thermostat new ok. Radiator, water pump, head gasket. Does the heater work, gets hot fast enough? Can verify coolant flow in the engine water pump ok. Head gasket, radiator. Get harder to eliminate. Do the cooling fans throw hot air? Just kind of warm air would indicate low flow in the radiator. Head gasket seek a professional technician
Cooling fan, radiator, thermostat, water pump, head gasket. Fan comes on ok. Thermostat new ok. Radiator, water pump, head gasket. Does the heater work, gets hot fast enough? Can verify coolant flow in the engine water pump ok. Head gasket, radiator. Get harder to eliminate. Do the cooling fans throw hot air? Just kind of warm air would indicate low flow in the radiator. Head gasket seek a professional technician
Had a nice comeback this week. 2000 Buick Lesabre. Towed in crank/no start. Starts runs and dies. Plug in scan tool got a code for fuel sender. OK common GM fault, bad sender not the first time I’ve had a empty tank due to this. R/R fuel pump unit. Gauge now reads dead empty, fuel it up runs ok test drive ok done! Next morning… Towed in car died. Now no spark. Can’t directly see crank sensor on a scan tool. Sensor goes to Ignition control module first. Tell the service writer order a crank sensor and module. Sensors cheap module not so much. Install crank sensor car runs. Test drive ok. I tell the service writer do not release the car. I’m off Wednesday and so is the service writer. I need to extensively test drive the car to verify repair. Wednesday the car was towed back. The other service writer decided it was done and released the car on Wednesday. Installed the module Thursday and ran the car on a good long drive. Fixed? I hope so
Next time I’ll hide the keys 🙂Had a nice comeback this week. 2000 Buick Lesabre. Towed in crank/no start. Starts runs and dies. Plug in scan tool got a code for fuel sender. OK common GM fault, bad sender not the first time I’ve had a empty tank due to this. R/R fuel pump unit. Gauge now reads dead empty, fuel it up runs ok test drive ok done! Next morning… Towed in car died. Now no spark. Can’t directly see crank sensor on a scan tool. Sensor goes to Ignition control module first. Tell the service writer order a crank sensor and module. Sensors cheap module not so much. Install crank sensor car runs. Test drive ok. I tell the service writer do not release the car. I’m off Wednesday and so is the service writer. I need to extensively test drive the car to verify repair. Wednesday the car was towed back. The other service writer decided it was done and released the car on Wednesday. Installed the module Thursday and ran the car on a good long drive. Fixed? I hope so
Next time I’ll hide the keys 🙂Lube Tech a waste of time at most shops. I can not understand why shop pay the lube/GS guys so bad. These guys have the car count. Train them and pay them well. A trained lube guy can find huge amounts of work just by knowing how to check over the cars. Oil changes are the loss leader and also a huge profit center so why can’t everyone make enough to live on.
Lube Tech a waste of time at most shops. I can not understand why shop pay the lube/GS guys so bad. These guys have the car count. Train them and pay them well. A trained lube guy can find huge amounts of work just by knowing how to check over the cars. Oil changes are the loss leader and also a huge profit center so why can’t everyone make enough to live on.
Good job on not giving up.
ECM!!! Can’t say I’ve seen a dead Honda ECM.
Thanks for posting too. I learned something from it.Good job on not giving up.
ECM!!! Can’t say I’ve seen a dead Honda ECM.
Thanks for posting too. I learned something from it.if your trying to get the ball joint stud out of the knuckle. I would spray some lube on it. I sometimes use a chisel in the split near were the bolt goes. Tap it in to the slot. Use a pry bar to push the control arm down and tap with a hammer. WEAR GLASSES
if your trying to get the ball joint stud out of the knuckle. I would spray some lube on it. I sometimes use a chisel in the split near were the bolt goes. Tap it in to the slot. Use a pry bar to push the control arm down and tap with a hammer. WEAR GLASSES
Yellow/Green wire looks like the wire for pulse to the ignitor. Did you check at the back of the distributor connector (bad connector pin maybe)? Did you have someone crank over the engine a wiggle and pull on the harness (open harness)? Did you check at the PCM yel/grn pin 21 I think?
Yellow/Green wire looks like the wire for pulse to the ignitor. Did you check at the back of the distributor connector (bad connector pin maybe)? Did you have someone crank over the engine a wiggle and pull on the harness (open harness)? Did you check at the PCM yel/grn pin 21 I think?