oh sh1t...

**grandkodiak** · 03-29-2008, 12:23 PM

somethin went wrong today with the car... my normal cold weather hesitation studder that shows up once in a blue moon showed its ugly head bigtime today and its 60 degrees out...?!?

things that happened:

usual rpm studders with small backfire, engine feels like its about to take a dump for like a half second then is fine.

belt is making squeely noises.

power stearing died for a few seconds a few times doing slow manuevers in/out of parking spaces.

the fans did not kick on whn the car was at slow speeds and the temp went almost to the red before i could get it back to 40mph+ to get the air to cool it.

threw a light with the following codes:

p1371, p1641, p1642

noticed on the wet pavement when i parked its dripping serious oil, filter is on there tight, dont see any leaking anywhere really...

what the holy hell is going on!

**BlackLT1Z28** · 03-29-2008, 04:40 PM

The belt squeeling is probably from there being too much slack in it. Basically, its loose on the pulleys. Check the tensioner to make sure its tight, hell, check all the pulleys and the belt itself.

The power steering going out might be from the belt slipping. Its either too loose or the oil is somehow getting on the belt and that is why its slipping.

And check them codes out.

**grandkodiak** · 03-31-2008, 01:55 PM

dropped it off this mornin at the garage, mech was tellin me that some gm cars have a feature where if the oil pressure sensor gets below a certain threshhol that it pulls fuel to prevent engine failure, which fits the symptoms i guess, hope its something as simple as some pos sensor... should find out today.

still dosesnt explain the leak though, hope thats jsut a gasket.

**grandkodiak** · 04-01-2008, 12:22 PM

word came in... its the optitrash... its getting no signal down low what so ever, and the oil leaks comming from right behind, fucker musta blew open! damn things basically brand new too, bought it in september 07.

fuck you GM, fuck you very much.

**5.0THIS** · 04-01-2008, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by grandkodiak

word came in... its the optitrash... its getting no signal down low what so ever, and the oil leaks comming from right behind, fucker musta blew open! damn things basically brand new too, bought it in september 07.

fuck you GM, fuck you very much.

dont blame GM. plenty of optis last 100,000 miles or longer. something caused it to blow. probably installed incorrectly, or other problems with the car.

**BlackLT1Z28** · 04-01-2008, 02:42 PM

Something similar happened to me. Missed a small hose or something and oil blew all over the opti. Took it off, and the entire case was filled with oil. PITA.

**grandkodiak** · 04-01-2008, 07:50 PM

if maybe the oil blew which CAUSED the opti failure...think i need a new opti or just one of those msd cap/rotor kits? or can the optical disc be cleaned?

**BlackLT1Z28** · 04-02-2008, 12:33 PM

I think if oil got IN the opti case, then you would need a whole new unit.

**grandkodiak** · 04-03-2008, 11:46 AM

i bought the MSD one this time, see how this goes. im gunna tell the garage i want the old one, im gunna open it up for shits and giggles and see exactly gets fudged up and if it can be cleaned/fixed.

**Nightmare00** · 04-07-2008, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by grandkodiak

if maybe the oil blew which CAUSED the opti failure...think i need a new opti or just one of those msd cap/rotor kits? or can the optical disc be cleaned?

Replace the whole thing. Dont go cheap on this.... You dont want to have to do it twice! Opti-spark is definetly a weak link in the LT1.

**tamatt79** · 04-13-2008, 07:13 AM

This is all gr8 info for me, being i just acquired a 200,000 mile LT1. Seems to need a new opti and cap too. There is no telling what i will find after i dig into this.

**Silver Streak** · 04-13-2008, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by tamatt79

This is all gr8 info for me, being i just acquired a 200,000 mile LT1. Seems to need a new opti and cap too. There is no telling what i will find after i dig into this.

Good luck man.

**tamatt79** · 04-13-2008, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by Silver Streak

Good luck man.

haha, thanks Mac. I am affraid to dig in to this at this point. Sure ahte i am gunna miss the Run!

**Silver Streak** · 04-13-2008, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by tamatt79

haha, thanks Mac. I am affraid to dig in to this at this point. Sure ahte i am gunna miss the Run!

Thought you were going with CC? Her car runs.. right?

**tamatt79** · 04-13-2008, 11:47 AM

ummm, yea. still not gunna make it though.

**grandkodiak** · 04-13-2008, 04:27 PM

foudn the problem... the place that changed my oil last had some guy use the 1 qrt per cylinder rule and didnt bother looking up the actual specs, so i got 8 fuckin shots of oil sittin in the system, pressure blew at the gasket behind the opti, oil leaked in. opened it up, thing was swimming!

**Silver Streak** · 04-13-2008, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by grandkodiak

foudn the problem... the place that changed my oil last had some guy use the 1 qrt per cylinder rule and didnt bother looking up the actual specs, so i got 8 fuckin shots of oil sittin in the system, pressure blew at the gasket behind the opti, oil leaked in. opened it up, thing was swimming!

Who the hell puts in a qt per cylinder???

**tamatt79** · 04-13-2008, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by grandkodiak

foudn the problem... the place that changed my oil last had some guy use the 1 qrt per cylinder rule and didnt bother looking up the actual specs, so i got 8 fuckin shots of oil sittin in the system, pressure blew at the gasket behind the opti, oil leaked in. opened it up, thing was swimming!

Dammit, What a dumbass!!!

**grandkodiak** · 04-13-2008, 08:16 PM

yeaaaa theyre payin for this one thats fuckin sure

**Zapper2003** · 04-15-2008, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by grandkodiak

found the problem... the place that changed my oil last..

Thats your problem right there!

Do it on your own man!

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