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| 1999 Chevy Suburban will not start!!! Help!!! | 10/19/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 1999 Chevy Suburban 5.7 "R" and am having a problem. The vehicle will not start. I have ...
A: Jason, Okay, first, when you checked the timing marks, were both the dots at 12 o'clock on the ...
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| Rpm | 10/17/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I set the rpm to 800 on a 350 chevy when it is in drive when i put it back in park it goes to 1400 ...
A: Les, It really depends on the year of vehicle, but typical idle rpm should be around 500 and in ...
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| China or US? | 10/15/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: Is it true that chevys are designed in the US but actually made in China?
A: Jamie, Nope. Chevrolet has outsourced some of the parts to china, and some of the assembly to ...
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| 1999 Chevy Suburban will not start!!! Help!!! | 10/11/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 1999 Chevy Suburban 5.7 "R" and am having a problem. The vehicle will not start. I have ...
A: Jason, Unfortunately, somewhere you have a timing-type issue. Air comes up through the intake ...
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| no start 91 lumina | 10/10/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 91 Chevy Lumina with a 3.1 that won't run. I have good fuel pressure and spark. I took a ...
A: Rick, Still sounds to me like your exhaust is plugged. I would be willing to bet that the ...
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| valve set on 307 chev engine | 10/10/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: i am a diesel fitter by trade and am a bit confused by the "lose" fit of the rockers . tahnks matt h
A: Matthew, Check out the answer I gave a guy not too long ago about adjusting the valves on a ...
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| My 90 camaro starts and runs but dies out if the gas is not pushed to the right amount | 10/10/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I would like to know whats wrong with this, The person i bought it from said it was the fuel pump ...
A: Matt, You need to check your timing. If you have flames shooting out, it is because the motor ...
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| 1996 CORVETTE TRANSMISSION LEAK | 10/9/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: 1996 CORVETTE COUPE WITH LT-1 AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH 33,000 MILES STARTED LEAVING SMALL ...
A: Bill, Without seeing whether the fluid is coming from the front or the rear of the tranny, ...
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| 1995 Chevy Beretta | 10/8/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have just changed the heater core due to a leak. A mechanic had cut the heater hoses and capped ...
A: Brad, It could cause the broblem, but I would guess you maybe have air in the heater core. Take ...
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| 1998 chevy blazer | 9/24/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
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A: Tom, When I have done this kind of stuff in the past I have heated the moulding up to get it to ...
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| Heater Core In 1978 Caprice | 9/24/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: Where is the heater core located at on the car and what do I need to all take off to get at it?
A: Thomas, The heater core is located under the dash on the passenger side of the car. For a ...
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| 1997 cavalier | 9/24/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I just had the alternator R&R'd and now the a/c only blows cold on the driver side while the middle ...
A: Boyd, I don't think there is anything that having the alternator work done would have caused ...
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| 350 chevy turn key engine, 330 horse | 9/23/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: purchased a turn key engine, and we are having problems with the cooling system, it has a reverse ...
A: Clifford, I'm assuming you bought an LT1, so I will use that as the example here. The ...
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| Air Bag Light reset | 9/23/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I just replaced the combination switch in a 1996 Geo Metro LSI. After re- installing the steering ...
A: Scott, It will have to have the code cleared with a handheld ODBII scanner in order for the ...
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| 1996 GM SUBURBAN | 9/23/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: MY SUBURBAN HAS 200,000 MILES ON IT,IT WILL DRIVE FINE FOR ABOUT 20 MINS THEN IT WILL START TO LOSE ...
A: James, First I would check the fuel filter. Once that is replaced if there is no improvement, ...
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| 93 Chevy cavalier | 9/22/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: the car revs up quite a lot before changing gears and sometimes even though it is reved it will not ...
A: Mike, It could be the electronic modulator. The first thing I would check is pull the dipstick ...
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| Engine ID | 9/22/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I just bought a '66-C20. It is supposed to have a SBC 400. The stamped number on the deck in front ...
A: Robert, What you have there is the engine date code. The engine was made in flint feb 21st, ...
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| 96 cavalier | 9/22/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 96 cavalier that wont rev up when idling. I replaced the fuel pump at mechanics request but ...
A: Alice, Before the fuel pump was replaced, I would have changed the fuel filter. If the car was ...
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| 1992 chevy lumina van 3.8 engine | 9/21/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: Miss firing no power only goes to 20 km/h chokes up, stalls new wires, new plugs, new coil? dont ...
A: Kim, I wouldn't scrap it just yet. What you can do is pull the codes stored in the computer and ...
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| engine | 9/21/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 73 Z28 / rs camaro and I am looking for an original engine. were can I possible find a ...
A: John, Well, finding the engine is kind of a toss up. You could run into one just about ...
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| 2008 Corvette | 9/20/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I apologize if you are not the correct person to ask these questions of. If you are the wrong ...
A: Roc, I did a little research on this and from what I could find, I can see nothing that would be ...
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| Car Overheating After $1200 A/C Repair | 9/19/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: My car's a/c was repair about a month ago (the entire system), now I notice my temp gage moving over ...
A: Quintell, Depending on what kind of car you have, you probably have two electric fans on the ...
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| 1985 Chevy Station Wagon | 9/19/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: We just bought a 1985 Chevy Celebrity Station Wagon. Has what looks like a flip-up seat in the back, ...
A: Deryck, The bolts under the rubber covers are for the rear struts (shocks) and shouldn't be ...
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| Chevy Cavalier Z24 brights don't work? | 9/19/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: Ok, I replaced both bright lamps on my 1998 Chevy Cavalier Z24 but neither lamp works when I click ...
A: Paul, Your car runs two seperate systems for the brights and dims, so I would suspect a fuse ...
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| 1996 Camaro V6 coolant leak | 9/19/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a coolant leak that started as a dribble and is now a gush of Dex-Crap...it initially only ...
A: Josh, Sounds to me like the water pump. There is a small hole in the front of the pump that is ...
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| heater core | 9/18/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: when i go i see water coming from the heater core.what do this mean?
A: Joseph, It means that your heater core is bad and needs to be replaced. They are designed to ...
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| 2008 Corvette | 9/18/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I apologize if you are not the correct person to ask these questions of. If you are the wrong ...
A: Roc, I can answer these questions for you. Even with the technological advances in engineering ...
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| power steering pump | 9/18/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 454 cu. in. engine installed in a 1987 alumalite motor home. The power steering pump was ...
A: Tom, Unfortunately, it sounds to me like you have gotten a bad pump. Sometimes it happens that ...
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| manual door lock on cavalier | 9/18/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: how much should i pay for a 97 cavalier manual door lock? and are they hard to install? how long ...
A: Peter, I think the labor book calls for an hour labor for this job, so unless the shop rate is ...
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| 99 Z28 Camaro Vibration | 9/17/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: My camaro seems to vibrate when i reach about 50mph, and seems to run a little hard at 50mph and up. ...
A: Rob, I would start with the driveline. Physically inspect it to see if there is any obvious ...
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| 99 Z28 Camaro Squealing | 9/17/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: My Camaro is making a squealing noise. I replaced both belts and belt tentioner asembly, and that ...
A: Rob, I would start by checking the idler pulley to see if it has any lateral movement. When the ...
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| runs poorly | 9/17/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I just bought a 1993 Beretta with a quad 4 engine 2.3L and it starts with out a problem, but as I'm ...
A: Jeromy, The first place I would probably start is the throttle position sensor. If it goes ...
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| Belt noise | 9/17/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: 2001 Chevy Impala, 85500k, 3.8 engine. I got my serpentine belt replaced last week, now whenever I ...
A: Kate, Generally if a belt isn't on right, it will squeal pretty loud. You can check though by ...
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| Ram Jet 350 | 9/16/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: Jim. I recently purchased a ram jet 350 GM crate engine for a project I have been working on. The ...
A: Brian, The thing I would look at first is what type of system you are running post header. ...
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| cavalier running hot | 9/16/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: ok first off, the car ran hot, we put a new thermostat, still hot, new water pump still hot, had ...
A: Wendi, Well, unfortunately, the clue here is in the way that it just keeps bubbling when you ...
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| Beretta Stalling | 9/16/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 1991 Chevy Beretta GT with only 105,000 miles. I am having a problem with it stalling out. ...
A: Greg, Sounds like a fuel delivery problem. I would start by changing the fuel filter and see if ...
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| Overheating | 9/15/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 1998 Chevy Cavalier with 68000 miles on it. A few days ago I was driving and the ...
A: Mike, There are a couple things to check. The first thing I would be concerned about is where ...
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| 350 timing | 9/15/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 1975 malibu with a 350 2 barrel, I upgraded to headers , an edlebrock performer intake, a ...
A: Dave, I would reccomend against spinning the distributor 180. I would spin the cam because the ...
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| 79 camaro ingnition lock | 9/15/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I had lost the keys to my car and bought a new ignition for it. I have the steering column all the ...
A: Levi, Unfortunately if I remember right you have to turn the cylinder to the "on" position to ...
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| 350 timing | 9/14/2007 | Jim Holsbeck |
Q: I have a 1975 malibu with a 350 2 barrel, I upgraded to headers , an edlebrock performer intake, a ...
A: Dave, It's a problem I hear a bit now and then... The problem is when you adjusted your second ...
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