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Real bad news please help

Posted: 1/8/07 8:59am Message 11 of 18
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I'd rather feel silly than be broke and crying over my car any day of the week!
 
Glad to hear that it sounds ilke this was a false alarm!!



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Posted: 1/8/07 9:07am Message 12 of 18
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Glad to hear its nothing serious,there is no way that i know of to remove the stop leak short of a total cooling system flush,that stuff likes to stay when it's installed.Ermm


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Posted: 1/8/07 9:21am Message 13 of 18
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[QUOTE=manget1]I'd rather feel silly than be broke and crying over my car any day of the week!
 
Glad to hear that it sounds ilke this was a false alarm!!
[/QUOTE] Yes,I'm so releivedBig%20smileAnd you know something,It came to me in a dream last night.I was standing by my Vette looking at the engine and a voice said check the dip stick stupid.When I got up this morning(4:30 AM)thats the first thing I did after getting dressed.
 
I've got another ?.I put a new cap and rotor on and that stopped the back fireing.But now my brand new oil pressure sending unit don't work.It kinda strange because I was very careful working around it.I'm thinking of taking it back to Auto Zone.



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Posted: 1/8/07 10:12am Message 14 of 18
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Vette(s): 2004 Commemorative Edition Coupe, Auto w/HUD. 13K miles in 2015. Sold 1982 Red Coupe
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I've got another ?.I put a new cap and rotor on and that stopped the back fireing.But now my brand new oil pressure sending unit don't work.It kinda strange because I was very careful working around it.I'm thinking of taking it back to Auto Zone.
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Suggestion- Start a new thread for this problem unless you think the two problems are somehow related.


 
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Posted: 1/8/07 12:05pm Message 15 of 18
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Ok,you are right I'll wait awhile.It's not as big of a deal.I'm going over to electrical.




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Posted: 1/8/07 1:42pm Message 16 of 18
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Vette(s): 1971 convertible,375 HP 350ci,Muncie 4-speed,Edelbrock aluminum heads and RPM air-gap manifold,HEI distrubiter - old school mechanical tach drive. LOUD side exhaust!
[QUOTE=zgator]Well it might be a false alarm.I DO NOT HAVE WATER in my oil.Dip stick is clean oil and nothing else.Don't flame me to bad,I put a bottle of bars leak in my overflow tank a couple of weeks ago.I was doing some trouble shooting with my cooling system.I forgot about that.I guess I should have put it in radator.It was late last night and I did't have time to look any futher.I'll get back with you all later to night.By the way the engine runs better than it ever has.just had a small tune up[/QUOTE]
 
Good news! Me being Mr. paranoid, I would still do an oil change and take a close look at the oil to make sure.Wink It have a hard time trusting them dipsticks Rolling%20On%20The%20Floor%20Laughing



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Posted: 1/8/07 4:09pm Message 17 of 18
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I did a good check at the shop where I take my Vette to have anything I can't do.They are a good fair place and they know old cars.Maybe a mod can remove this so I don't suffer anymore.God I feel silly.I go off the deep end when I start comming down with something.OH MAN I'VE GOT CANCER!!!!you know,stupid stuff like that.


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Posted: 1/8/07 5:44pm Message 18 of 18
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Don't worry about it - I've done it once or twice myself Embarrassed. What's important is that you solved the problem and also that you felt comfortable enough to ask the question here. That speaks a lot about the quality of people here and their willingness to help. There's no flaming here, just people helping solve problems (with some occasional ribbing sometimes) LOL


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