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11-08-2006, 01:15 PM
I finally got back from what was supposed to be a simple 3-day trip to Binghamton NY to visit my GF!
As many of you know I have been fighting little gremlins in my car since i got it back on the road in early October. I managed to limp it to the trucks Wednesday night without it over-heating and got a stock thermostat from Tsar.
On Thursday I managed to swap in the new thermostat and test it around my work, and finally I got the car to stop over-heating! So I took it to school that night and left for Bing right after class. The car was fighting me to go over 70 the entire trip, and I had to keep the speeds and rpm's low. The car made it up with a normal temperature and overall good time, save for hitting a bat, going through a white-out snow storm & a large pack of deer roaming along side the highway! The car sat in front of my girlfriend's apartment until Saturday, when I offered to take her out to dinner, we went to go start the car and it reeked of gasoline and had developed the worst exhaust leak in history! I took a peak underneath and the entire cat-back decided to separate from the Y-pipe. I had to wait until Monday to have a very friendly local mieneke have a look at it. They patched it up and I was on my way.
A few miles down rt. 17 my car started to buck and stall. I panicked and turned around and took it to the local Chevy dealer. I left them the keys and had them check out everything. We figured it was a transmission Issue and they had to keep the car until Tuesday. They put everything back together so I figured I would just limp it back home. I started on my way back again, and a few blocks later the car started to buck and stall again! I pulled over and popped the hood to re-check everything, and I did notice a noticeable tear in the intake elbow. I fixed it with some duck tape and started on my way again figuring that was my problem the entire time! Went a block further and the car just crapped out on me completely! I had the car towed back to the Chevy dealer, and by a stroke of luck, there Parts Manager was heading to Long Island with an empty car trailer! I managed to hitch a ride back at $1 a mile. The parts manager was a pretty smart guy and we came to the conclusion the motor may have spun a bearing!
So basically I think my car spun a bearing! And it took me 3 days to actually get home safely with my car in tow! Talk about one crazy weekend!
As many of you know I have been fighting little gremlins in my car since i got it back on the road in early October. I managed to limp it to the trucks Wednesday night without it over-heating and got a stock thermostat from Tsar.
On Thursday I managed to swap in the new thermostat and test it around my work, and finally I got the car to stop over-heating! So I took it to school that night and left for Bing right after class. The car was fighting me to go over 70 the entire trip, and I had to keep the speeds and rpm's low. The car made it up with a normal temperature and overall good time, save for hitting a bat, going through a white-out snow storm & a large pack of deer roaming along side the highway! The car sat in front of my girlfriend's apartment until Saturday, when I offered to take her out to dinner, we went to go start the car and it reeked of gasoline and had developed the worst exhaust leak in history! I took a peak underneath and the entire cat-back decided to separate from the Y-pipe. I had to wait until Monday to have a very friendly local mieneke have a look at it. They patched it up and I was on my way.
A few miles down rt. 17 my car started to buck and stall. I panicked and turned around and took it to the local Chevy dealer. I left them the keys and had them check out everything. We figured it was a transmission Issue and they had to keep the car until Tuesday. They put everything back together so I figured I would just limp it back home. I started on my way back again, and a few blocks later the car started to buck and stall again! I pulled over and popped the hood to re-check everything, and I did notice a noticeable tear in the intake elbow. I fixed it with some duck tape and started on my way again figuring that was my problem the entire time! Went a block further and the car just crapped out on me completely! I had the car towed back to the Chevy dealer, and by a stroke of luck, there Parts Manager was heading to Long Island with an empty car trailer! I managed to hitch a ride back at $1 a mile. The parts manager was a pretty smart guy and we came to the conclusion the motor may have spun a bearing!
So basically I think my car spun a bearing! And it took me 3 days to actually get home safely with my car in tow! Talk about one crazy weekend!