my new toy

[greenformula92]

Nice man!! I'll have to keep and eye out for you

[bigz28man]

had both the ladies together the day of my wedding

[greenformula92]

Saw you last week over by the car wash. Car sounds amazing man

[bigz28man]

Originally Posted by greenformula92

Saw you last week over by the car wash. Car sounds amazing man

Thanks man...lol your like the fifth person to mention that they seen/heard the car out. That car sure makes itself known when its in an area. I'd like one for one friday night to get a few guys out to go cruising with.

[greenformula92]

wow a month and a half later lol. I don't have a f-body right now lol. but I would be in for a Saturday night or something like that after I get a car. I work Friday nights

[bigz28man]

So i decied to take the car out today, noticed check engine light came. Drove the car over to advanced auto to have the code scaned. Both o2 sensors reading no activity. Am i looking at bad o2 sensors or maybe burnt wires?

[WildBillyT]

Originally Posted by bigz28man

So i decied to take the car out today, noticed check engine light came. Drove the car over to advanced auto to have the code scaned. Both o2 sensors reading no activity. Am i looking at bad o2 sensors or maybe burnt wires?

Check for burnt wires first.

You may have posted this but are the O2 sensors relatively new? Or are your headers?

[bigz28man]

Originally Posted by WildBillyT

Check for burnt wires first.

You may have posted this but are the O2 sensors relatively new? Or are your headers?

The o2 sensors are a year old. The headers had to come off last month, the flanges had to milled. Found out that the flanges were not level. So it kept blowing header gaskets. Once the they were milled they were coated with epoxy to stop the the exhaust leaks caused by flange not being true. Then the headers were bolted back onto the heads. I did look under the carthere and i didn't see any wires hanging. So they may be just burnt and not severed completely.

[bigz28man]

Im wondering if i can rule out the opti on this issue

[bigz28man]

So all the O2 wires check out good. Heater element in both are shot. So now just trying to figure out if anything cause them to go or did they just crap out on their own

[bigz28man]

Seeing as thought the stock z28 exhaust tips are garbage and my 396 has cracked them all to hell. I picked up these magnaflow stainless tips and had powder coated black. They should look good pretty good on the car.

[sweetbmxrider]

Diggin the black

[bigz28man]

After some cutting, stretching, and welding the new tips are on. They look great i know it's hard to tell from the photo.

[sweetbmxrider]

Is that a storage unit or shipping container in the driveway?

[bigz28man]

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

Is that a storage unit or shipping container in the driveway?

That be a storage unit sir

[bigz28man]

So the Z will be going up on the lift next week, last year I discovered a small leak of trans fluid. while tune time had it they discovered a oil leak as well. I was told the oil was coming from the oil pan seal and not the rear main. I should have had them fix the oil leak then but 1400 to fix the trans and some other issues caused me to turn down the oil pan seal fix. oh well I guess it just never ends. the repair seems pretty straight forward. drain oil, unbolt motor mounts lift motor slightly unbolt pan, replace seal and repeat steps backwards. Am i missing anything?

[LTb1ow]

Yea pretty much, its a bear of a job

This is where have a tubular K member is a god send,

[bigz28man]

So I was able to fix the oil leak without having to drop the pan. turned out i just had really just reset the pan. though tonight I went to start it and about after 5 minutes of it idling it dies. no SES light warning. I started it again and it dies a minute later, I'm totaling thinking the opti has taken a crap.

I'll pull the MAF sensor wire off tomorrow and see if it stays running to check to see if MAF sensor has gone bad.

[sweetbmxrider]

I would personally check fuel pressure. I would think a bad opti would be a no start or rough idle. Also, if the car hasn't been used in a while, it may need to relearn idle. What happens if you give it throttle while it is running?

[bigz28man]

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

I would personally check fuel pressure. I would think a bad opti would be a no start or rough idle. Also, if the car hasn't been used in a while, it may need to relearn idle. What happens if you give it throttle while it is running?

I'm going to head over to the storage unit now and check it out now that I have some daylight. Its weird two weeks ago it ran perfect.

[bigz28man]

so after starting the car today it stalled out about 4 minutes or so I remembered the last time i had it out, the fuel tank had gotten pretty low (1/8) so i decided to try some fuel cleaner. I let it run for about 15 minutes tonight at idle...it didn't stall out stayed at constant 1000-1100 range the whole time. I gonna chalk this up to IDFK. I'll be able to get it out next week and see what happens. I'll keep you guys posted.

[bigz28man]

https://youtu.be/OkjNsVmx_Pw
What do you guys think this noise is you can hear it right after I shut the car down. About 14 second mark

[sweetbmxrider]

Hmmm.....maybe an electric motor like the fuel pump or a fan or waterpump? Could you tell where it was coming from roughly?

[bigz28man]

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

Could you tell where it was coming from roughly?

Naa, without having a second person to shut it off I can't listen from the front. This was on a cold start and the car was running for 10 minutes. Will the fans kick on low at that point?

[sweetbmxrider]

So it was from the front? That rules out fuel pump.

Depends but the fans could have kicked on at that point.