Anyone know a good mechanic shop?

[integra_gsr98]

harm;298597 wrote:
i've only seen one person successfully bypass their VATS

You have obviously never installed remote starters for a living then... It takes a resistor and a relay and is not rocket science.

[PSiedTSi]

Rexwagon;298564 wrote:
its a 3.4L. No coolant light hasnt come on. the coolant level is normal. It hasnt overheated.

Oh. God. That motor sucks.

[Slowica]

PSiedTSi;298605 wrote:
Oh. God. That motor sucks.

no way, the 3.1 and 3.4s were great motors............

[Rexwagon]

PSiedTSi;298605 wrote:
Oh. God. That motor sucks.

Yes it does. This is not my first run in with this pile

[Slowica]

give me the year and i can run a quick check on alldata for you, see if theres any TSBs on it.

[PSiedTSi]

Slowica;298608 wrote:
no way, the 3.1 and 3.4s were great motors............

The 3400, this is the DOHC 3.4 liter................

[bubba]

Slowica;298608 wrote:
no way, the 3.1 and 3.4s were great motors............

umm... no 3.8 was a great motor.. 3.1 = nasty piston slap

[Rexwagon]

slowica;298612 wrote:
give me the year and i can run a quick check on alldata for you, see if theres any tsbs on it.
1997

[PSiedTSi]

bubba;298628 wrote:
umm... no 3.8 was a great motor.. 3.1 = nasty piston slap

umm....the 60 degree V6s were very successful motors for GM...they hardly ever had problems(with the exception of the 3.4 DOHC). GMs problem has never been engines, its FWD trannies.

[Slowica]

apparently my hint of sarcasm wasn't noticed lol

[harm]

integra_gsr98;298598 wrote:
You have obviously never installed remote starters for a living then... It takes a resistor and a relay and is not rocket science.

no, I definitely haven't. I'm not trying to say it's difficult. I just haven't seen many people do it right. I've fixed plenty of home-brewed attempts at soldering in resistors, wired-in keys.. just saying if he can still crank the engine over, the problem isn't VATS-related.

[Rexwagon]

I seemed to have fixed the car now. I changed the fuel filter which was nasty. Then last night I checked for spark and it was getting it. I pulled one plug and it was ok, but it was showing signs of wear. I pulled out another spark plug close to the oil fill cap and I found a pile of oil. the Plug was toast. So i pulled the next plug and it was even worse. When I had the oil changed the lube tech must have spilt oil into the spark plug hole. I replaced the front three plugs for now since i have to remove the intake mainifold to get to the rears.

Anyways i went to start the car and still wouldnt start. It was still flooded. I finally got it started and it smoked to beat hell for 5 mins. It seems fine now, so later today I am replaceing the rest of the plugs and all the wires. Gayness

[PSiedTSi]

Keep an eye on the spark plug wells, it could be a valve cover gasket.

[KA-T_240]

Pretty sure you can do the rear plugs with out pulling the intake manifold.

[gsrEK]

KA-T_240;298817 wrote:
Pretty sure you can do the rear plugs with out pulling the intake manifold.

not on the engine thats in the car, its a 3.4 DOHC. IIRC

[Slowica]

did plugs on one last year. what a fun time.

[KA-T_240]

gsrEK;298821 wrote:
not on the engine thats in the car, its a 3.4 DOHC. IIRC
Yup!

We pulled the front engine mount and used a ratchet strap to rotate/tilt the motor forward.

[bubba]

PSiedTSi;298634 wrote:
umm....the 60 degree V6s were very successful motors for GM...they hardly ever had problems(with the exception of the 3.4 DOHC). GMs problem has never been engines, its FWD trannies.

have u listened to some of the lumina, cutlasses, etc.... sure it runs fine but sounds like crap...

[PSiedTSi]

bubba;298835 wrote:
have u listened to some of the lumina, cutlasses, etc.... sure it runs fine but sounds like crap...

Yep, I owned one lol sounded like a diesel in the winter and cold mornings.

[24valvenotak]

bubba;298835 wrote:
have u listened to some of the lumina, cutlasses, etc.... sure it runs fine but sounds like crap...

99.9% of the cars on this board sound like crap...