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ok, heres the scoop. my friend jairus just bought a 94 firebird for $1160. the car is beautiful except for one dent. the interior is perfect and has all options. well the guy said is was only running on 5 cyl. we tried to take it from bellinghame to porttownsend and ended up having to get it towed by my bro.
anyways. the reason we towed it was because it wouldnt go up a hill. the SES and check gauges light is on. the alt is bad so I think that is setting off the check gauges light. the car itself when you drive it you can hear a popping noise coming from what we think it under the passenger side. we thought the cat would be plugged but hte guy said he took it off and punched it out a little while ago.
when you drive it it wont go over 3200 rpms WOT. it has more power low end(like 30 hp) and when you floor it it just goes slower. on the left of the engine compartment there is this thing leading to the intake and it seems to be comming from the exhaust. it has three little black things on it and some wires plugged in between them. well... after the car just went capuut i looked under hte hood to find out those black things were melting. the plastic on the bottom of them were sludge. then i looked and saw a spark plug wire that was burnt to crap. we worked with what we had and put two small spare plug wires to gether and it worked for a few miles. It died so i looked at the engine and the wire was like about to cook it self. the whole wire was so hot I almost got burnt. the guy said he did all maintenane plugs wires all filters etc. and new coil packs.
do you think it was the smog thing that burnt the plug wire first or do you think the coil packs just made the wire hot and arced onto the smog thing and melted it that way.
all in all the car is beautiful and is worth it without the engine. it just wont go over 3200 rpms and sounds kinda like a 4 barrel carb opening up when you floor it. you can smell gas that isnt being completely burnt and stuff.
we probably shoulnt have drove it, but we figured a new engine would cost what a tow bill would cost unless I made it across the ferry. the car is now at my house and when I go home saturday I will continue working on it for him while he is in california(Coast Guard) sorry for the long thread, but thanks to all that will help.
i will try to get the SES light checked and get a new alt. will the computer tell you if that little smog exhaust to intake thing is going bad(besides the fact that is is kindof melted).
we were prepared to buy a new engine because the car was so amazingly cheap, but the guy said it had good compression..
[ May 13, 2004, 12:15 AM: Message edited by: Die Ford V8 ]
anyways. the reason we towed it was because it wouldnt go up a hill. the SES and check gauges light is on. the alt is bad so I think that is setting off the check gauges light. the car itself when you drive it you can hear a popping noise coming from what we think it under the passenger side. we thought the cat would be plugged but hte guy said he took it off and punched it out a little while ago.
when you drive it it wont go over 3200 rpms WOT. it has more power low end(like 30 hp) and when you floor it it just goes slower. on the left of the engine compartment there is this thing leading to the intake and it seems to be comming from the exhaust. it has three little black things on it and some wires plugged in between them. well... after the car just went capuut i looked under hte hood to find out those black things were melting. the plastic on the bottom of them were sludge. then i looked and saw a spark plug wire that was burnt to crap. we worked with what we had and put two small spare plug wires to gether and it worked for a few miles. It died so i looked at the engine and the wire was like about to cook it self. the whole wire was so hot I almost got burnt. the guy said he did all maintenane plugs wires all filters etc. and new coil packs.
do you think it was the smog thing that burnt the plug wire first or do you think the coil packs just made the wire hot and arced onto the smog thing and melted it that way.
all in all the car is beautiful and is worth it without the engine. it just wont go over 3200 rpms and sounds kinda like a 4 barrel carb opening up when you floor it. you can smell gas that isnt being completely burnt and stuff.
we probably shoulnt have drove it, but we figured a new engine would cost what a tow bill would cost unless I made it across the ferry. the car is now at my house and when I go home saturday I will continue working on it for him while he is in california(Coast Guard) sorry for the long thread, but thanks to all that will help.
i will try to get the SES light checked and get a new alt. will the computer tell you if that little smog exhaust to intake thing is going bad(besides the fact that is is kindof melted).
we were prepared to buy a new engine because the car was so amazingly cheap, but the guy said it had good compression..
[ May 13, 2004, 12:15 AM: Message edited by: Die Ford V8 ]
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