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    trans slipping out of gear leaking fluid

    So I had a mild slip when cold but today its slipping all the time and started leaking a lot of fluid and smoking while driving. How f'd am i?
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    marble rattling sound

    So there's a rattle coming from the blower its no the coupler because I just put a new one on. I'm scared its the bearings in the blower case cause I heard they are hard to change. Any ideas?
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    no power under wot

    My car doesn't have any power under WOT and the kr shoots way up. But under half or 3/4 throttle the car pulls hard. Would a vac leak cause this? I have the po171 code and have blown smoke through finding nothing but I'm completely lost. Fuel pressure was good haven't check it while driving though.
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    fuel pump question

    I've heard things about 01 grand prix fuel pumps and was just wondering what's different? Is it both gt and gto models?
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    wideband scan gauge

    I was just wondering what you guys think is better, the regular wideband arm gauge or the failsafe wideband gauge.
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    po171

    Ive been fighting a lean condition for awhile now and it finally through the po171. LTFT's are at 16.4 but when driving around itll go down to 3 and very depending on mph and where the rpm is at WOT its at zero though. Ive checked my egr tube and vacuum lines with no luck. My car only makes 5...
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    Changed UIM gasket

    So I change my upper intake gasket cause I had a vacuum leak and when I went to start it after a big cloud of white smoke puffed out of the exhaust. My ltft goes up and down from -22 to 15 but mostly stays negative while cursing or idle. It runs fine but when idling it sounds like its getting to...
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    smoke test

    So I blew smoke through my map hose and it came out through my throttle body. Is that supposed to do that? I also found a few more leaks up by the brake booster and boost vacuum lines on top.
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    Top Swap tune

    Anybody in the decatur ill area or around this area capable of tuning my car for me? I had a zzp tune but i guess it was tuned to lean and blew holes in my pistons. Im getting a new motor put in now and would like to get it tuned before it happens again.
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    Blew tops of pistons

    So my top swap grand prix blew up and the guy i have swapping motors for me now said that i had holes in the top of my pistons. What would cause this? I had a 3.8 pulley, zzp pcm, headers,1.9 zzp rockers, autolite 104s, and 180 thermostat. The motor i had the stuff on had 205k. Could it of just...
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    WTB 3.8 l36 Engine

    Im looking for a low mileage l36 engine that runs good. Id prefer it to have less than 100k but if price is right may consider a little higher. Im located in decatur il and am wanting to pick it up if its not to far away. Thanks
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    WOT misfire at 2-3 shift

    Hi today i got a po300 misfire while going WOT from 2-3 shift. So far its only done it on a 2-3 wot shift. Also still have p0171 that i cant figure out. Im wondering if it could be my battery because ive had to jump my car a few times to start it in the morning.
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    knock

    I have an aeroforce scan gauge and was wondering which knock do I check? There's a 1, 2, and 3.
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    Finally!!!

    So I finally got my car running again and its awesome!! Thanks to everyone that helped and put up with all my question. I still have a po171 code that I'm working on but my idle is fine so I don't think its a vacuum leak? Could I have a vacuum leak and rpms be fine? I've been looking at other...
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    no idle till warm

    Alright so I finally found the problem causing the misfire. I must of fouled my plugs while it was missing cause I put my old ones in and mis went away. But anyway no my car won't idle. When I crank it will immediately die. Sometimes I have to tap the gas to start it. To keep it running I have...
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