Recent content by olpir8

Got to keep my mechanic in bling! Doing the work yourself save half the price but not all of us have the time or knowledge. Besides, I'd rather be fishing. You get what you pay for. You want a $1.98 engine.. Be my guest..!

The price looks about right. Your gas mileage will be a couple MPGs less with the newer tighter engine. I suspect once it loosens up some the mileage will go back up. It pulls my Grady White 24' Explorer with no problems at all. However, I would not suggest pulling it without good trailer...

Sorry to respond so late.. Just got back on. I replaced the engine in my 99 4dr Tahoe about 3 years ago. I purchased a new 5.7 with a 5 year / 100,000 warranty and have been very happy with it. The total price from my mechanic was $5,000. As far as I'm concerned it was well worth it. The total...

steering I had the exact problem on my 99 "hoe" and the problem was the steering speed sensor. It sits on the steering column near the floor board. Take one bolt out of the column, push the rod coming through the floor board down enough to slip the sensor off the column, unplug it from a...

My experience with misfires in my "Hoe" was after replacing everything else I replaced the distributor.... Fixed it !! No misfires since... Funny thing about the 5.7. It will run with the distributor off a couple teeth also. (check engine light will come on, So assuming it didn't jump is a bad...

Sounds like the shift solenoid is dirty... A tranny place can do a "back flush" on the transmission... Some say that fixes the problem... I'm about to have it done on mine... Good Luck..

I have been towing a 24' Grady White boat for the past 5 years with my 1999 'Hoe'. Boat, Trailer and 150 gallons of gas come to approximately 7,500 lbs..

1999 Tahoe Misfire Had the same issue for over a year... The engine finally desintegrated and I put a new engine in at 130,000.... It still had a misfire... After taking it back to the mechanic 3 times and him doing nothing but replacing wires, plugs and rotor caps I decided to fix it myself...

Hey GMAN1001, After replacing the camshaft position sensor in the distributor that helped alot. However, I still had a small sputter and stumble. I pulled the distributor and the gears were a mess. I mean there were a couple that were actually shaved down to nothing. All gear edges were...

Yep, I had the same thing. It turned out to be cyl #3 always misfiring. I replaced the injector (cpi) and that fixed it.

Hey gman1001, I've got a 99 "Hoe" duing the same thing. I replaced the camshaft position sensor (in the distributor) and that helped alot. However, it occasionally still does the same thing. My next step is to replace the distributor. It has 150,000 miles on it. If you find another fix for it...

I would like to replace the Crankshaft Position sensor. The GM repair manual says to use the scan tool and initiate a Learning process for the Vehicle Control Module.... My questions is,,, Can you replace the CKP without going through the VCM learning exercise with a scan tool?