Recent content by Hal-9000

S-10’s are great little trucks. I’ve got a 4.3 2001 2wd, 3.08 gears, 4L60e transmission. Mild engine work and tune. Still gets 28mpg on highway and can cruise easily with the rest of traffic with the taller gears.

Yep, DI and FI hold enough pressure to warrant a double flare, anything less is pure negligence.

It might be “ok” on some old lady’s rusted out rear brake lines on her buick (after all, who cares about old ladies?) she’ll probably never press hard enough to rupture the “compression fittings”, and even if it fails, the dual master cylinder will still stop the car. Try that same trick on one...

Indeed, it is much too difficult to double flare a steel fuel line. …As we always used to say at work, “stupid people keep us in business” :D

keep a fire extinguisher handy

Perhaps you should just thank the man for his service and leave it at that.

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

new thermostat anytime fluid is changed

What was the speed limit “around Cincinnati” when you were driving 90 mph?

there ya go 😂

Another heavy GT out of Japan. At least it’s a halfway decent looking car. Unfortunately the last the last true sports car out of the rising sun was the RX7 TT, and that was over 25 years ago 🙁

Hopefully gas prices will hit 6 or 7 dollars a gallon

Incorrect. EGR is not activated at WOT

Speed limits should be lowered back down to 55 and enforced.

Well, that is an extreme example; however, GM had past issues with binding valves in their Vortec engines that caused similar issues that the OP has. A GM TSB identified the problem, and their “cure” was head removal and a full valve job. While this may have been the “right” way to fix it, the...