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PQ · 06-06-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by anthonyj9h

sounds like you need a nice long massage from bonnie for all your troubles....

sorry to hear this is happening to u

I'll get no sympathy from her. Not for this problem. She sits in the car and listens to it and tells me I'm crazy. It sound just fine to her.

PQ · 06-06-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by CC Performance

not sure if you found your leak or not...long thread.. but they do make smoke machines for this purpose... it pumps smoke through the system and where the smoke comes out if your leak.. it will also leave a black mark where the leak is as well so you can see it.

I did this, but not sure if it's suffice. I"m going to get a smoke test done now.

CC Performance · 06-06-2011, 11:30 AM

I hate vacuum leaks, they suck....LOL

anthonyj9h · 06-06-2011, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by PQ

I'll get no sympathy from her. Not for this problem. She sits in the car and listens to it and tells me I'm crazy. It sound just fine to her.

lol of course it does cause she knows what a prob sounds like right?

anthonyj9h · 06-06-2011, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by PQ

wow i cant believe you dont have a light for this but its deff one of your many leaks

Sterling · 06-06-2011, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by PQ

Here's a little twist.

Somebody get in your Camaro, sit in it idling and step on the brake and tell me if your dome light dims. Mine does. Step on the brake, light dims, release the brake, light goes back full. Normal?

I actually thought about it. hahaha

That dome light thing is normal... it happens when you put the turn signal on too. There was a thread about it a loooooong time ago. I remember going out to my car to see if it happened in mine... it did.

anthonyj9h · 06-06-2011, 11:50 AM

that hose is the one you get from the blower right? any chance it can be reimbursed?

khislop007 · 06-06-2011, 12:17 PM

Randy,

How many miles do you have on your car now? I've had a problem with my 2003 Denali (76,xxx mi) as well as my friends 2008 vette (30,xxx mi)..... during idle the rpms would fluctuate, similar to yours. I found out it was build up of gunk in the throttle body. The vette's TB looked like someone sprayed undercoating in it, it was that bad.

His car was almost to the point it wanted to shut out.

It will only cost you a can of TB cleaner and a few mins or you time but I would take it off and clean it up real good if you haven't done it before (sorry....I just skimmed through most of this thread) and get a catch can to keep that shit out in the future.

Kurt

*GTAHVIT* · 06-06-2011, 01:35 PM

the problem with the supercharger is that Maggie does NOT like you to spray or introduce any cleaners into it either through a vacuum line or through the TB...

So he'd have to remove it and clean it by hand so not to remove the coating on the inside of the blower.

khislop007 · 06-06-2011, 01:46 PM

Thats why I said he would have to take it off and clean it. I have a feeling this might work. Keep our fingers crossed....poor thing has been through a lot

*GTAHVIT* · 06-06-2011, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by khislop007

Thats why I said he would have to take it off and clean it. I have a feeling this might work. Keep our fingers crossed....poor thing has been through a lot

PQ · 06-06-2011, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingnotes

That dome light thing is normal... it happens when you put the turn signal on too. There was a thread about it a loooooong time ago. I remember going out to my car to see if it happened in mine... it did.

Cool. Good to know. I figured as much but wanted confirmation.

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Originally Posted by anthonyj9h

that hose is the one you get from the blower right? any chance it can be reimbursed?

I just cut the end off.

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Originally Posted by khislop007

Randy,

How many miles do you have on your car now? I've had a problem with my 2003 Denali (76,xxx mi) as well as my friends 2008 vette (30,xxx mi)..... during idle the rpms would fluctuate, similar to yours. I found out it was build up of gunk in the throttle body. The vette's TB looked like someone sprayed undercoating in it, it was that bad.

His car was almost to the point it wanted to shut out.

It will only cost you a can of TB cleaner and a few mins or you time but I would take it off and clean it up real good if you haven't done it before (sorry....I just skimmed through most of this thread) and get a catch can to keep that shit out in the future.

Kurt

Just put a catch can on. I cleaned the TB when I installed the blower.

PQ · 06-06-2011, 02:23 PM

I'm at Firestone right now. We did a smoke test. NO leaks. :-(

anthonyj9h · 06-06-2011, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PQ

I'm at Firestone right now. We did a smoke test. NO leaks. :-(

did you fix the other one yet? is it still doing the same thing?

06-06-2011, 12:17 PM	#204
khislop007 ZEUSS Drives: Hard! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cayman Islands Posts: 2,567 View My Garage	Randy, How many miles do you have on your car now? I've had a problem with my 2003 Denali (76,xxx mi) as well as my friends 2008 vette (30,xxx mi)..... during idle the rpms would fluctuate, similar to yours. I found out it was build up of gunk in the throttle body. The vette's TB looked like someone sprayed undercoating in it, it was that bad. His car was almost to the point it wanted to shut out. It will only cost you a can of TB cleaner and a few mins or you time but I would take it off and clean it up real good if you haven't done it before (sorry....I just skimmed through most of this thread) and get a catch can to keep that shit out in the future. Kurt __________________

06-06-2011, 01:35 PM	#205
GTAHVIT Blessed Drives: 2013 Sonic RS MT Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Saint Augustine FL Posts: 28,444 View My Garage	the problem with the supercharger is that Maggie does NOT like you to spray or introduce any cleaners into it either through a vacuum line or through the TB... So he'd have to remove it and clean it by hand so not to remove the coating on the inside of the blower. __________________ Click image to see build thread. PQ - "the love of cars. It's a boys first step toward manhood and a mans last hold on boyhood." Fbodfather - "We do not want to use the Z28 moniker on a car that does not deserve this hallowed name." The_Blur - "Let's not confuse competitors with equals."

06-06-2011, 01:46 PM	#206
khislop007 ZEUSS Drives: Hard! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cayman Islands Posts: 2,567 View My Garage	Thats why I said he would have to take it off and clean it. I have a feeling this might work. Keep our fingers crossed....poor thing has been through a lot __________________

06-06-2011, 02:23 PM	#209
PQ Booooosted. Drives: 2010 Supercharged SS Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 36,716 View My Garage	I'm at Firestone right now. We did a smoke test. NO leaks. :-( __________________

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