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mexiken · 06-15-2012, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 90503

Might be a long-shot, but when I did my catch-can, I took off the throttle body to have more room to work, and when I went to take out the four bolts, they were barely hand tight!...Don't know why, but I could have unscrewed them by hand...I had never checked or messed with them before...

Thanks for the tip. But I didn't touch them or the intake manifold when I was working on the car, so I highly doubt it, but I'll check. Sofia isn't here right now, more on that in a sec.

blackswan · 06-15-2012, 04:59 PM

Try a bottle of techron when it's at half tank
Run through quarter of a tank so quarter tank left
Then add another bottle of techron and fill tank and run to quarter tank again
Fill tank without adding more

See if that helps before throwing more money at it

mexiken · 01-13-2013, 10:27 PM

Update: It still hasn't gone away. When warm it's mostly gone, but when cold, it's pretty noticeable, to me anyway.

Rapid Runner · 01-13-2013, 10:37 PM

For those that say he could have sucked up crap and debris from the bottom of the tank.... Isn't the inside of a gas tank( in today's cars) is a bladder for the gas that expands and contracts when full or near-emptied

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blackswan · 01-14-2013, 05:36 AM

Try a bottle of Techron if you haven't.

PalmerGA · 01-14-2013, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suplex

I didn't even know there was a warning when it gets to a 30 mile range. I have always filled mine up when it's at a 1/4 tank.

And it costs less...

wakespeak · 01-14-2013, 09:37 AM

5 pages of lecturing on running out of gas sheesh.

I have ruined a fuel pump by running it dry. There is a diaphragm that can get distorted and not create suction or maintain pressure. Not sure if this applies to the Camaro's specific pump. In my case it got very hard to start the engine (boat) after letting it sit for any period of time.

01-13-2013, 10:27 PM	#101
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06-15-2012, 04:59 PM	#100
blackswan Drives: 2012 2LT/RS Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northeast Posts: 1,443	Try a bottle of techron when it's at half tank Run through quarter of a tank so quarter tank left Then add another bottle of techron and fill tank and run to quarter tank again Fill tank without adding more See if that helps before throwing more money at it

01-13-2013, 10:37 PM	#102
Rapid Runner Drives: 2012 Audi TT-RS Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 134	For those that say he could have sucked up crap and debris from the bottom of the tank.... Isn't the inside of a gas tank( in today's cars) is a bladder for the gas that expands and contracts when full or near-emptied Sent from BigNorm's iPhone 5 using Tapatalk

01-14-2013, 05:36 AM	#103
blackswan Drives: 2012 2LT/RS Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northeast Posts: 1,443	Try a bottle of Techron if you haven't.

01-14-2013, 09:37 AM	#105
wakespeak Drives: 2020 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,335	5 pages of lecturing on running out of gas sheesh. I have ruined a fuel pump by running it dry. There is a diaphragm that can get distorted and not create suction or maintain pressure. Not sure if this applies to the Camaro's specific pump. In my case it got very hard to start the engine (boat) after letting it sit for any period of time.