Im not doing great wit my cars lately, Now my 99 Chevy Suburban started this morning to 80+ oil pressure and making the ticking noises.Going to check the code tonight, But any ideas ?? I NEED this truck I read that It might be as easy as the oil filter or the oil pressure sending unit ( whats that?)
Any Help would be greatly appriciated
------------------ Shannon 88 Fiero "Valhalla"
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fierowitch Member
Posts: 716 From: 84fiero123's Caretaker Registered: Oct 2010
Im not doing great wit my cars lately, Now my 99 Chevy Suburban started this morning to 80+ oil pressure and making the ticking noises.Going to check the code tonight, But any ideas ?? I NEED this truck I read that It might be as easy as the oil filter or the oil pressure sending unit ( whats that?)
Any Help would be greatly appriciated
change the oil filter/oil and if that doesn't make a difference then change the oil sending unit and if that doesn't cure it you have some plugged oil passenges most likely. where the sending unit is depends on the motor size.
steve
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njcwgrl Member
Posts: 523 From: Burkeville, Va Registered: Jun 2010
Ok..had to change distributer, the lower gear was worn,also changed the oil and filter ( slush came out of filter) and changed the oil sending unit. Truck now has Great oil pressure It has Never been this good But, Now has a code P 1345 ..So we are now changing the cam sensor. Hopefully this will work. All sensors are now new. And boy this was not cheep by no means. To top it off I need a New battery this weekend
Does anyone know about code P 1345 ?? It says the dist and cam are Not in synce. But truck sounds great no noises now..
------------------ Shannon 88 Fiero "Valhalla"
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Ok..had to change distributer, the lower gear was worn,also changed the oil and filter ( slush came out of filter) and changed the oil sending unit. Truck now has Great oil pressure It has Never been this good But, Now has a code P 1345 ..So we are now changing the cam sensor. Hopefully this will work. All sensors are now new. And boy this was not cheep by no means. To top it off I need a New battery this weekend
Does anyone know about code P 1345 ?? It says the dist and cam are Not in synce. But truck sounds great no noises now..
Cam and dist are not syncronised (ie timed exactly right) on newer cars the computer does the timing, as opposed to timing it via light (I think so anyway) The dist may be a tooth off or not quite in the position it was in earlier.
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fierowitch Member
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sorry haven't got the manual in the house but from a quick web search some one said it was a burr on the cam shaft that the distributer gear rides on, that may be what distroyed your dist gear. maybe one of our in forum GM techs can shed more light on it but right now i can't. i will look for the manual for it and see what that says but remember the code just gives you a place to start and not to go throwing parts at it because that can get as you have found dammed expensive.
Sometimes if it is the kind that there is no adjustment, bolt hold down, the distributor timing, cam, is not in sync with the crank angle sensor. The fix is to grind the hold down so it can be adjusted, timing is 0. Get a good timing light and try getting it to 0. Good luck
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njcwgrl Member
Posts: 523 From: Burkeville, Va Registered: Jun 2010
I wonder if I can pull the dist again and try to replace a little ahead, Truck is running great Had to change dist and oil sending unit the Cam possition sensor was a shot in the dark that did not help.
Hopefully will be able to work in her this weekend,Paul is in alot of pain right now, So I think I will take the Fiero to work tomorrow . Its not far so she will be Ok Unfortunatly we have to get the Burban going this weekend .Paul is leaving for the UK on the 9 th and I need my Burban. One thing said I need to re-teach the computer but,it wanted me to keep my engine reved at 4,000 to 5,000 WOW I could not do that to my baby That sounds NUTS
Thanks fo rthe help,
Shannon & Burbie
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fierowitch Member
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my dad used to say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
if it is running good and the check engine light is just flashing and not staying on i would drive it till it died. our 94 burb has something like 230,000 or more. i don't remember. and melanie says she is going to run it into the ground, or until it won't pass inspection, then i will just turn it into a yard plow.
good luck
steve
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LOL My baby has 193,ooo and I hope for alot more my last Burban 87 is still running with over 500+
The funny thing is if the truck is running and I clear the code with a scan tool it stays clear, But, if I shut
her down and re start the code comes back and stays steady. Also the distrbuter was loose ( the holddown
clamp was not even on the base of the dist) That leads me to believe it may have jumped when I started it
this morning. She has been OK before that no code
Shannon
ya our old 86 burb had over 300k before she wouldn't pass inspection anymore. retired her out back and still have her, melanie just the other day said we could finaly sell her to a junker for a couple of hundred before she burries herself in the hay feild.
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my dad used to say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
if it is running good and the check engine light is just flashing and not staying on i would drive it till it died. our 94 burb has something like 230,000 or more. i don't remember. and melanie says she is going to run it into the ground, or until it won't pass inspection, then i will just turn it into a yard plow.
good luck
steve
And I agree with him. In one of my Caravans the check engine lite came on and I drove it for 3 or 4 years with black tape over the light
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fierowitch Member
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Originally posted by rogergarrison: And I agree with him. In one of my Caravans the check engine lite came on and I drove it for 3 or 4 years with black tape over the light