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    Running Rough

    I have a 94 chevy 1500 with the 5.7 350 i recently noticed the truck smoking s lot in the way home from work one day it hasn't done it at all before and checked the oil it was a little low so i topped it off. get home and it still didn't quit smoking so i notice it is only coming out of the...
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    Using oil

    i swapped this motor into my truck i got the motor off a older man out of his 87 c10 with the original miles on it. i've heard mixed reviews about oil pressure i hear that you don't need a whole lot of oil pressure at idle
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    Using oil

    i just don't see how everything can be so worn already and it not even have over 80k on the original motor thy i got off an old man i'm thinking it may be something like the pcv system or maybe leaking oil on acceleration
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    Using oil

    may have solved the problem. i drained some oil out to back where it was on the cross hatch marks and adjusted the timing on it a little more advanced and put some more gas in it since she was low and no more smoking as of right now. i still have low oil pressure on both mechanical gauge and dash.
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    Using oil

    you couldn't pay me to use a fram filter again they are cardboard junk our local advanced auto don't even sell them anymore i use ac delco and castrol gtx oil. i will look into the oil pressure switch and drain the oil pull the pan and check the pickup and all make sure all is sound down that...
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    1997 Z71 4L60E Issue

    try try timing. when mine gets out of time it will shift weird and bog. i also was having the same problem replaced tps and topped off fluid but just turned out that the timing was a little reatarded now it works great
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    Using oil

    could i do the pipe cleaner trick without changing the oil? because i changed the oil like less than two weeks ago i hate to waste that money again yanno what i mean especially if it's burning it to where i have to buy a quart a week or so
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    Possible distributor issue

    try coolant temp sensor test it and then if that's not the case check fuel pressure, ground wires (especially check fuel pump ground wire)
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    Using oil

    actually now that i look the oil is reading a little above the grid like a little over filled could that be the cause of the smoke? it's never smoked that bad before and i just put that oil in yesterday evening and it's full past the grid. i don't believe it's a bad head gasket because there are...
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    Using oil

    i put some oil in it yesterday i put three quarts in and now it is right above the grid in the dipstick. there is no way three quarts could fill it all the way up from empty. and i adjusted the timing a little bit on it today and unhooked the battery and then hooked it back up and its smoking...
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    Using oil

    i used some sea foam for two days before i changed the oil. hoping that maybe me addin it to the oil would clean everything out including deposits. also i checked the oil today and it was almost dry. i filled it to the top of the grid on the dipstick about two weeks ago and it's already out...
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    Using oil

    yessir
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    Using oil

    i noticed when i switched from fram oil filter to ax delco i had a little more pressure even after it all bottoms out. ill try a leak test and see there. i also thought maybe a clogged galley could be the problem of both no oil pressure and using oil put i pulled the valve covers off and i'm...
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    Using oil

    i have a 1994 chevy k1500 with a 350/ 4l60e. motor has about 75k miles and new heads with around 8k miles. my truck has low oil pressure and i can't quiet seem to figure it out. i'm pretty mechanicly inclined and know the truck pretty well inside out, i changed the oil and filter less than a...
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    l98 swap in k1500

    they are ported iron heads
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    l98 swap in k1500

    well i wish i could keep the tpi intake off the l98 but it was the only thing missing off the motor and if i bought a new one i would have to get a new harness and ecm
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    The Stupid Engine Questions Thread

    will my intake manifold off my 94 k1500 with the 350 bolt up to a l98 350?
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    l98 swap in k1500

    okay so i recently cracked the block on my 94 k1500 with the 5.7 350 tbi. i bought a 350 off of a 89 trans am and i believe that it is an l98. only thing it needs is an intake and i was wondering if the intake and throttle body will bolt up to the l98 instead of switching the ecm and all to a tpi
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    Engine died

    i got a new motor it is a 350 out of an 89 pontiac trans am. i think everything will work fine with mine except the oil pan and the intake. i believe that year is the l98 and they are tpi instead of tbi. should my intake and throttle body bolt up to the heads on the l98?
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    Engine died

    i got one of my close friends to help me put those shims on he is a mechanics son and we got the shims on it fired up and still is making an awful sound he said it was definitely something in the block that has broke or went wrong that it wasn't the starter. he said my best option would go be...
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    Engine died

    what does it sound like when the starter is stuck? because my truck fired up and it is making a terrible screeching sound like metal grinding or something but still runs
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    Engine died

    i'm thinking it is something to do with the starter because it could be getting constant power or the gear is staying engaged all the time burning it up causing it to get really hot plus draining the battery causing it to act dead and cut off
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    Engine died

    well i believe the low oil pressure is because the gauge is going out the same thing happened to dads it was barely reading any oil pressure and the gauge went out he bought a new one and he was reading good oil pressure so i'm thinking it's just the gauge. and when the truck started and ran it...
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    Engine died

    no i haven't done anything to it before it started happeneing i had headers and exhaust done about two months ago but other than that no i haven't done anything. and yes it died out of the blue on my way home one night also it has been reading low oil pressure for about two weeks and the oil...
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    Engine died

    do what now? all i know is i took it to advanced auto and they said the starter tested good. i replaced the starter with a whole new one before the new battery and alt and it didn't change anything so i took i back should i try a new starter with the new battery and alt and see if that helps?

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