Daughters 95 Grand Am

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  1. greasemonkey

    greasemonkey Burnin corn

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    Dont just throw the old cat away either or destroy it. Those baby's bring big money for scrap!
     
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  2. Jamie Miles

    Jamie Miles the road warrior

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    My brother had a '92 Grand AM with the Quad 4 for a while. I think the entire car was a lousy design!! One problem after another, and yes it had a bad catalytic converter, and had no power at all, could barely climb a hill. The car looked nice though. But considering we gave $100 for it and sold it for $400, I guess that wasn't bad.
     
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  3. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    That era of Grand Ams were definitely pieces of crap! Our dealership owned a Pontiac franchise during that time, all mixed in with our Lincoln Mercury and Toyotas. After about 4 years we dumped Pontiac. My body techs hated to work on them just as much as the service dept. Total Crap!
     
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  4. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Glad you think that of my daughters car :rant2:
    Bite me Ray :p

    I need to put the hollow can back on tomorrow and see what it will do. I am ordering the one I showed previously to put on when I get it right. I thought I could drill it a few times but it just kept crumpling so I had to clear it all out...
     
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  5. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Did you think you were gonna get a good car for $200 :cool:
    I think you need to give her your Comet! :yup:
     
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  6. Hawkco

    Hawkco Genuine Car Nut

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  7. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Some guys wake up all refreshed and full of jokes :rolleyes:.
    My daughter did say she would trade me when I finish the Comet. I told her I might just do that, because she would probobly have a new car by the time i'm done :D. She said "as long as it has ac" :16suspect...
     
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  8. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Now I have the exaust breathing nice and clear ;)
    I can get it up to 65mph going down hill, 45 going up :(.
    Feels real slugish when I accelerate and I have to crank the heck out of it... also feel a stall cruising and steping on the pedal. TPS?... Coolant sensor?:hmmm:
    Ideas welcome...
     
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  9. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    You mean a Grand Am is suppose to go faster than that??? :hmmm:
     
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  10. Mavman72

    Mavman72 Gone backwards but lookin' forward

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    Gas filter/fuel pressure regulator leaking(pull the vac hose off it,if theres gas in the hose or weeping out the vac nipple its bad)Fuel pump/bad plugs.Is the throttle body clean??? if not scrub it out and see what happens.Good luck Gene.Those cars are evil.
     
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  11. blugene

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    Just came back from a test drive with my scanner hooked up. No codes came up then I punched it, very slow response and still nada. I go to park and notice the lean code is on, not sure when it came on tho. I stoped paying attention the last two miles or so. I'm starting to think fuel pump.
    I think I will swap the regulator just for grins. I have all the parts still on the origional motor, either off or on but somewhere in the garage. Sure wish I had a fuel pressure guage. Maybe i'll invest in one tomorrow, I gotta get this car fixed.
     
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    is it possible that cherry red exhaust killed the O2 sensor and now your getting a bad air/fuel mix and its causing a lack of power?
     
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  13. blugene

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    I thought that so today I changed it with the one from the origional motor. It does switch and I see counting on the scanner.
     
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  14. Pasc

    Pasc Looking for Stallion part

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    Check the basic. I would try to clean the throttle body...
     
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  15. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Sorry, I didn't mention that I already did that.
    I won and bought a pcm for like $10 on ebay and I even tried that before I drug out my scanner. No difference...and no check engine light.
     
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