Recent content by tcoche

I do hate dealerships. Who doesnt? They rip you off. But, I'll more than likely pay the diagnose fee and thats it. This car still has an awesome clean body. I eventually would like to put a tad bigger V8 in it or a nice clean running powerful V6. I want to scrap this entire janky system these...

Omg!! Thats insane amount of work. Oh man...not sure what to do now. Its gonna be a horrible summer. I just may drop it off at the stealership and have them look at it. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to just replace the engine with something totally different and add a new or keep the...

Oh that isnt something someone with pretty good mechanical skills could do?? I'm pretty good at working on cars.

So what do you guys think? Should i take it in and have the a/c diagnosed?? Then for the hell of it replace the expansion valve?? Not sure what to do about the overheating. That has been a serious battle to figure out. The benefit I have is this car isnt our primary driver. My wife drives a...

Thanks for the replies fellas! The compressor and dryer was replaced. I remember he mentioning the dryer. I also remember something about the compressor clutch. We just said replace it all. Probably the wrong decision but we just wanted it fixed. Guess that decision was wrong...hahaha!!

I forgot we replaced the degas bottle in 2008. There are never any coolant leaks. There is like a rumbly, growl, diesely sound on acceleration only when the temp has gone up above normal. Sometimes its heard right before it overheats on acceleration. When it does this sound its like our warning...

My LS is an 01 V8 with 159k. Problems started march of 2013. Here is a list of everything we fixed/replaced on vehicle... - hydraulic fan clutch converted to electric - new radiator - new water pump - new heater control valve - new thermostat - pressure tested headgaskets, ok! - polymer upper...