Hey all... about 3 weeks ago, I was involved in a small fender bender with my '95 Z-28. Damage was done to the left front corner (hood, fender, nose, headlights, etc.).

The car has been in the shop for the past 3 weeks to be fixed. Today, I stopped by to pick her up. I payed the bill and went out to take her home. When I started it, it sounded different... low exhaust note and really rough idle. I reved it a few times to clean it out, but it only got marginally better.

The guy at the Body shop suggested I take it home and try to "clean it out" on the way home. Well... the car feels like a 4-cylinder. Absolutely NO POWER and it takes forever to come up in rev's. I went back to the body shop and had him take it out. He agreed that something was definately wrong.

He stated that they had only moved the ABS module, a vacuum canister, the air cleaner assembly, and the fuse box (the one under the hood). We had another guy look at it and he thinks it is a fuel delivery issue. The car seems to idle fine now, just no power at all!

Anyone have any ideas? The car is still at the Body shop as I write this, since it is basically not drivable the way it is running.

Sorry for this being so long!

 

Did they get your opti wet? I'd ask if the had any kind of water under your hood, left it outside with no hood/body panels etc...

 

Guy stated that it was moved from building to building... I didn't specifically ask if it had gotten wet. They all seem to think it is a fuel delivery problem, but I fear it might just be the opti.

Based on what they tell me tonight, I will probe deeper with questions.....

 

Well, I just got home a little while ago from the body shop a bit ago... Today, the mechanic found that the computer was showing an injector circuit issue (code 18 on the scanner). I went to look at the car after work and got to poking around.

Lucked out and figured it out... one of the 7.5 amp fuses for the injectors was blown....replaced it and it seems fine now!

Somehow, they must've shorted something to ground while moving the fuse block out of the way. Not sure what else would blow that fuse..... Anyhow, I am glad it was something easy.

Thanks for your input on this!

 

You only had half of the injectors working. Glad it was simple.