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Old Nov 8, 2005 | 05:47 AM
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lt1 dies when hot

my grandfather has a buick .... roadmaster i think. well anyways it has an lt1 engine in it. when the car gets hot it just randomly dies until it cools down again. Is this the optispark ?
Old Nov 8, 2005 | 06:35 AM
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Re: lt1 dies when hot

could be the idle air controller passage way is getting gunked up, when it heats up it's binding and can't keep the correct amount of air going through to keep the engine at idle. just throwing out a maybe. good luck.
Old Nov 8, 2005 | 03:08 PM
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Re: lt1 dies when hot

anyone else have any input ?
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