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Old 05-07-2005, 03:15 PM
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Not drivable. Need suggestions.

My 95 Z was down for a few days while I pulled the heads off for a blown gasket, and when I put it back together I have had nothing but problems. It idles real rough and it dies when I come to a stop unless I put it in neutral or park. It runs ok when I ease in to the throttle except there is a bad vibration/shake at 1500rpm in any gear. And it's sluggish if I step on it hard.

I don't know if I overtightend a rocker, or if I have a vac leak and something else, or if there's a bad sensor somwhere.

I did everything myself, and it was my first time pulling the camaro apart that far. So my chance of error was pretty high on the re-assemble. Any suggestions would help.
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Old 05-07-2005, 03:18 PM
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Re: Not drivable. Need suggestions.

I think you should readjust the rockers, I like doing it with the engine running
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Old 05-07-2005, 05:20 PM
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You may have got the O2 sensors wet whent the head gasket blew. Hook up a scan tool and you will be able to tell if you have lazy (or dead) o2 sensors.
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Old 05-08-2005, 11:23 AM
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Re: Not drivable. Need suggestions.

I'm going to try to get it scanned within the next few days. Dave, I don't know if I'm brave enough to try anythimg like that with the engine running. I'll leave that to you ASE Certified Master Technicians for now. I like to do things the way my Helms manual tells me to, and nothing different. I trust it, it is my friend. But I will go back and redo it to see if that helps.
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