Replacing the head gasket seemed to resolve my issues. It was replaced in August of 2017 and so far I havent had any issues. I had a low idle for a second the other day but I believe it was due to the extremely hot weather. No issues starting anymore. It was the craziest thing, it didn't have any sy...
Mystery may have been solved. He tore the engine down and found that the head gasket is broken. He's going to replace it tomorrow hopefully! With any luck that will fix all my problems
Still dealing with this nightmare. The car is barely starting now. My brother redid the compression test. The dry test was 90 psi on two of the cylinders and 120 on the other two. The wet test caused the psi to increase to 140 on the cylinders that were reading 90. So that sounds like it's likely ri...
Ok guys, it wasn't the alternator. I took it to GM and they found that there is low compression in cylinder #1. It was gonna cost 1500$ to tear the engine down just to diagnose the problem so I'm considering my options. With the symptoms that I listed in my first post any ideas on what exactly could...
It has been checked for vacuum leaks. I took it to autozone today for a battery/alternator test just for laughs and giggles. It tested at 13.31 volts and had failed voltage regulation. Could this be the culprit?
I also think our perceiving that the symptoms go away "for awhile" have more to do with the relearning procedure when our battery is disconnected, than any carbon removal procedure we've had performed. . I had thought about this as well. It may very well be that, but my brother had discon...
Thanks for the replies. That was a huge typo. My check engine light IS NOT on. If it was my life would be much easier. It may be pure coincidence that the issue seems to reoccur when i fuel up. I have tried getting gas at several different stations and there doesn't seem to be much difference. Also ...
Hi there, I'm hoping someone can help with the issues my car is having. I have 2009 Pontiac vibe with roughly 130k miles on it. I took it on a road trip in march and shortly after I got home I noticed that it was idling very low/rough when I was stopped at stop lights. The rpms fluctuate down to 500...