Were these cars built to be crap?

Ricochet · #1 12-23-2005, 05:11 PM

Okay what's the deal.. my headlights and interior lights flicker, idle goes up and down +/- 100rpm with it, runs like crap when I turn any kind of air on, and sometimes dies at idle. I've seen a hundred threads like this but nobody's ever had a solid solution. I replaced the spark plugs, air, fuel, and tranny filters, have a gigantic tranny cooler, and cleaned my maf with all kinds of cleaners including the vinegar-soaking thing. This car also randomly hesitates and jolts while driving at any speed and throttle position. It's a 92 LSL and all the fluid levels are good/clean until they all leak out. This stupid car is pissing me off.

DarknessofDeath · #2 12-23-2005, 05:26 PM

i know how you feel...i also have a 92 LS~L and it just seems like i bought a car to rebuild....because that's what it feels like...and the bills that add up say the same thing too.

unfortunately there's going to be a sh!t load more money going in to fix the motherf

cker.

however....i still like the car

DarknessofDeath · #3 12-23-2005, 05:27 PM

........have you replaced the fuel pump?

immortal_suby · #4 12-23-2005, 05:49 PM

Maybe a bad ground or something?

or the stupid wire in the drivers visor........

SilverSpear · #5 12-23-2005, 05:55 PM

Alternator??

ensteele · #6 12-23-2005, 06:40 PM

I don't think that this is normal or that many people have the same problems.

Ricochet · #7 12-24-2005, 12:50 AM

Yeah alternator and battery tested fine, and I scrubbed the chassis ground wire coming off the battery too. I was going to replace the fuel pump because it seems the hesitation is from a lack of fuel more than a tranny problem, but I don't see how that would cause the lights to flicker. I ran seafoam through the vacuum lines as well as the fuel tank so it's probably not an injector.. Basically I've spent all kinds of money and made zero progress. I've got a whole new exhaust and O2 sensors sitting in my garage waiting to be put on, maybe that will help. Sigh.

SubaSteevo · #8 12-24-2005, 01:21 AM

Did you pull the engine codes?

NikFu S. · #9 12-24-2005, 01:41 AM

Uh, your car is 14 years old.

#10 12-24-2005, 02:16 AM

Im right up the road if you wanna get rid of it

Manarius · #11 12-24-2005, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by NikFu S.

Uh, your car is 14 years old.

Exactly. You have a 14/15 year old car. You should expect to have problems. Most of us don't have problems because we do preventive maintenance. My 15 year old Legacy is the most reliable of the cars in my family. It's the only car that has never been to the shop for anything that doesn't normally wear out and has never left anyone driving it sit somewhere waiting for a tow. SVX's are exactly the same way if you don't drive them like you stole them.

wawazat?? · #12 12-24-2005, 08:05 AM

Sounds like a vacuum leak to me. Have you replaced all the 14 year old rubber lines under the intake manifold, most of which have probably cracked?

Todd

RojoRocket · #13 12-24-2005, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wawazat??

Sounds like a vacuum leak to me. Have you replaced all the 14 year old rubber lines under the intake manifold, most of which have probably cracked?

Todd

BINGO!! Give that man a cigar!

Glenn

n00b on demand · #14 12-24-2005, 08:14 AM

how much would new hoses cost?

#15 12-24-2005, 08:27 AM

I think cars especially newer ones are only made to last like 5 years then be replaced seems like once you hit the 5 year mark thats when the s$#t starst breaking