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PLEASE HELP... Just purchased 1990 sc 35th
I just purchased a 1990 automatic sc 35th at a great price. It has 129,000 on it and from what i no it sat for at least two years. I had to replace the battery to get it off the lot. Anyways I had drove the car for atleast 150 miles never died out skipped or jerked when going through the gears. It ran GREAT until my dumbass decided to floor it while my gas tank was on empty. Upon doing so it started jerking real hard I then pulled over turned it off waited 5 min then got about a block away and ran out of gas. I put gas in it it drove fine for a few miles then start jerking real hard. I recentley put a few gas filter on the guy said it was pretty bad and that he drove it after and that was prob the problem. Well it obvious wasn't. My car will drive fine for along time then all of a sudden start jerking hard never at a specific mph or rpm just when it wants. I then put it in neutral wait 5 sec then it works. If it doesnt i pull over and let it sit. Sometimes it wont start right after but everytime i wait atleast 20 min or more it starts and drives fine. It drove great until I had it floored and ran out of gas so I assume it has to do with that. Thank you for your time and comments greatly appreciated. THANKS
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I just purchased a 1990 sc auto 35th a week ago. My temp gauge stays between the c/f halfway never overheats or drops below half but yet my heat only comes out hot every once and a great while. Other times its cold. My coolant light says low but not all the time. It also says change. I checked the levels they are filled to the top. I bought some anti freeze the kind thats says you can add to any vehicle I the filled my reserve half way since it was low. still no changes. I opened my radiator cap and it was full. Any suggestions will be appreciated. The car sat two years prior to driving .
Well i finally took my car in they told me it was a head-gasket. They said they tested my radiator fluid and it tested positive for combustion. Could that have anything to do with the fact that the car sat for a couple years and I havent had the radiator fluid flushed yet. Anyways I think I made the mistake by bringing it to them on there web site they said they specialize in commercial equipment. I was wondering why I didnt see any other cars in there. " I only went there because it was close to were my car was." I guess I'm just hoping they could be wrong because they quoted me 1300 dollars not including tax. There charging me 90 dollars an hour labor at 10 hours they say it will take. Sounds a little high. Anyways does this sound like it could be a gasket blown. Prior to taking my car there I drove 20 miles and it didnt jerk once and the c/f level remained at half.
I just purchased a 1990 automatic sc 35th at a great price. It has 129,000 on it and from what i no it sat for at least two years. I had to replace the battery to get it off the lot. Anyways I had drove the car for atleast 150 miles never died out skipped or jerked when going through the gears. It ran GREAT until my dumbass decided to floor it while my gas tank was on empty. Upon doing so it started jerking real hard I then pulled over turned it off waited 5 min then got about a block away and ran out of gas. I put gas in it it drove fine for a few miles then start jerking real hard. I recentley put a few gas filter on the guy said it was pretty bad and that he drove it after and that was prob the problem. Well it obvious wasn't. My car will drive fine for along time then all of a sudden start jerking hard never at a specific mph or rpm just when it wants. I then put it in neutral wait 5 sec then it works. If it doesnt i pull over and let it sit. Sometimes it wont start right after but everytime i wait atleast 20 min or more it starts and drives fine. It drove great until I had it floored and ran out of gas so I assume it has to do with that. Thank you for your time and comments greatly appreciated. THANKS
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I just purchased a 1990 sc auto 35th a week ago. My temp gauge stays between the c/f halfway never overheats or drops below half but yet my heat only comes out hot every once and a great while. Other times its cold. My coolant light says low but not all the time. It also says change. I checked the levels they are filled to the top. I bought some anti freeze the kind thats says you can add to any vehicle I the filled my reserve half way since it was low. still no changes. I opened my radiator cap and it was full. Any suggestions will be appreciated. The car sat two years prior to driving .
Well i finally took my car in they told me it was a head-gasket. They said they tested my radiator fluid and it tested positive for combustion. Could that have anything to do with the fact that the car sat for a couple years and I havent had the radiator fluid flushed yet. Anyways I think I made the mistake by bringing it to them on there web site they said they specialize in commercial equipment. I was wondering why I didnt see any other cars in there. " I only went there because it was close to were my car was." I guess I'm just hoping they could be wrong because they quoted me 1300 dollars not including tax. There charging me 90 dollars an hour labor at 10 hours they say it will take. Sounds a little high. Anyways does this sound like it could be a gasket blown. Prior to taking my car there I drove 20 miles and it didnt jerk once and the c/f level remained at half.