Crossroads time. Need some recommends and maybe a couple of answers. 99 AWD Astro, 118 K, has apparently given up the engine ghost. Chewed a distrib gear a few months back…replaced distrib and MAP sensor. Did NOT change the oil three different times within a few hundred miles of new distrib. Accordi...

The beast is still alive, and now well enough to roll consistently. I have not been arrested for setting off explosives in public or littering the environment with blowed-up auto parts. :whistle: cudapaul gets the 'door prize'... =D> 'Member that diagnostic I was threatening to get done? Forced into...

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, thank you, good sir!!! =D> Makes more sense now. Distrib has not been moved since I bought the beast. I'm to the point of taking it to a shop for a diagnostic. :axe: I'm willing to pay the tab to have a pro check it out and fill me in. Wit's end; lack of time to dig in myself; poor exp...

Yep, I'm now the winner of the 'Huh!!! I thought cat converters lasted longer than that...' award. ](*,) Probably doesn't help that my freeway speeds vary from 75-90 during longer distances. I guess I CAN burn a cat up. :-k At least now I know how they work and what they're made of. And I think they...

Thanks for y'allz inputs/info. Update: Cat now replaced. ($180 for the cat, $150 for the install; thanks to my boss for footin' the bill... =D> ) Yes, it WAS fried. Back end of cat melted/fused/fractured. Continued driving blew chunks down the pipe into the muffler. Now I've got a strangled muffler;...

Hey, thanks for all the suggests, guys! :supz: I'll get my tail out and under and see what's up (or down). As you can probably tell, I'm not a fan of the computerization involved. Necessary evil, I guess; you just end up having to deal with 'progress'. Might as well try and have some fun with it, wh...

Haven't driven it into a freeway abutment at 90... ](*,) I've done nothing but drive the 94, buy a ScanGaugeII, get codes, find out how much a new cat costs, how much a new MAF sensor costs, etc. Bought the van in late Dec. My Christmas present to myself. Owner said he'd had it tuned up (plugs, cap,...

This will go long; sorry, it’s how I write… :peep: RANT ON )>) : Current problem child: 99 Astro. LS Pass. AWD. 105 K. (Bought it w/100 K on it.) Had been running a bit ‘funny’ since purchase: hesitations / VERY sluggish response on jamming the pedal to get on the freeway. Intermittent, came and wen...

Ok, jist a drain 'n fill, v.s. a 'flush' 'n fill.

Thanks.

Ok, I've read about flushing and re-juicing the transfer case. What do you use to flush out the old? (Yeah, besides the special GM 'pull chain' or aftermarket propwash... :butthead: ) I know the new juice is dealer only, no prob. I figure with the ride at 102 K, prob never been flushed, and with the...

FYI: According to a parts counter dude at a GM dealer here in Sac, they can no longer sell the original injector cleaner in Cali. Cali emission/hazmat rules and regs and all that stuff... GM came up with a new 'mix' that they sell now; at least here in 'Green'-land. The guy said all the techs in the...

Thanks,gents!

I've been searching and reading; hadn't got to the Seafoam solution.
I've seen the threads about the dealer whiz bang, now I know to find the part #!

Well, I’ve gone and done it. My 94 Safari is heading toward nickel and dime land. :goodman: It’s logged 100 K over the last three years, on top of the 80 and change original. It’s been well used for work and personal. Rode hard and put away wet. It suffered severe (ins co ‘totaled’ it) cosmetic abus...

Round 3: Pulled the code. 12, 32, 12; 12, 32, 12 EGR down (?) Damn! Another Benjamin and change…not yet, man , not yet… Kept driving carefully. Had hooked the snorkel back up, but hadn’t changed. Day or so later, I just decide to try and kick it to get to fwy speed. It worked!!! Hasn’t been problema...

Thanks, k.
Yep, 94 is a 1.
McGyver reader! Me likeeeee!!!

This will narrow the repair field down.

Psssst...I know it's a TBI; I just like to 'think' it's a carb.
I can at least work on carbs without having to have a damn degree and a bottomless checkbook...