Random Tech Questions

[TdmayfieldIV]

Will taking emissions stuff off your truck throw codes? If your o2 sensors are after your cat, then removing your cat will make it run like ****.

[Sparling]

Will taking emissions stuff off your truck throw codes? If your o2 sensors are after your cat, then removing your cat will make it run like ****.

O2 is before both cats.

[TdmayfieldIV]

O2 is before both cats.

ok nvm then

[Sharpe]

Ditch the ghey ass smog pump. On chevies, when smog pumps were in use, they werent even on every truck. It was not split by tonnage or anything either. I have no idea what criteria they used for that faggotry. Depending on how strict the visual inspection is in your area, you can probably get away with no cats as well. At the very least gut them

[mudtoy67]

But since Bexar county is a non emissions county, nobody would know if I disconnected my smog pump and threw it away right?

Only every person who reads or this public forum.

It's a federal law btw that says you can't tamper with emissions equipment, not a state law.

[redcagepatrol]

The cold weather has once again brought up a persistent nagging problem my tahoe has had since I bought it. In the winter, it takes forever to warm up, and when it does, it gets nowhere near the normal operating temp of 200 degrees. Every winter it will trip a P0116 Engine Coolant Temperature Circuit Range/Performance Problem. I have replaced the thermostat three winters in a row and the coolant temp sensor as well. It's almost like the cooling system is working too well. I can drive it around for an hour in stop and go traffic and it won't get above 160 degrees. It has a 186 degree (factory temp) thermostat in it. Everything in the cooling system is stock. I'm too the point where I just want to put some cardboard in front of part of the radiator, but that's ****ing ghetto. Anybody ran into anything like this before?

have you posted on the "smart" forums yet? seems pretty strange. Could a bad tranny temp sensor cause the fans to come on?

[FJAggie07]

My truck feels more powerful when it is cold. I like it. The heated seats and steering wheel make life easier too. As well as the remote start to let it warm up. Before I get out to it.

God I wish I was you, you are so cool.

[Fredo]

have you posted on the "smart" forums yet? seems pretty strange. Could a bad tranny temp sensor cause the fans to come on?

I'm not 100% sure what you're saying, but it currently has a large mechanical fan and clutch on it. I haven't posted on any of the truck forums yet, but that's the next step. I just hate posting on those because the "Tates" far outweigh the good answers on those forums.

[Sharpe]

My screwcab would not get above ~150 this morning but I'm not above wedging a piece of cardboard in front of the grill. It just so happens I still have a ****-ton of boxes from the move too

[Seth]

God I wish I was you, you are so cool.

pot-kettle? maybe a little at least?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

haha, I bet someone just forgot to add the tamor salute at the end of that post.

[FJAggie07]

pot-kettle? maybe a little at least?

I am that cool.

[Sharpe]

I am that cool.

8000 gallons of vinegar.

[FJAggie07]

pot-kettle? maybe a little at least?

haha, I bet someone just forgot to add the tamor salute at the end of that post.

I am that cool.

8000 gallons of vinegar.

Oh and

[Fredo]

My screwcab would not get above ~150 this morning but I'm not above wedging a piece of cardboard in front of the grill. It just so happens I still have a ****-ton of boxes from the move too

Well yeah, it was 20 degrees or so this morning with a wind chill of about 6. I kind of expect that on mornings like today, but it does this at anything lower than 50 degrees. One interesting thing I noticed this morning was that after it got "warm" (170-175), I left it idling while I ran into Oreilly's to pick up a switch. When I came out, it had cooled off to 165. So it runs warmer with cold ass air being forced through the radiator?