Tell me about your worst "Monte Moment?"
Joined: Aug 2009
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My worst- that's easy- almost blowing the car up. Tried using L36 style injector retaining clips on my L67 injectors. They "seemed" to fit OK...worked fine for four days- on the fourth, the entire front fuel log rotated off of the injectors and dumped gasoline all over the engine, including the hot front exhaust manifold! The manifold was smoking! It was really close to going up in flames- parked it a shady *** parking lot in a bad neighborhood and called for reinforcements. Got it towed home.
My worst- that's easy- almost blowing the car up. Tried using L36 style injector retaining clips on my L67 injectors. They "seemed" to fit OK...worked fine for four days- on the fourth, the entire front fuel log rotated off of the injectors and dumped gasoline all over the engine, including the hot front exhaust manifold! The manifold was smoking! It was really close to going up in flames- parked it a shady *** parking lot in a bad neighborhood and called for reinforcements. Got it towed home.
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 68
From: Portland, Maine
Yikes... Well, you are in Pennsylvania. I almost hit like 90 deer just goin' across I-90. There's one every ten feet for christ sake!
^Whoa
My worst- that's easy- almost blowing the car up. Tried using L36 style injector retaining clips on my L67 injectors. They "seemed" to fit OK...worked fine for four days- on the fourth, the entire front fuel log rotated off of the injectors and dumped gasoline all over the engine, including the hot front exhaust manifold! The manifold was smoking! It was really close to going up in flames- parked it a shady *** parking lot in a bad neighborhood and called for reinforcements. Got it towed home.
My worst- that's easy- almost blowing the car up. Tried using L36 style injector retaining clips on my L67 injectors. They "seemed" to fit OK...worked fine for four days- on the fourth, the entire front fuel log rotated off of the injectors and dumped gasoline all over the engine, including the hot front exhaust manifold! The manifold was smoking! It was really close to going up in flames- parked it a shady *** parking lot in a bad neighborhood and called for reinforcements. Got it towed home.
Monte Of The Month -- September 2009
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,279
From: Bushkill, PA
hey, speaking of fires.... thats probibly the worst thing to happen to my LS, me & my dad replaced the upstream 02 sensor at night... it was pitch black out, and i guess we didint notice that we left a rag on the rear exaust manifold.... a rag SOAKED in PB blaster, antiseize & lots of other fun flamable stuff. drove the monte the next day, coming back i notice white smoke rolling out from the hood & fenders... so im like "OH, S***!!!" shoot down the driveway, shut the car off & pop the hood. big cloud of white smoke rolls out & i see a TINY lil flame back on the manifold... i almost passed out trying to blow it out, but i got it. i thought it was something major, and i was PISSED at the car, i took all my stuff out of it, and pushed it into my quansit hut so i wouldint have to look at it. i actually went on craigslist & started looking up nasty 4th gen monte's & other
80's GM cars for a possible replacement. i took a few days, then decided to survay the damage. then i found the remains of that rag on the manifold, and wanted to kick my own butt for being so STUPIED, but i was also kinda thrilled that i did'int brake anything
80's GM cars for a possible replacement. i took a few days, then decided to survay the damage. then i found the remains of that rag on the manifold, and wanted to kick my own butt for being so STUPIED, but i was also kinda thrilled that i did'int brake anything
Mine has to be about this time last year... the day after my exploder went up in flames yes litterially was just a shell at the end. i went out to start the monte so i pump it a few times to prime it and turn it over.. (she hadn't been started in almost a week or so) so it was slow going and she pops throught the car ok try again she's just cranking cranking and not wanting to start so i stop for a second and i start seeing smoke F*/# NO NOT AGAIN F*&# NO NO NO NOT AGAIN so figuring it was the carb i keep cranking it over(suck the flame down) nope still not starting so in a frantic try to pop the hood(verry hard and no handle) yelling FU*& F*$& F&*% get the hood poped and the air cleaner i had on there is in flames(barely) so i just blew it out and went to work ...it started riight up after that
alread freaked out by what happend the day befor then that
alread freaked out by what happend the day befor then that