Originally Posted by Hollard
I was confident that the issue with the codes popping up was that I was filling up with too high of E content. Once I had stuck with going as high as E45, I was fine for a while. Since mid-August all the way up to like August 28th.
In between that time, I the car wasn't running great. Just highway cruising or driving around the city, it was fine. But if I was hit the pedal so do a quick short pull or if I was to try to pass someone on the highway, the car would have like a stutter/surge to it. After that, I has do a couple of full fill-up cycles of just having pump 93 in the car. Used Techron. After running low on the tank and re-filling it up with just 93 again. Would do a short pull and same thing. Did the same thing again, but used up to e40 on the fill-up. Short pull same thing again. So made plans to check and change spark plugs, if needed, for the upcoming weekend. I had purchased OEM plugs for just in case the plugs were faulty and I'll have some on-hand.
Right before that weekend, the code can up again. I had just filled up and was at an ethanol reading of 45%. Did a long pull in a seclude area up to 100 mph and both codes re-appeared. This time there was no stuttering/surging like before when doing short pulls. At this point I'm wondering if the sparks are bad or my coil packs if the codes came back. Maybe that's the true issue.
Well, I continued to drive and car was fine making it into work. Later, I left for lunch. Made it a couple miles down the road to a stoplight. Light go green and I make my left turn. Once I go into 2nd gear, I hear clunking sounds. Seconds later, I see something flying out from the hood's vent. Few more seconds, I notice water drops on the windshield. I quickly pulling into a parking lot, pop the hood, and BAM! Coolant squirting everywhere. The smaller outlet part from the water pump, the hose blew off. And the belt was partially shredder due to all the fluid going on it. Now the question is what the hell would cause the hose to blew off. My coolant temps had always been between 174 - 176 and 179 - 181 with the AC on in city traffic.
So at this point the car has been towed to my parent's place and just sitting in the garage. I might take more of a look at it soon, but no rush since all the racing events I had planned (some pre-paid) to go to has been cancelled with future or TBD dates.
I get it, modding cars comes with headaches, risks, and breakdowns, but at this point I'm just tired. This is the worst issue & incident I've had with the car since modding. If I had did majority of the labor myself on the car, I truly believe I would still have a smile on my face whenever I talk or think about my car. That's how I felt with my 2000 Eclipse back in the days. I did all the labor myself when doing mod stuff. Nowadays, I don't have the time (or patience) to do my own labor work or diagnostic work on the Camaro. The job takes up majority of my time and when I do get a day or two off, I'm trying to plan a nice day for me and the ol' lady.
I might give up on this car. Unfortunately, I been through 4 different shops for performance upgrades & fixes. The last shop I went to I wish I had started with them from the beginning and I truly believe everything would've been done right the 1st time.
I love the Camaro though. I might just get rid of the 2SS and find a used ZL1 or ZL1 LE that had one owner that was a grandma. LOL! Or if Chevy surprise us and place a LT5 in a 2022 or 2023 ZL1 then I'll go for that.
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