I would've posted this problem I had earlier this week https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/094322.html but I didn't see this thread because I was so consumed with the tech section at the time! Well, problem was solved and today, not so much Fiero related I went to reset my timing after removing the distributer but forgot I toasted my gun the last time I used it because I had the clamp to close to the manifold while I was paying attention the the timing light

I'm off to Autozone to buy a new one
Marc

my HO2 F'ed up and caused the ecm to dump every bit of gas the walbro 255 and 3800 sc II injectors could dump. poured out almost a tank withing 7 miles

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1987 Fiero GT built by my brother, merlot566jka, 3500 LX9 from 06 Malibu, WOT-TECH.com 1280 grind stage 3 cam, LS6 valve springs, 1227730 ECM conversion, Darrel Morse solid aluminum cradle mounts, Truleo headers modified to fit the 3500, 36# inectors, 70mm 4.3 throttle body adapted to 3500 intake, ported heads, upper and lower intakes, lightly polished, tcemotorsports.com crank trigger wheel, CenterForce dual friction clutch, Flowtech Afterburner muffler, 2.5" piping, cat deleted, EGR deleted, SinisterPerformance tuning, C6 Corvette exhaust tips. projected to be 35 MPG with a guesstimate of 250 hp to the wheels

The new can of spray paint IO opened up for my rear suspension parts had no nozzel on it. Too late to take it back and the nozzels I tried on it all leaked. Oy.

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It ran out of gas and I had to fill it up. lol. Other then that nothing really. (knock on wood)

Ryan

Mine ate the alt/WP belt today about a mile from work. The ol' Iron Duke got a little bit hot, but luckily not hot enough to break anything. Went and got a new belt, refilled the coolant bottle, checked the oil and fired it up. No problems so far.

No problems - just opportunities....lol Opportunities to spend more money that is. Off to Autozone once again..... I should buy stock in that company.... Got enough points to rebuild the cradle/suspension!

Nothing has gone wrong lately, which is really nice for a change... unless you count the weather being too hot ( or wet ) to continue forward with a planned body swap.

this maybe moot sence I didnt read all the replys, americasfuture2k, have you upgraded to a heated o2 sensore yet?

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The Left Muffler Tip Broke Off Pulling into a resturant after it bottomed out on the incline up......that was fun

quote Originally posted by Francis T: this maybe moot sence I didnt read all the replys, americasfuture2k, have you upgraded to a heated o2 sensore yet?

i did. and the last one was soo F'd up. it was making all my tune reading to be off, then it just failed completely. making the ecm tell the fuel pump and injectors to dump ever bit of fuel that is possible with a walbro 255 and 3800 sc injectors. that sucked almost a whole tank in 7 miles. that was bad.

i replaced my OPSU with one made for a guage, and it still pegged out when the FP was on. either some wiring is wrong, or the parts store sucked again and gave me the wrong part.

tried taking my headlight (just the bulb lens piece) out and couldnt get to the bottom retainer ring screws. anyone care to enlighten me on how to?

header bolts came loose, 2 fell out
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1987 Fiero GT built by my brother, merlot566jka, 3500 LX9 from 06 Malibu, WOT-TECH.com 1280 grind stage 3 cam, LS6 valve springs, 1227730 ECM conversion, Darrel Morse solid aluminum cradle mounts, Truleo headers modified to fit the 3500, 36# inectors, 70mm 4.3 throttle body adapted to 3500 intake, ported heads, upper and lower intakes, lightly polished, tcemotorsports.com crank trigger wheel, CenterForce dual friction clutch, Flowtech Afterburner muffler, 2.5" piping, cat deleted, EGR deleted, SinisterPerformance tuning, C6 Corvette exhaust tips. projected to be 35 MPG with a guesstimate of 250 hp to the wheels

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quote Originally posted by americasfuture2k: i did. and the last one was soo F'd up. it was making all my tune reading to be off, then it just failed completely. making the ecm tell the fuel pump and injectors to dump ever bit of fuel that is possible with a walbro 255 and 3800 sc injectors. that sucked almost a whole tank in 7 miles. that was bad. header bolts came loose, 2 fell out

My 87 idles great and runs better especially when the engine cold with my new 3 wire o2 sensor. As for header bolts falling out, I've had that happen once whereas I put a lot of anti size on them and didn't make them tight enough. Ddint want to chance break any off later if wanted to take the header off.

quote Originally posted by Dougie Murder: Wait...nothing has gone wrong with your Fiero in the last 10 years? just a worn out Alt.? Thats crazy!! Looks like you got the good one

Not a big deal. I got it at about 40,000 miles and it has about 70,000 now. It had detailed maintenance history and was owned by a car nut. I would expect any car to be relatively trouble free over that mileage range. I did clean the injectors once to cure a unsteady idle.

Took mine to a friend at a shop to have the balljoints, upper A arm bushings, and outer tie rods replaced (before any of it could cause a serious problem). Friend called today to say he broke the A arm trying to get the old bushing out. So now I have to go to the junkyard tomorrow and hope the Formula out there still has it's front together.

Wish me luck

Time and money!

Brand new ignition control modual failed after just over 24 hours of use... (neioff brand sucks)

Actually, hope nothing is wrong with my 86GT. Hurrican Gustav just went through the area and stuck on the other side of the planet. Will not be heding back to the states until the 12th. Have not been able to contact anyone to go over and check the car out for any damage. Yes, it was garaged.

On this what went wring theme, Fieros have more than a few things going against them whne it comes to be reliable: Frist off; the newest ones are 20 years old! How many 20 year olds do know you that are reliable? Like any car that old, it will issues. They are not from a time not known for really high quailty, not from U.S. auto makers anyway. Most have been owned by sport car nuts, which means they have been beat on a lot. Lots of them have been modified and not always correctly. That said: I don't think they are more prone to porblems than any other U.S. car from the 80s. Bottom line; if you want a very reliable car, don't a get very old one.

i went out to get a datalog of darth's newest tune for my car. other than it being almost there, everytime i would shift hard and feel the motor rock, i would blow the INJ 2 fuse. merlot told me that there is probably a wire that grounds out when the motor rocks like that. so i need to pull off the upper intake, correct the problem and then get it on the road again to continue more tuning.

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1987 Fiero GT built by my brother, merlot566jka, 3500 LX9 from 06 Malibu, WOT-TECH.com 1280 grind stage 3 cam, LS6 valve springs, 1227730 ECM conversion, Darrel Morse solid aluminum cradle mounts, Truleo headers modified to fit the 3500, 36# inectors, 70mm 4.3 throttle body adapted to 3500 intake, ported heads, upper and lower intakes, lightly polished, tcemotorsports.com crank trigger wheel, CenterForce dual friction clutch, Flowtech Afterburner muffler, 2.5" piping, cat deleted, EGR deleted, SinisterPerformance tuning, C6 Corvette exhaust tips. projected to be 35 MPG with a guesstimate of 250 hp at the motor

Ran out of Fiero fumds...

Tried to finish the paid for stuff and guess what...The new stainless flex brake lines leak. Tried to save a buck..Supposed to be DOT approved. Now I have to see if the seller will take care of me or leave me high and dry. Crap!!

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quote Originally posted by RCR: Ran out of Fiero fumds...

I never had any, no wonder I'm getting nowhere fast.

It wasn't today but yesterday in the pouring rain my alt/wp belt decided to break while I was on the highway. Good thing kids weren't around cause I was cursing quite a bit.

All the Parking lights were on when I got back from dinner yesterday.
Switch is off. Lights are on though. Can't stand electrical problems. It's like finding a needle in a haystack. Well, ...at least it started and I was able to get it home.
Disconnected the battery for now. Deal with in a couple of days.

Tina

My 87 GT won't start...looks like I am off to trade the battery in on a new one when I get a few minutes this week.

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Green 1987 GT 5spd
Black 1986 SE V6 Auto - 3800SC Swap in Progress
"And this one time, on the Fiero Forum..."

quote Originally posted by RCR: Tried to finish the paid for stuff and guess what...The new stainless flex brake lines leak. Tried to save a buck..Supposed to be DOT approved. Now I have to see if the seller will take care of me or leave me high and dry. Crap!!

Well, good news today...The company I bought the lines from refunded 100% of the cost. Used that money to buy Russel lines from Summit.

Otherwise...No news, good or bad.

Bob

nothin has gone wrong with any fiero's in the entire world in these last few days? hmm, so hell did freeze over.

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1987 Fiero GT built by my brother, merlot566jka, 3500 LX9 from 06 Malibu, WOT-TECH.com 1280 grind stage 3 cam, LS6 valve springs, 1227730 ECM conversion, Darrel Morse solid aluminum cradle mounts, Truleo headers modified to fit the 3500, 36# inectors, 70mm 4.3 throttle body adapted to 3500 intake, ported heads, upper and lower intakes, lightly polished, tcemotorsports.com crank trigger wheel, CenterForce dual friction clutch, Flowtech Afterburner muffler, 2.5" piping, cat deleted, EGR deleted, SinisterPerformance tuning, C6 Corvette exhaust tips. projected to be 35 MPG with a guesstimate of 250 hp at the motor

Mine just passed smog again well under the limits. I love this car!

thats what went wrong? i would be bragging about that else were

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1987 Fiero GT built by my brother, merlot566jka, 3500 LX9 from 06 Malibu, WOT-TECH.com 1280 grind stage 3 cam, LS6 valve springs, 1227730 ECM conversion, Darrel Morse solid aluminum cradle mounts, Truleo headers modified to fit the 3500, 36# inectors, 70mm 4.3 throttle body adapted to 3500 intake, ported heads, upper and lower intakes, lightly polished, tcemotorsports.com crank trigger wheel, CenterForce dual friction clutch, Flowtech Afterburner muffler, 2.5" piping, cat deleted, EGR deleted, SinisterPerformance tuning, C6 Corvette exhaust tips. projected to be 35 MPG with a guesstimate of 250 hp at the motor

My 88 Formula overheated today. Had coolant spraying out from under the front radiator cap.

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Chuck
88 Formula W/fastback
96 New Yorker

quote Originally posted by americasfuture2k: thats what went wrong? i would be bragging about that else were

Before the technician smogged, he could not get the rear deck lid to release. After a couple of tries it did release so I guess it was kidding around with him. Also noticed a long thread of spider's silk hanging underneath so my last wash job must have gone horribly wrong.

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In my first day of Fiero ownership, drove my new 86 SE V6 home 245 miles, and had the RF brake caliper stick closed 2 miles from home... glad it waited that long to stick, and glad I made it home OK!

drove home from work seems the idler pulley is going, and on top of that when i fiered it up a few hrs ago the engine lght came on but went back off, i have a leaking exhaust that i just replaced, my coolant disappears but cant locate the leak, and im 2 qts low on oil every month or so. GOTTA LOVE THE DUKE

Dang! My car must be cursed by my posting in this thread. Noticed a thin line of brake fluid drool on the front firewall under the clutch master cylinder. Hopefully this isn't the beginning of the "bad replacement master cylinder/can't bleed it properly" syndrome.

i know no fieros are perfect and havent broken here recently. c'mon, tell us what you, i mean what broke on yours today. we wont laugh at you. well not too hard atleast. we will just do it quietly behind your back

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1987 Fiero GT built by my brother, merlot566jka, 3500 LX9 from 06 Malibu, WOT-TECH.com 1280 grind stage 3 cam, LS6 valve springs, 1227730 ECM conversion, Darrel Morse solid aluminum cradle mounts, Truleo headers modified to fit the 3500, 36# inectors, 70mm 4.3 throttle body adapted to 3500 intake, ported heads, upper and lower intakes, lightly polished, tcemotorsports.com crank trigger wheel, CenterForce dual friction clutch, Flowtech Afterburner muffler, 2.5" piping, cat deleted, EGR deleted, SinisterPerformance tuning, C6 Corvette exhaust tips. projected to be 35 MPG with a guesstimate of 250 hp at the motor

Did a early morning quick accel run from a roll on a deserted road ..sorry about the chopy vid , youtubes fault



and then the SES light comes on and stays on.


Code 43.

ended up being a bad sensor that apparently had been going out for sometime cause after i put a new on in my car felt like it was much quicker with a much better idle and drivability

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What went wrong with my fiero. Well lets see to start friday i got my stuck spark plug out(when i changed my spark plugs 2 weeks ago i couldnt get one out and well i finnaly got it out ).... well most of it... the rest is still sitting in the head but as the pictures will show theses things havent been changed in a while..... a LONG while. so today thinking i could get it done in a day (should have known better) i attempted to take the head out. Yea well that didnt last long and now its going in to storage for the winter.






ugh

Today my car started to die as I was cruising on I-595. I made it off the interstate and pulled off to the side. Waited 45 min for the tow truck and had it towed 13 miles ($85 hook up--$5 per mile--10% fuel surcharge--$165 )
It is still raining so tomorrow will be a troubleshoot day before I go to work at 3PM.
This is on my LT1.

Alternater went out ....i replace it....and drove about 10 miles so the battery would recharge,,,,,,

I stop to get gas...and its dead when i try to restart it! Nice....

Overflow tank mounting ears both broke off of the tank yesterday. So the tank drops down in to the cooling fan. I had the AC on so it was a heck of a noise. Looking for a good used tank.

mikeformula88----check your e-mail

This is the link I was referring to.
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/069397.html