help 87 camaro rs

[NailZ69]

hey i need help, im getting ready to buy a camaro rs, he lives right beside me, and he told me something was wrong with it..i forgot what he said but its something that causes it to die after running for a minute...do any of u gearheads know what it might be? and how much/hard it is to fix it?..if you cant help me out..a little later when he gets up ill ask him what it was.thx in advance..


-NailZ

[89IROC&RS]

well, this is pretty much impossible to answer correctly, there are far too many things that might cause that condition. i would just walk over next door, and ask him again. now if you find out what the problem is, and want to know how much of a headache it will be to fix, then wed be better able to help ya out with that. but there is honestly no way to tell you from simply, it starts but dies. so im not even gonna hazard a guess. especially if your decision to buy it hinges on this repair.

[NailZ69]

aight i need another camaro so i still might get this..i talked to him and he said something like on the exaust manifold that controls the 02sensor or something like that?...anyway thats what makes it not idle and kills it

[89IROC&RS]

the manifold that controls the 02 sensor.......... you mean the manifold is cracked?????? or the o2 sensor is broken???

[NailZ69]

no he said its a little box on the manifold that controlls something do do with 02 that kills it

[89IROC&RS]

oh is it the A.I.R. injection pump?????

[NailZ69]

i unno, i just remembered he said something about it affecting the fule injectors?

[89IROC&RS]

shit now im really lost, is it the exhaust, the o2 sensor, or the fuel injectors???????

[NailZ69]

lol im not trying to confuse u man...he said...


1.)its a small box on the manifold

2.)something to do with 02

3.)it affects the fuel injectors

[Genopsyde]

ok, i'm assuming now he's talking about the intake manifold and the egr isn't working properly.

[NailZ69]

Originally Posted by Genopsyde

ok, i'm assuming now he's talking about the intake manifold and the egr isn't working properly.

not sure what that is, explain a little more?

[89IROC&RS]

OHHHHHHHHHHHH sounds like a MAF sensor problem. Mass Air Flow sensor, measures the ammount of air coming into the engine, the computer calculates this airflow and injects the correct ammount of fuel to burn proporly, its around 350 bucks. and easy as hell to install. but yeah if that wasnt working then the engine wouldnt run.

[89IROC&RS]

OHHHHHHHHHHHH sounds like a MAF sensor problem. Mass Air Flow sensor, measures the ammount of air coming into the engine, the computer calculates this airflow and injects the correct ammount of fuel to burn proporly, its around 350 bucks. and easy as hell to install. but yeah if that wasnt working then the engine wouldnt run.

or wait, you said it was an RS, then it could be a MAP sensor, Manifold Absolute Pressure sensor, basicly the same thing, but different operating system. cuz its TBI.

[NailZ69]

damn dude, $350!?!? JUNKYARD!!! here i come!!

lol ...so thats whats making it not idle and die?

[NailZ69]

so what u think i should get for it?