Just remeber, this never fails...

The minute you get rid of it, the new owner will make a $50- $150 fix and it will never have a problem again... dont get rid of it... take your time, be patient, it will be awesome.

 

Yeah, i had a similar experience before. I had a little 87 S-10 ext cab, loaded with Tahoe package power everything, really nice. It died on me one day and wouldnt start again. I messed with it for awhile to no avail. I wound up selling it for money to move for half of what i paid for it. The guy i sold it to found the coil wire was grounding against the fender well. $6 and it was as good as new.

 

You bought an (almost) 20 year old car. Unless the previous owner went through and replaced every mechanical wear component, your going to have to put money into it yourself. Then you also have issues like the previous owner butchering wiring or stuff like that. I little research goes a long way before buying a vehicle. My 94 has 180k. I KNOW it needed some rebuilding. For example, I had to immediately invest in an opti, plugs, wires, ICM, IAT, TPS, MAP, IAC, EGR/solenoid AND a code scanner so I could work on it myself. The I had to put an AC compressor on it to get air conditioning. Now I find out I got to put a steering rack on it. It's all part of owning an older vehicle. If your not financially ready to support it, you should have invested your money into a newer vehicle. Not being a smart a$$ or anything, but you have to realize what your getting yourself into.

 

Say cheak your icm that little bugger will make your ride run bad as hell get them cold if they are bad and it will run fine for about 1min,really dont sound like an opti gone bad it would not have fired back up and ran good,i had the same thing happ i just redone my opti and 1 week later it would not crank,after taking the ICM off and putting it in the frezzer for about an hour i put it back on it fired up went and bought a new 1 problem soveld,give it a chance

 

Good info. Problem is that it doesnt start at all. Hasnt fired up once since i started this thread.

 

but you've posted you have access to a mechanic who will only charge $125 and all you need to do is flat bed it to him

It's been a month yet you haven't taken it to him?????????????????????

 

Just an update, turns out I was right all along. Timing chain stripped.

 

That sucks a ton dude, you gonna get it back together soon?

 

thats the first time i have heard of a lt1 gear failing. any metal in oil from it goin to pieces.

 

+1. A stripped timing chain?