THANK YOU! My '99 S-10 had the same problem, and after watching this video, I was able to replace that short hose coming off the T and now all is well. Maybe it's just the "car wash effect", but the engine seems to run better too! One question, tho: I used 7/32" hose (that's what that much longer piece is) but I saw another video that suggests it's 5/32". The 7/32" is working fine, but I want it to be right.
@HamHockLV You are welcome. I'm glad this video helped you out! The engine likely *will* run better, as a vacuum leak will throw certain things off if it's bad enough.
I don't recall what size of hose I used. I probably did the highly precise thing and used whatever was laying around that happened to fit properly.
Ok maybe you can help me on this cause Im puzzled. My 97 S10 Blazer has heating issues. When it gets to operating temps, it will only blow warm air(not hot and not cold) thro the defrost and/or floor vents. If you put it on the vents, it blows cold air. Now, itll only blow warm air for a little bit then gets cold again. Also, if you have it, oh lets say defrost, and you give it gas to keep at highway speeds up hill, itll blow thro the vents. Let go, and it goes back to where you have it set.
@tripovermyego Mine is presently doing something similar with air temperature, after a coolant change. I suspect trapped air or a bad thermostat, because the heat worked beforehand! The vents changing output is a result of vacuum loss. Engine vacuum drops at higher engine speeds, which explains that behavior. There's a leak somewhere.
@yz100f This is the kind of thing that private messages are for (especially since Youtube never tells me of some comments, including this one). Please send one of those in future.
Is it always three minutes, and can you restart the truck? I suspect that something in the ignition system is cutting out, resulting in loss of spark and sudden shutdown.
@uxwbill thats ok i ask like this because i usually ask many ppl and also for others with the same question know where to look but no now i cleaned egr and maf sensor cleaned throttle body and intake with carb cleaner cleaned iac and tps seemed fine now it runs like when i bought it runs for 10 min then sputters and dies always restarts then i do ten minutes ! im gonna try and clean crank position sensor tomorrow hope its that
@uxwbill yea i took it to garage and im in records for codes haha i got 16 codes haha but the stalling is due to the crank sensor wich is causing extra U codes it was the first time i took a vehicle to the mechanics but now i know where to look
i had a 2000 chevy s10, with the 2.2l 4cyl motor and both of my hoses were worn down and were leaking air, i replaced both of the ends of the hoses and it even made the lifter noise a lot more quiet...some how? who knows.
fuck man.... about 2 week ago i started looking for a way to fix this shit. spent to many dam hours trying to find something on the internet and i finally got it. Thanks man....
@jollyrancher4128 I think it was a pipe "tee" used to direct vacuum pressure to various parts of the system. The fastest way to get one would probably be to get one from a junkyard. If you want to try to get one from GM, ask a dealership for an exploded view of that part of the system and point out the part you need. I'd be a little surprise if you can order something that little as a separate part.
@4321rooster I'm not sure where it goes. I didn't have to pull it out, and it didn't look like something I wanted to do. If you go to a Chevrolet dealership and ask the service department, they should print you a sheet from the factory service literature that shows the vacuum line routing.
you guys are lovely and acceptable !! :D priceless video for s10 owners !! i have this hose exactly rotten but never figured out what was it for !! :D . thank u .
my 2000 gmc sierra does this to ill have the vents set to off and if i give it alot of gas air will start coming out of the top vents for the face not defroster
hey ya wanna know a REALLY fun repair job? the heater core went out on my dad's 2001 chevy s10 last christmas and me and him had to strip the WHOLE ENTIRE dash outta there just to get to that stupid heater core, that was the most fun we evar had workin on a vehicle
Kinda funny that you made this video cause I have had problems like this too. I have already replaced a few of my lines but it still acts up from time to time.
@101xfmrogers For me, metal work usually ends badly. I'm not sure I can talk the 'furhead into doing this work, as I believe he got Seriously Put Out when working on the seat in my truck.
Which reminds me...I ought to make a video about the seat cover he made!
Bill, my 99 Ford Ranger does this also, but under hard acceleration, the vents just close and stop blowing at all. And the truck does not idle down like it supposed to, it takes a little bit for it to get back down to idle after you push the clutch in, I have not looked into it too much for the fear of tearing the whole thing appart. But I think tomorrow I'll give it a visual look over to see if I'm as lucky as you were!
@uxwbill I'm working on the video edit now, but the repair only left me with new vacuum lines, vent controls are still jacked, but you had the same symptom as mine except I have it all the time.
@uxwbill Your a/c compressor was cycling on the truck I would get that looked at it usally means that you have low refrigerant in the a/c system I would have the refrigerant pressure checked.
I don't know if the keykeeper was playing with the controls during the video but I would have the pressure checked just to play it safe.
That was too simple. lol. I remeber when you got the Lumina on the road was when your truck was acting up. You said it in one of your vids. lol. I kinda wish you had never gotten rid of the Lumina, and I feel that one day you might too. Cause 3.1l MPFI gm v6s are VERY reliably.
@Motorfordtoyota Getting rid of the Lumina was probably a mistake. I should have just put a starter on it and been done with it. I might find another, one never knows...
@hitachi088 You can, until the vacuum pressure is depleted. There is some reserve in the system.
For all I like to badmouth his truck, I'd love to have the system that is used on the Keykeeper's big brown truck. It uses electrical servo motors for just about every air directing function, and can be freely set to direct air about anywhere. It'll even let you do recirculation without engaging the A/C, in any mode except defrost.
@hitachi088 Yes, some really old cars and trucks have done it that way, using rods to directly move any blending or air direction doors. If you want to know for sure, you can start taking things apart (!!) or get the GM/Helm *factory* service manual for your car.
Hey Uxwbill, nice youtube channel :) What do you think about 850's? Are they worth buying? Or should i spend my money on something else like 740/940? Give me your opinion, you seem to know about about cars :) Thankx!
@uxwbill What do you think about Volvo 850's? Are they worth buying? Or should i spend my money on something else like Volvo 740/940? what do you think about the Volvo 850?, you seem to know about cars :) Thankx!
Don't know If you didnt knew i was talking about Volvo 850? Well, i hope you can answer now =)
@fredde94chr Truthfully, I don't know beans about any of the Volvo cars you have mentioned. I've never had any of them, nor do I know anyone who does. The only Volvo I have any experience (very little experience, at that) is the 240DL that my dad is driving.
Before buying any car, I would strongly recommend that you test drive it, give it a good looking over or take it to a mechanic you trust.
@uxwbill Well, i can't really test it... it's a 450dollar car, in very good kondition, no rust or such... Iam bringing a mechanic to take a look at it. It dont start since the fuel pump is broken and some other stuff that nees to be fixed!
So then, do you think my mechanic can take a quick look to see if it's really the fuel pump and nothing else? Is it easy to notice if it's really the pump? Sorry my english isnt the best! I hope you understand what i mean!
@fredde94chr You should definitely bring a mechanic with you to look at it. I fear you may be buying someone else's problem. Maybe they didn't want to fix the fuel pump, maybe it was too expensive or maybe they're not fixing it to hide some other fault that isn't obvious unless the car is running.
i wonder if my 95 olds is the same way... both your S-10 and my old are GM... could that be the reason why i have no control of where the air flow goes?
@ChiefLeftenant It's very likely that your Olds has a lot in common with the Keykeeper's Pontiac, especially if it has automatic climate controls. There is likely to be a "programmer block" somewhere that has vacuum lines going to it. The ends of these lines have probably rotted.
Hey uxwbill, This is just a question that really isn't related to the video, but I figured I could ask anyway. Have you ever heard of not being able to put a donut size spare tire in front if the car is front wheel drive. I was told that can damage the transmission? Any ideas.
@ospreys4life08 It doesn't make sense to me...many front wheel drive vehicles have compact spares. In particular, every one I have seen or owned has been so equipped.
My best advice would be to check the manual for the car in question or ask a dealership.
@BonhommeRichard91 There's always the indirect route by way of condensation and its building up in that area. That's always been my theory as to how it happens.
In the Keykeeper's truck, after folding the seat forward, it is possible to see the back side of the cab corners at each side.
I had a Ford Taurus years ago that would switch over to defroster under hard acceleration. I decided to trade that car because that was far from the only lemon it had lol.
LOL "Naughtiac". I had the same problem out of my 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix and my buddy had the same issue out of a 1998 Chevy Monte Carlo, so it must be a GM thing.
@clubcar98 I doubt that you will. I've never heard of another one of these doing anything similar. It was very strange--if the truck lost power and I cycled the key, that reset whatever was wrong. Interestingly, I would not lose any radio presets or the clock setting.
If I did nothing, the truck would eventually come back to life after twenty minutes or so. After that, all of the radio presets and clock would be cleared.
I just replaced the hose coming coming from the throttle body to that little plastic piece and that little piece the keykeeper was pulling that you said was there for a reason it had affected my mileage and was messing with my air fuel mixture to the point it had flooded my motor. after fixing that and a tune up my little 03 S10 is purring like a kitten :)
@fanficrulez I was actually speaking of a hose that you can't see very well in the video, if you can see it at all. For whatever reason, there is a vacuum hose running down into the fender area. I'm not sure where it goes or what it does.
@Buchoass Hey, welcome back...long time, no see! Necessity is definitely the mother of invention around these parts. I'm pretty sure I know where the Keykeeper found that empty bottle of oil to modify!
The cruise control on this truck seems to be electrically operated instead of a vacuum-type system. There was a flat spot in the acceleration (only at speed) that now seems to be gone.
wow an A/C pump that doesnt run full time. weird either A/C is on or its on defrost. it is running then shutting off and then running then shutting off.
@walkingfreak Any automotive A/C system I've seen that is working properly will cycle as this one does, with the cycle rate varying depending upon outdoor temperature and the system's operating mode. In GM vehicles, two pressure switches govern this operation. One is a safety switch on the high pressure side of the system.
GM actually made a point of the cycling behavior shown here, pointing it out as a fuel saving feature in some marketing material for this truck.
@uxwbill Actually on the old systems before they had the orifice tube and pressure switches. They had an expansion valve that would open and close between the high side and low side to regulate pressure, and cause the freon to cool as it passed through the expansion valve. On those systems when the ac was on the compressor stayed on all the time. But yeah any modern system cycles the compressor.
@mjmcomputers I stand corrected! I'd have to admit that I never saw something along those lines in an automotive setup. I did see something similar in an A/C system for a large building.
@uxwbill William, just a heads-up...some of the newer GM AC compressors do run full time. They are known as variable-displacement. Simply put, the compressor constantly adjusts it's output pressure internally and does not cycle the clutch. Also some AC systems that use an expansion valve instead of an orifice tube run the compressor full time.
@WhoSaidTyler What an idea...I had no idea that "modulating" compressors were turning up in cars these days. Are those electric (PWM) or engine driven?
@uxwbill Engine driven. They look like any compressor but have a variable "arrangement" for lack of a better term that controls how much pressure the compressor outputs at any given time.
Google Delphi V5 compressor if you want to learn more.
@uxwbill My 1997 VW Passat has a variable displacement A/C compressor. But then again it also has drive-by-wire (the accelerator is merely a potentiometer), so Volkswagen was pretty far ahead of their time back then. My Mazda, which is over a decade newer, has neither of these features!
@mikeluscher159 All warning lights come on as a lamp test during startup time and stay on for a few seconds later. The only warning lights that are regularly on are ABS (which I will fix when I've got time) and airbag (deliberately induced, will not fix).
@uxwbill i did and used it, is one of those things u just one day need in computer repair, it deletes all those stupid program folders in the start menu left behind and all, do u think one day u could do a vlog on computer software " snake Oil" stupid things like maxmyspeed and that?
@mikeluscher159 The passenger's side airbag deactivation switch is bad. I didn't do anything...came out to the truck one day and it was sick. At first, turning it from off to on would fix it. Now it's pretty solidly broken.
After seeing some of the more destructive airbag episodes here on Youtube...whether right or wrong...I'm sorry, but I don't want that going off in my face if I ever have a crash in this truck.
@uxwbill An airbag will not harm a properly belted adult. My mom was in a crash when the airbag in her '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee deployed and all she got was a little scratch on her chin. This was with the early full-power Chrysler airbag design, too. Since 1998, automakers have used smaller "depowered" airbags.
@vwestlife I'm not vehemently anti-airbag, just not terribly crazy about them. It may not be logical or correct, yet I cannot shake the thought of *not* wanting to have one explode/inflate in my face. That and the service part is probably expensive...if they'd even sell one to me. :-)
@uxwbill In the event of an airbag deployment, the collision damage would most likely be significant enough that you'd be replacing the entire truck, not just the airbag itself!
@vwestlife Let's hope I don't ever have to find out. The closest I've ever come to having a nasty accident was a few birthdays ago, when a tractor-trailer forced me off the road. I went down an interstate embankment doing 60 miles an hour and the whole time I'm thinking "there is no way I can avoid rolling this truck". Time seemed to slow down so much--it felt like ages before I got it stopped. I just kept fighting to maintain control, steering and braking my way to a safe stop.
@uxwbill As 'furhead put it, he was very glad he'd gone to the bathroom at the restaurant.
What amazed me the most was the random kindness of strangers who pulled over. One young man pulled over and gave me the floormats from his *brand new* car in an effort to give my truckling enough traction to get out.
@WhoSaidTyler Yes there is. Long live the Compact Cassette! The factory radio has been sitting in my closet since late 2002 when I bought the truck. I might have turned it on twice. Its audio quality (BASS! BASS! BASS!) sucked. While I might have kept it around, the CD player's inability to handle CD-RW ensured it would be banished to my closet forevermore.
The only thing I miss about the factory radio is its support for R(B)DS.
@Matthew55904 The Daewoo vehicles were not initially affiliated with GM, nor did they begin life as GM designs (at least not to the best of my knowledge). Other automakers may well do things differently, and there's no guarantee that every failure is going to result in proper fail-safe behavior, as happened in this video and on your car.
@uxwbill when we bought the deawoo the dealer told us that Daewoo is GM the vent controls in a Daewoo are cable controlled not Vacuum controlled we had to pay 60 bucks to have the cable replaced even our mechanic told us that cars usually failsafe to defrost and they were surprised mine didnt
THANK YOU! My '99 S-10 had the same problem, and after watching this video, I was able to replace that short hose coming off the T and now all is well. Maybe it's just the "car wash effect", but the engine seems to run better too! One question, tho: I used 7/32" hose (that's what that much longer piece is) but I saw another video that suggests it's 5/32". The 7/32" is working fine, but I want it to be right.
HamHockLV 1 week ago
@HamHockLV You are welcome. I'm glad this video helped you out! The engine likely *will* run better, as a vacuum leak will throw certain things off if it's bad enough.
I don't recall what size of hose I used. I probably did the highly precise thing and used whatever was laying around that happened to fit properly.
uxwbill 1 week ago
Ok maybe you can help me on this cause Im puzzled. My 97 S10 Blazer has heating issues. When it gets to operating temps, it will only blow warm air(not hot and not cold) thro the defrost and/or floor vents. If you put it on the vents, it blows cold air. Now, itll only blow warm air for a little bit then gets cold again. Also, if you have it, oh lets say defrost, and you give it gas to keep at highway speeds up hill, itll blow thro the vents. Let go, and it goes back to where you have it set.
tripovermyego 1 month ago
@tripovermyego Any ideas on what you think it could be? If it helps, it has the 4.3 Vortec and is 4wd.
tripovermyego 1 month ago
@tripovermyego Mine is presently doing something similar with air temperature, after a coolant change. I suspect trapped air or a bad thermostat, because the heat worked beforehand! The vents changing output is a result of vacuum loss. Engine vacuum drops at higher engine speeds, which explains that behavior. There's a leak somewhere.
uxwbill 1 month ago
if you look on my channel my 99 s10 4.3 starts then stalls three minutes after running any help would be apreciated
yz100f 1 month ago
@yz100f This is the kind of thing that private messages are for (especially since Youtube never tells me of some comments, including this one). Please send one of those in future.
Is it always three minutes, and can you restart the truck? I suspect that something in the ignition system is cutting out, resulting in loss of spark and sudden shutdown.
uxwbill 1 month ago
@uxwbill thats ok i ask like this because i usually ask many ppl and also for others with the same question know where to look but no now i cleaned egr and maf sensor cleaned throttle body and intake with carb cleaner cleaned iac and tps seemed fine now it runs like when i bought it runs for 10 min then sputters and dies always restarts then i do ten minutes ! im gonna try and clean crank position sensor tomorrow hope its that
yz100f 1 month ago
@yz100f That's all well and good, but there is a letter limit here that makes things difficult. The presentation of replies is also messy.
I think your problem lies in either the high energy ignition pack, or possibly the crankshaft sensor.
uxwbill 1 month ago
@uxwbill yea i took it to garage and im in records for codes haha i got 16 codes haha but the stalling is due to the crank sensor wich is causing extra U codes it was the first time i took a vehicle to the mechanics but now i know where to look
yz100f 1 month ago
i had a 2000 chevy s10, with the 2.2l 4cyl motor and both of my hoses were worn down and were leaking air, i replaced both of the ends of the hoses and it even made the lifter noise a lot more quiet...some how? who knows.
MusiikN0w 1 month ago
where does that line go down fender to tank? mine is completly gone and my truck stalls once warm help me
yz100f 1 month ago
@yz100f I don't know. I didn't go into the system that far.
Go to a GM dealership and ask them for a printout of that part of the system. Most will give you one at no charge.
uxwbill 1 month ago
Very lucky guys, I had to pull my dash to get to actuator.
indybobthis 2 months ago
Where are you guys from, Iowa?
bae313 2 months ago
@bae313 Illinois USA.
uxwbill 2 months ago
fuck man.... about 2 week ago i started looking for a way to fix this shit. spent to many dam hours trying to find something on the internet and i finally got it. Thanks man....
linkindewey 2 months ago
@linkindewey Well, I'm glad it was useful...sorry you didn't find it sooner, but I can't do much about that.
uxwbill 2 months ago
What is that little piece that you guys say not to break? Can you tell me the part number or what it is called i have some how lost mine?
jollyrancher4128 2 months ago
@jollyrancher4128 I think it was a pipe "tee" used to direct vacuum pressure to various parts of the system. The fastest way to get one would probably be to get one from a junkyard. If you want to try to get one from GM, ask a dealership for an exploded view of that part of the system and point out the part you need. I'd be a little surprise if you can order something that little as a separate part.
uxwbill 2 months ago
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jollyrancher4128 2 months ago
I was wondering what the hell those lines did. I was also wondering why my ac doesn't always work. Now I can put 2 and 2 together... sweet.
k7ninja 2 months ago
You replaced the short hose but where does the other 6 in hose go? I cant find its connection .
4321rooster 3 months ago
@4321rooster I'm not sure where it goes. I didn't have to pull it out, and it didn't look like something I wanted to do. If you go to a Chevrolet dealership and ask the service department, they should print you a sheet from the factory service literature that shows the vacuum line routing.
uxwbill 3 months ago
you guys are lovely and acceptable !! :D priceless video for s10 owners !! i have this hose exactly rotten but never figured out what was it for !! :D . thank u .
TeDuaMalakie 5 months ago 2
my 2000 gmc sierra does this to ill have the vents set to off and if i give it alot of gas air will start coming out of the top vents for the face not defroster
joeldude76 8 months ago
hey ya wanna know a REALLY fun repair job? the heater core went out on my dad's 2001 chevy s10 last christmas and me and him had to strip the WHOLE ENTIRE dash outta there just to get to that stupid heater core, that was the most fun we evar had workin on a vehicle
wastedpills 9 months ago
Looks like at 3:20 what you found was the keykeeper I would say!
doorkeeper434 10 months ago
they always have problems with the hvac blend door. my 2002 sonoma had the same problem!
James89RL 10 months ago
Kinda funny that you made this video cause I have had problems like this too. I have already replaced a few of my lines but it still acts up from time to time.
95z28m6 10 months ago
That rust spot should be pretty easy to fix. Once on my 92 Olds I've fixed large rust holes with some computer casing tin.
101xfmrogers 10 months ago
@101xfmrogers For me, metal work usually ends badly. I'm not sure I can talk the 'furhead into doing this work, as I believe he got Seriously Put Out when working on the seat in my truck.
Which reminds me...I ought to make a video about the seat cover he made!
uxwbill 10 months ago
Bill, my 99 Ford Ranger does this also, but under hard acceleration, the vents just close and stop blowing at all. And the truck does not idle down like it supposed to, it takes a little bit for it to get back down to idle after you push the clutch in, I have not looked into it too much for the fear of tearing the whole thing appart. But I think tomorrow I'll give it a visual look over to see if I'm as lucky as you were!
84reliantk 10 months ago
@84reliantk With that much affected, I'd have to think that the vacuum leak you have is pretty major and should show up readily.
uxwbill 10 months ago
Hopefully, I can have a video response up later tonight....
weasel2htm 10 months ago
@weasel2htm If you don't mind my asking for a teaser... :-) (I'm going to be in and out a lot tonight, and therefore not on YT.)
...do you have good, bad, or ugly news?
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill I'm working on the video edit now, but the repair only left me with new vacuum lines, vent controls are still jacked, but you had the same symptom as mine except I have it all the time.
weasel2htm 10 months ago
@uxwbill Your a/c compressor was cycling on the truck I would get that looked at it usally means that you have low refrigerant in the a/c system I would have the refrigerant pressure checked.
I don't know if the keykeeper was playing with the controls during the video but I would have the pressure checked just to play it safe.
Jcc3279 10 months ago
@Jcc3279 It's working as designed. Many GM systems from the 80s up to the time this truck was made (June 2002 -- 2003 model year) work this way.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill Update: IT'S ALIVE!!!!! Video on the way.
weasel2htm 10 months ago
@weasel2htm Way cool! You're getting there...!
uxwbill 10 months ago
That was too simple. lol. I remeber when you got the Lumina on the road was when your truck was acting up. You said it in one of your vids. lol. I kinda wish you had never gotten rid of the Lumina, and I feel that one day you might too. Cause 3.1l MPFI gm v6s are VERY reliably.
Motorfordtoyota 10 months ago
@Motorfordtoyota Getting rid of the Lumina was probably a mistake. I should have just put a starter on it and been done with it. I might find another, one never knows...
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill Who knows? It coulda been like your old trusty when your truckling ever fails.
Motorfordtoyota 10 months ago
so you cant change your ventilation setting when your car is not running?
kind of sucks.
hitachi088 10 months ago
@hitachi088 You can, until the vacuum pressure is depleted. There is some reserve in the system.
For all I like to badmouth his truck, I'd love to have the system that is used on the Keykeeper's big brown truck. It uses electrical servo motors for just about every air directing function, and can be freely set to direct air about anywhere. It'll even let you do recirculation without engaging the A/C, in any mode except defrost.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill
is this posible that a car got all the ventilation system on manual moving parts? like a saturn SL1 94.
hitachi088 10 months ago
@hitachi088 Yes, some really old cars and trucks have done it that way, using rods to directly move any blending or air direction doors. If you want to know for sure, you can start taking things apart (!!) or get the GM/Helm *factory* service manual for your car.
uxwbill 10 months ago
Hey Uxwbill, nice youtube channel :) What do you think about 850's? Are they worth buying? Or should i spend my money on something else like 740/940? Give me your opinion, you seem to know about about cars :) Thankx!
fredde94chr 10 months ago
@fredde94chr I'm not at all sure what you are talking about. I'd give you an answer, but first I have to know exactly what I am being asked.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill What do you think about Volvo 850's? Are they worth buying? Or should i spend my money on something else like Volvo 740/940? what do you think about the Volvo 850?, you seem to know about cars :) Thankx!
Don't know If you didnt knew i was talking about Volvo 850? Well, i hope you can answer now =)
fredde94chr 10 months ago
@fredde94chr Truthfully, I don't know beans about any of the Volvo cars you have mentioned. I've never had any of them, nor do I know anyone who does. The only Volvo I have any experience (very little experience, at that) is the 240DL that my dad is driving.
Before buying any car, I would strongly recommend that you test drive it, give it a good looking over or take it to a mechanic you trust.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill Well, i can't really test it... it's a 450dollar car, in very good kondition, no rust or such... Iam bringing a mechanic to take a look at it. It dont start since the fuel pump is broken and some other stuff that nees to be fixed!
So then, do you think my mechanic can take a quick look to see if it's really the fuel pump and nothing else? Is it easy to notice if it's really the pump? Sorry my english isnt the best! I hope you understand what i mean!
fredde94chr 10 months ago
@fredde94chr You should definitely bring a mechanic with you to look at it. I fear you may be buying someone else's problem. Maybe they didn't want to fix the fuel pump, maybe it was too expensive or maybe they're not fixing it to hide some other fault that isn't obvious unless the car is running.
uxwbill 10 months ago
Oh and mine has defaulted to the defrost... but it still blows a little bit out the others...
ChiefLeftenant 10 months ago
i wonder if my 95 olds is the same way... both your S-10 and my old are GM... could that be the reason why i have no control of where the air flow goes?
ChiefLeftenant 10 months ago
@ChiefLeftenant It's very likely that your Olds has a lot in common with the Keykeeper's Pontiac, especially if it has automatic climate controls. There is likely to be a "programmer block" somewhere that has vacuum lines going to it. The ends of these lines have probably rotted.
uxwbill 10 months ago
Man, it scares me when something is that simple to fix.
MAG315 10 months ago
@MAG315 You and me both. Like I said in the video, I know karma is waiting to even things out. I just don't know when.
uxwbill 10 months ago
Hey uxwbill, This is just a question that really isn't related to the video, but I figured I could ask anyway. Have you ever heard of not being able to put a donut size spare tire in front if the car is front wheel drive. I was told that can damage the transmission? Any ideas.
ospreys4life08 10 months ago
@ospreys4life08 It doesn't make sense to me...many front wheel drive vehicles have compact spares. In particular, every one I have seen or owned has been so equipped.
My best advice would be to check the manual for the car in question or ask a dealership.
uxwbill 10 months ago
dodge and chryliser do it in the vans
itscool1968 10 months ago
Why is it that cab corners always rust? Doesn't seem like there is any way for moisture to get in there.
BonhommeRichard91 10 months ago
@BonhommeRichard91 There's always the indirect route by way of condensation and its building up in that area. That's always been my theory as to how it happens.
In the Keykeeper's truck, after folding the seat forward, it is possible to see the back side of the cab corners at each side.
uxwbill 10 months ago
I had a Ford Taurus years ago that would switch over to defroster under hard acceleration. I decided to trade that car because that was far from the only lemon it had lol.
jefferyb304 10 months ago
@jefferyb304 I like the "far from the only lemon it had" phrase. +1 I'll have to remember that! :-)
uxwbill 10 months ago
i hate when issues with cars dont happen when you take it into the mechanic, they really have a mind of their own i swear!
gmcnewlook 10 months ago
LOL "Naughtiac". I had the same problem out of my 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix and my buddy had the same issue out of a 1998 Chevy Monte Carlo, so it must be a GM thing.
mgospeed31 10 months ago
I am looking into buying one of these trucks in the future...sure hope I don't have computer troubles with it!
Well, good thing it was not a vacuum line under the dash or a leaking servo for the vents. Got lucky there!
Love the cassette radio, I seem to have a knack for buying lots of cassettes on eBay now a days, must have around 65 now.
clubcar98 10 months ago
@clubcar98 I doubt that you will. I've never heard of another one of these doing anything similar. It was very strange--if the truck lost power and I cycled the key, that reset whatever was wrong. Interestingly, I would not lose any radio presets or the clock setting.
If I did nothing, the truck would eventually come back to life after twenty minutes or so. After that, all of the radio presets and clock would be cleared.
Maybe it was some kind of circuit breaker?
uxwbill 10 months ago
I just replaced the hose coming coming from the throttle body to that little plastic piece and that little piece the keykeeper was pulling that you said was there for a reason it had affected my mileage and was messing with my air fuel mixture to the point it had flooded my motor. after fixing that and a tune up my little 03 S10 is purring like a kitten :)
Dean
fanficrulez 10 months ago
@fanficrulez I was actually speaking of a hose that you can't see very well in the video, if you can see it at all. For whatever reason, there is a vacuum hose running down into the fender area. I'm not sure where it goes or what it does.
uxwbill 10 months ago
Cool funnel... Hey I had issues with my cruise control and traced it back to a vacuum leak. Cheers. B. Champagne
Buchoass 10 months ago
@Buchoass Hey, welcome back...long time, no see! Necessity is definitely the mother of invention around these parts. I'm pretty sure I know where the Keykeeper found that empty bottle of oil to modify!
The cruise control on this truck seems to be electrically operated instead of a vacuum-type system. There was a flat spot in the acceleration (only at speed) that now seems to be gone.
uxwbill 10 months ago
lmfaooo
nikyjim 10 months ago
wow an A/C pump that doesnt run full time. weird either A/C is on or its on defrost. it is running then shutting off and then running then shutting off.
walkingfreak 10 months ago
@walkingfreak Any automotive A/C system I've seen that is working properly will cycle as this one does, with the cycle rate varying depending upon outdoor temperature and the system's operating mode. In GM vehicles, two pressure switches govern this operation. One is a safety switch on the high pressure side of the system.
GM actually made a point of the cycling behavior shown here, pointing it out as a fuel saving feature in some marketing material for this truck.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill Actually on the old systems before they had the orifice tube and pressure switches. They had an expansion valve that would open and close between the high side and low side to regulate pressure, and cause the freon to cool as it passed through the expansion valve. On those systems when the ac was on the compressor stayed on all the time. But yeah any modern system cycles the compressor.
mjmcomputers 10 months ago
@mjmcomputers I stand corrected! I'd have to admit that I never saw something along those lines in an automotive setup. I did see something similar in an A/C system for a large building.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill William, just a heads-up...some of the newer GM AC compressors do run full time. They are known as variable-displacement. Simply put, the compressor constantly adjusts it's output pressure internally and does not cycle the clutch. Also some AC systems that use an expansion valve instead of an orifice tube run the compressor full time.
WhoSaidTyler 10 months ago
@WhoSaidTyler What an idea...I had no idea that "modulating" compressors were turning up in cars these days. Are those electric (PWM) or engine driven?
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill Engine driven. They look like any compressor but have a variable "arrangement" for lack of a better term that controls how much pressure the compressor outputs at any given time.
Google Delphi V5 compressor if you want to learn more.
WhoSaidTyler 10 months ago
@uxwbill My 1997 VW Passat has a variable displacement A/C compressor. But then again it also has drive-by-wire (the accelerator is merely a potentiometer), so Volkswagen was pretty far ahead of their time back then. My Mazda, which is over a decade newer, has neither of these features!
vwestlife 10 months ago
@uxwbill why r there so many warning lights on ur dash, also random software question, revo uninstaller pro, do u know it and also do u like it?
mikeluscher159 10 months ago
@mikeluscher159 All warning lights come on as a lamp test during startup time and stay on for a few seconds later. The only warning lights that are regularly on are ABS (which I will fix when I've got time) and airbag (deliberately induced, will not fix).
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill As for Revo Uninstaller Pro...dunno, never tried it. I would encourage you to do your homework and research it carefully before using it.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill i did and used it, is one of those things u just one day need in computer repair, it deletes all those stupid program folders in the start menu left behind and all, do u think one day u could do a vlog on computer software " snake Oil" stupid things like maxmyspeed and that?
mikeluscher159 10 months ago
@uxwbill what did u do to it?
mikeluscher159 10 months ago
@mikeluscher159 The passenger's side airbag deactivation switch is bad. I didn't do anything...came out to the truck one day and it was sick. At first, turning it from off to on would fix it. Now it's pretty solidly broken.
After seeing some of the more destructive airbag episodes here on Youtube...whether right or wrong...I'm sorry, but I don't want that going off in my face if I ever have a crash in this truck.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill An airbag will not harm a properly belted adult. My mom was in a crash when the airbag in her '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee deployed and all she got was a little scratch on her chin. This was with the early full-power Chrysler airbag design, too. Since 1998, automakers have used smaller "depowered" airbags.
vwestlife 10 months ago
@vwestlife I'm not vehemently anti-airbag, just not terribly crazy about them. It may not be logical or correct, yet I cannot shake the thought of *not* wanting to have one explode/inflate in my face. That and the service part is probably expensive...if they'd even sell one to me. :-)
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill In the event of an airbag deployment, the collision damage would most likely be significant enough that you'd be replacing the entire truck, not just the airbag itself!
vwestlife 10 months ago
@vwestlife Let's hope I don't ever have to find out. The closest I've ever come to having a nasty accident was a few birthdays ago, when a tractor-trailer forced me off the road. I went down an interstate embankment doing 60 miles an hour and the whole time I'm thinking "there is no way I can avoid rolling this truck". Time seemed to slow down so much--it felt like ages before I got it stopped. I just kept fighting to maintain control, steering and braking my way to a safe stop.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill As 'furhead put it, he was very glad he'd gone to the bathroom at the restaurant.
What amazed me the most was the random kindness of strangers who pulled over. One young man pulled over and gave me the floormats from his *brand new* car in an effort to give my truckling enough traction to get out.
uxwbill 10 months ago
Actually what's possibly more interesting is the fact that there an aftermarket CASSETTE player installed....heehee.
WhoSaidTyler 10 months ago
@WhoSaidTyler Yes there is. Long live the Compact Cassette! The factory radio has been sitting in my closet since late 2002 when I bought the truck. I might have turned it on twice. Its audio quality (BASS! BASS! BASS!) sucked. While I might have kept it around, the CD player's inability to handle CD-RW ensured it would be banished to my closet forevermore.
The only thing I miss about the factory radio is its support for R(B)DS.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill sony and kenwood make rds aftermarket stereos, they even make modules to keep the naughtieac's steering wheel controls in commision
mikeluscher159 10 months ago
it dont default to defrost for my car it never did it broke on dash vents so nomatter where i turned the dial thats where it stayed
Matthew55904 10 months ago
@Matthew55904 The Daewoo vehicles were not initially affiliated with GM, nor did they begin life as GM designs (at least not to the best of my knowledge). Other automakers may well do things differently, and there's no guarantee that every failure is going to result in proper fail-safe behavior, as happened in this video and on your car.
uxwbill 10 months ago
@uxwbill when we bought the deawoo the dealer told us that Daewoo is GM the vent controls in a Daewoo are cable controlled not Vacuum controlled we had to pay 60 bucks to have the cable replaced even our mechanic told us that cars usually failsafe to defrost and they were surprised mine didnt
Matthew55904 10 months ago
Ahaha the keykeeper is funny! Bad truck!
NorthStarOlds 10 months ago