Fiero broke down... Happend to you b4?

z.MacK · Post by **z.MacK** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:34 pm

So last week I was on my way to work. After getting off the highway and hitting the toll... I pulled into traffic and noticed my trannie slipping like a motherfucker.

I pull off onto some side street, the thing has almost not enough power to move at this point. I get out to check the decklid and notice a nice puddle of red under the car. Sheeeeeeet.
Cooler line broke under the car and is pissing out atf.

I used a set of vice grips to pinch off one of the rubber lines, and I jammed a screwdriver into the other line an hose clamped it.
At this point I have a nice amount of engine bay grease on my dress suit.

Dumped two quarts of mobil one motor oil into my trannie and I managed to limp to the local napa to buy some atf and top it off.

Ya, so that was my shitty fuckin last week story

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First time my fiero broke down on my in 3 years of owning it.

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:51 pm

I wouldn't really call that breaking down. I consider anytime when you have to call a tow is when its a true breakdown.

My old 85 gt did a coupel times.

Once the fuel pump went out when driving. the second is my ign module failed after volunteering at a food stand for local football games. Both required a tow.

My 85 gt was an auto as well and the rubber lines out of the tranny rubbed on each otehr long enough that one wore through. Started leaking as I was driving it home from school. I noticed a trail of fluid up my driveway as I backed it. I was down about 2 qts. Almost burned it up. Cut the line at the hole and reused the existing line. No more leaking, topped it off and then sprayed it for 2 years with 120k miles on it and still held up great.

whipped · Post by **whipped** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:59 pm

you put engine oil in your automatic transmission???

uhhhhhhhhhhh................................ :scratch:

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:27 am

when I got my car it had a bad tranny line, I replaced it with copper tubing, and some rubber hose for connections. Only used one hose clamp at each end of the rubber hose, and I lost one line on the highway. I had had a few drinks (2-3) and couldnt call the tow company, All I needed was a fucking hose clamp but I couldnt scavenge one off of any other hose, not even a vacume hose (missing already) So i had to hitch a ride, and come get it the next day. On the way home i passed a free car wash (for charity) and got my 10 dollar donation worth out of them. Lots of tranny fluid all over the back of the car.

Formula69 · Post by **Formula69** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:36 pm

whipped wrote:you put engine oil in your automatic transmission???

uhhhhhhhhhhh................................ :scratch:

I was wondering about that. :scratch:

zonyl · Post by **zonyl** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:40 am

Thats a really good track record at 3 yrs. I only acheived that type of longevity when my fieros were under 50K or so back in the early 90's. Owned one or more fieros for about 12 years.

Ive had:
- Clutch slave broke
- Master cyl broke
- Fusable link blew / broke
- Alternator died (3x - Early NAPA remanu alt's sucked)
- Rotor shattered (my bad for machining it to thin.. Fiero mentality for cost $)
- ECM died
- Clutch went out
- Blew a piston (hot rodding when engine was cold, in cold weather)
- Battery connection corroded to the point the car wouldnt start
- TBI clogged
- Frozen water in fuel line
- Clutch switch broke and couldnt start car. I figured it out though and used a paper clip in the connector.

Motor oil for ATF. Very interesting, cant say I have ever heard of that but I have owned very few AT cars.

MNFatz · Post by **MNFatz** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:06 pm

1985 GT:

1) Clutch diaphragm collapsed two weeks after I bought the car. New clutch for free under warranty!

2) 3 alternators, possibly 4. I lost count. All were junkyarders except the 1st, so that's life.

3) Distributor bottom place came off in my hand when I pulled the distributor to replace the o-ring.

4) Slave cylinder

5) Ignition module.

6) Fuel pump. Out in the middle of nowhere. Cost something like $240 to have replaced. Major rip off shop; tried to repair all sorts of shit besides the pump.

7) Fuel pump 3 months later. The shop from #6 cut the harness about 6 inches away from the plug and used those worthless plastic ez-splice things to wire everything up and the connections went bad.

Coil. Replaced in the dark without a flashlight in 1 hour. Not too shabbie.

9) Brake lines. All of them. Rust!

10) Engine block cracked. I have no idea how or why. On the block by (#1 cylinder--trunk side nearest the bellhousing). This was right after I pulled apart the whole top end to replace all the gaskets, exhaust studs, clean up, etc.

This was since sometime around 1989; I've got nothing to bitch about. I did a panel-off repaint last summer and I'm swapping in a ZZ4 and 88 cradle now. It's like having a new car.

Post by **eHoward** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:34 pm

Hey, where are the pictures?

MNFatz wrote: I did a panel-off repaint last summer and I'm swapping in a ZZ4 and 88 cradle now. It's like having a new car.

I had a failing igniton module the first summer I had my fiero and it would cause my car not to start or run when it was hot out. Took me longer then it should have to figure that out and swap it.

I also shattered a piston.

Those are my two real failures.

z.MacK · Post by **z.MacK** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:10 am

my fiero now has been the most reliable car ever. About three years, an only brake down was small hole in a rusted line. If my car was from down south this wouldn't have even happend.
Now I have replaced the water pump, and alternator... But I could tell when they were starting to die on me.

Oh ya, I did dump two quort of motor oil into my trannie. I did also do mad JDM trannie cooler bypass!
Still runnin fine. Can't notice a diff with two quort of oil and no cooler on my trannie. But its only been a week.

But ya my fiero is off the road this weekend. I am buying a winter car this weekend. Fiero will be in storage.

whipped · Post by **whipped** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:29 am

good luck with the overhaul...

-what overhaul?
*crash pop tink grind grind grind grind*

That overhaul.

V8Mikie · Post by **V8Mikie** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:40 pm

How about when you fuel pump dies in the Harbor tunnel during rush hour traffic? Talk about a "wanna get away" situation.

Kohburn · Post by **Kohburn** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:42 pm

V8Mikie wrote:How about when you fuel pump dies in the Harbor tunnel during rush hour traffic? Talk about a "wanna get away" situation.

wow.. that'd suck a lot - I tossed a rod on the key bridge in traffic - during construction, so i was blocking the only lane in my direction

MNFatz · Post by **MNFatz** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:12 pm

eHoward wrote:Hey, where are the pictures?