No problem Riley. I mean of course there are two reasons to post, one to get help and the other to help others. And if in the process it happens to make people laugh then that is an unexpected bonus!
But no updates from yesterday. All day farm work and putting air in my new grain truck was an exercise in torture. Only 10 of them but the duals are miserable to do, the valve stem is so hard to get at and the air chuck does not easily want to stay on which means you have to hold it on. The hard part is that the recommended tire pressure is 110 to 120 psi which sort of scares me actually, but the air compressor only normally makes a mximum of 120 psi - but it only will start up again once the pressure had dropped to 80 psi at the tank. So I decided to put 90 psi in the tires to start with and see how it handles, but when I am getting close to 85 or 90 in the tire and the tank pressure drops to below 90 it takes such a long time. So I go and blow chaff out of the radiator and then the tank pressure drops and I run back to start filling tires again trying to keep the pressure as close to but below 120 psi so the compressor doesn't stop but I can put my 90 psi in the tires. Some fun, eh!
But God I really do love to be a grain farmer..........
Another side note on the Vararam installation. I've read threads and people have commented about not getting the red couples to seal properly. I realized that this would be a challenge from the get go so what I did for this was to attach the lower/very front "scoop" part of the Vararam, the one you need to cut the shroud out to install.
Then I clipped the part that actually contains the filter.
Next I attached the two red couplers with their hose clamps and tightened them to the billet MAF and plugged in the barbed PCV valve then installed the air sensor which was a beautiful shiny sliver I might add.
Then I fastened this assembly first to the throttle body so I could make sure it iwas on as far as I could get it and then tightened its hose clamp.
Then I fit on the plastic housing with the air filter to the front red coupler, and this was a bit of a struggle as it could have all been an inch longer in my opinion, plus this plastic piece is increasing in diameter the more you push it into the red coupler which means it will have a natural tendancey to try to come off, then tightened this hose clamp, connected the hose with the spring clip to the PCV fitting and then the wire connector to the air sensor and pushed it's clip back into place.
So I think my procedure was solid.
But this morning, since it rained 1/4" about two hours ago, will be to do some paperwork for a project I'm helping a post-graduate student from the U. of Manitoba on "stripper headers" (don't laugh, Google it as it is wonderful crop management!). This will give the driveway a chance to dry out and then I am going to give it a once more look over and start it up and commence my 200 km period and if the light comes on again sadly go and get screwed by my Chev dealer...........
I still am disappointed that my OBD2 code reader couldn't pull a code from the car though. I just have no luck sometimes!
Cheers,
Garry