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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Trucks / September 2007Question about Van
My father-in-law has a '86 Chevy Van 20. He recently got it painted again and was needing new tires. I was curious about that truck. It currently has only about 150K miles but is very low maintenance. Is it a 350 with a TBI? I've googled and can't find any answers.  Signaturewww.perfectreign.com get the vin number and call an auto parts store or call dealer > My father-in-law has a '86 Chevy Van 20. He recently got it painted again > and was needing new tires. I was curious about that truck. It currently [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I've googled and can't find any answers. on Sunday 23 September 2007 11:17 am, someone posing as Natalie Glover took a rock and etched into the cave: <top posting corrected> >> My father-in-law has a '86 Chevy Van 20. He recently got it painted >> again [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> I've googled and can't find any answers. > get the vin number and call an auto parts store or call dealer Dealers keep this information? Heh. I had no idea. I figured they just kept current stuff. Will do, thanks! Signaturewww.perfectreign.com > My father-in-law has a '86 Chevy Van 20. He recently got it painted again > and was needing new tires. I was curious about that truck. It currently [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I've googled and can't find any answers. If it's a 350 TBI look for RPO L05 on the glove box sheet. AFAIK this was only available on 87 and up. If it says LS9 or LT9 it's carbureted. > My father-in-law has a '86 Chevy Van 20. He recently got it painted again > and was needing new tires. I was curious about that truck. It currently [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I've googled and can't find any answers. Pull the air cleaner and look/ Surely you can tell a TB from a carb. on Sunday 23 September 2007 01:40 pm, someone posing as Meat Plow took a rock and etched into the cave: >> My father-in-law has a '86 Chevy Van 20. He recently got it painted >> again [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Pull the air cleaner and look/ Surely you can tell a TB from a carb. Dude, you give me way too much credit. :P Actually, I've yet to ever look in the engine. Get this - speaking of engines, there's a guy on ebay locally selling a '84 Suburban 6.2L. He's pulling the engine from the '84 and replacing his '97 6.5L with the 6.2L. Interesting... I mailed him to see what he plans with it. I'm intrigued... Signaturewww.perfectreign.com > on Sunday 23 September 2007 01:40 pm, someone posing as Meat Plow took a > rock and etched into the cave: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Actually, I've yet to ever look in the engine. I I suppose it's probably TBI > Get this - speaking of engines, there's a guy on ebay locally selling a '84 > Suburban 6.2L. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I mailed him to see what he plans with it. I'm intrigued... Don't you mean he's selling the 6.5? on Sunday 23 September 2007 02:54 pm, someone posing as Meat Plow took a rock and etched into the cave: >> on Sunday 23 September 2007 01:40 pm, someone posing as Meat Plow took a >> rock and etched into the cave: [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Don't you mean he's selling the 6.5? I don't know what he's doing with the 6.5 yet. Hey, that'd be great in my Avalanche. :P (Actually, I'd love a duramax in tehre...) Signaturewww.perfectreign.com on Sunday 23 September 2007 01:40 pm, someone posing as Meat Plow took a rock and etched into the cave: >> My father-in-law has a '86 Chevy Van 20. He recently got it painted >> again [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Pull the air cleaner and look/ Surely you can tell a TB from a carb. Can I tell you how hard it is to find a VIN decoder for an '86 truck?? I'll have to take it to autozone or something like that. Sheesh! Signaturewww.perfectreign.com > >> I've googled and can't find any answers. > > > > Pull the air cleaner and look/ Surely you can tell a TB from a carb. > > Can I tell you how hard it is to find a VIN decoder for an '86 truck?? The VIN doesn't specify whether an engine is carbureted or fuel injected. > I'll have to take it to autozone or something like that. Do you honestly think those McDonalds rejects are going to know? > Sheesh! It's carbureted. on Monday 24 September 2007 04:15 am, someone posing as aarcuda69062 took a rock and etched into the cave: >> >> I've googled and can't find any answers. >> > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > The VIN doesn't specify whether an engine is carbureted or fuel > injected. Oh, okay. On my Jimmy, the VIN mentioned TBI or SFI. I've yet to decode my Avalanche. > >> I'll have to take it to autozone or something like that. > > Do you honestly think those McDonalds rejects are going to know? ROTFL! > >> Sheesh! > > It's carbureted. I figured. Signaturewww.perfectreign.com Hi! > The VIN doesn't specify whether an engine is carbureted or fuel > injected. There is a table printed in my 1984 GMC Sierra manual that would disagree with you...it shows the VIN codes for each type of engine and what type of fuel delivery system is used. Of course, at that point, the only difference was # of barrels on the gas engines. William In article <7pFKi.122244$Fc.84442@attbi_s21>, "William R. Walsh" <newsgroups1@idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com> wrote: > Hi! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > William A given engine code may reveal whether the engine is EFI or carb, but as I stated earlier, it is not by law a requirement for the fuel system to be specified. IOWs, big difference between "an engine" and "the engine." on Wednesday 26 September 2007 10:17 pm, someone posing as aarcuda69062 took a rock and etched into the cave: > In article <7pFKi.122244$Fc.84442@attbi_s21>, > "William R. Walsh" [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > fuel system to be specified. > IOWs, big difference between "an engine" and "the engine." Yeah, I was just referring back to the VIN on my old Jimmy. It specified 4.3L vs. 2.2L in the VIN. Signaturewww.perfectreign.com > My father-in-law has a '86 Chevy Van 20. He recently got it painted again > and was needing new tires. I was curious about that truck. It currently [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I've googled and can't find any answers. Have you tried www.alldatadiy.com I have subscriptions for all my vehicles. I was able to determine from the RPO codes that my saturn has a shorter gear transmission. Lots of useful information there. Mike |
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