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1981 Chevrolet C10 Engine problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 1981 Chevrolet C10's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 25% of all its complaints, most recently on June 10, 2005. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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Engine complaints

Engine & coolingVisibility & wipers

Dt: spent thousands of dollars trying to repair problem. On 03/05 first noticed the problem when the exhaust was sending fumes into the vehicle, and was causing headaches/blurred vision, and so on. The dealership installed an exhaust system from another vehicle. The vehicle was still releasing fumes into cab. *Ak exhaust gases were passing through rubber hoses in the engine compartment. The dealership replaced the vehicle's exhaust manifold with a "caprice" manifold. The engine would hesitate between...

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the 2nd-3rd gears and idled roughly. The wipers had become inoperative, the oil pressure gauge was reading too low. There was an exhaust leak coming from the left of the manifold. The vehicle would also sputter when being driven on hills. The consumer requested to be charged back 3k dollars to his credit card. *Sc *nm

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · VisibilityNHTSA 10122227

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