AIR recall

[TraceZ]

Does anyone have any pictures of the AIR setup on a car post recall? I've got all the parts, I just need a good idea of how it all goes together. I'm going to do the recall on my car.

[Jeffs Black 97 Formula A4]

Any reason you're doing this yourself? AFAIK, no matter how old the car is, recalls are always done free of charge. TSB's on the other hand are only free if under warranty.

Sorry couldn't help with replacing the AIR pump. Good luck.

[Rob B (shoebox)]

See if this helps.

[AmericanZ28]

And if that doesn't work, this is a piture I took of my engine before dissasembly. This is post AIR recall.

[Rob B (shoebox)]

I don't have any real life pics of it on my car, because I would not let the dealer touch it, lol! They finally stopped sending me recall notices.

[TraceZ]

This has all been a great help, thanks guys. I've got a post-recall airpump here and all the other parts so i figured I'd look into it. I'm not sure I like the extra vacuum lines. It's just more to go wrong.

It looks like GM was having problems with the electric valve inside the AIR pumps. There solution was a replacement AIR pump with no electric valve, and an external vacuum operated valve triggered by a little electric solonoid. A better solution would of been a new AIR pump with a redesigned electric valve inside. Duh,GM. But instead they made it more complex than it needed to be.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do now. The car runs fine, so I might just leave it be. The AIR pump that is on it is working fine, and so is the electric valve inside it. I was getting AIR codes a couple years ago, but fixed the pump by removing a failed winding from the electric valve within it and resoldering the good end on. It operates with an electromagnetic coil, and one of the windings had gotten damaged causing it to short out and blow the AIR fuse. I removed the damaged portion of the winding(about 12" of wire), reattached the end and it has not blown the fuse since.

[Formulaboy95]

I ended up doing the recall myself. I dropped the car off a week after the dealer supposedly ordered the right kit. They called me at like 1:30 in the afternoon to tell me that the car was done, and I could pick it up. I go to pick it up.... and they tell me that they ordered the wrong kit, and they did not do anything. So when they called me up to tell me they had the "right kit" in, I dropped by and traded them the old air pump for the kit.