I picked up my Cobalt yesterday and before when I looked at it the lady told me there was some exposed wires that a dealer looked at and said it would need to be fixed soon. Whenever you touch them, or something hits them the car bogs down and loses power. I dont know what theyre for.. The wire cover or whatever its called is right next to them, if I cover them with that and maybe wrap it with eletrical tape do you think that'll work? Thanks

Edit: They are on the right top corner of the engine

 

what engine is it? if im not mistaken thats for the cam position sensor on a LAP/LE5

 

wrap each individiaul one with tape, and then put the wire loom over it..... and those are going to your coil packs....

 

clearly an lsj

 

Alright i'll try that. Thanks

 

I would recommend just fixiing it properly


Edit: are there any bare wires? Where there are wire strands showing?

 

Looks like the wiring for a WOT-Box gone ghetto.

 

No bare wires, what part would it be to get it done right? I'd prefer that too

 

Well if you could move them and it would cause the car to run funky, i bet there is a break in the wires somewhere. Or insulation ripped and there is a bare wire grounding out somewhere. I would thoroughly, and I mean very very thoroughly inspect all those wires. If you're 110% positive that there is no breaks (try pulling on them both ways) and no bare wire showing, then just put tape around all of them (not individually, like i said earier) and then the loom.


I said to tape each one individually thinking there was bare wire showing...

 

right where i circled.. it looks like someone tried to solder those wires together? Is that so?

 

Yeah they were soldered

 

Wow. someone soldered them and just left them open like that? yikes. Hate to see what else they've done. Get that covered up ASAP. and make sure all the other wires are covered up too

 

This doesn't even help him at all in the first place.

So does everyone who has a head ported get scammed? Because by your logic, GM knows all and the head is perfect. And anyone who does port heads is robbing people? Get outta here.

 

What in gods name are you talking about head porting?

 

You said arm's porting wasn't needed and yadda yadda..... if it was, GM would have done it already..... well............

 

supercharger porting, the only thing i ever criticized was that he had no actual evidence to back up that crazy ass christmas tree port. Two back to back dyno's using different size pulleys isnt good methodology to prove your theory correct. As since its already been openly stated by eaton and eaton experts on plenty of other websites besides CSS that modifying the outlet to such an extreme hurts power rather then helping it, i find it hard to believe that one random guy has reinvented the wheel. I never said anything about his head porting and his work on those LK9 manifolds looked quite good to be honest.

 

I don't wanna interrupt the argument but do either of you know what that part would be called so I can fix it right instead of just taping up the wires?

 

That would be a complete engine harness...

 

not necessarily, ACdelco does sell connectors with 4-6" of wire harness for certain connectors on rockauto.com, dont know that you could specifically get that one but you can repair the existing harness with a wiring diagram using a repair kit.

 

ACDELCO Part # PT2628 is an 8 way ignition connector if thats what that connector is going to. Replaces {#13580112, 88986255, PT1572}.

 

If none of the wires are bare then buying a harness isn't going to do you any better than just properly protecting the wire with wire loom.

 

Alright, I'm going to have to go through the wires carefully and make sure none of them are bare then. Thanks for that part, and thanks for the help guys

 

I believe that's the correct connector, but dont quote me on it, I dont have an LSJ in front of me to verify that. If the harness has suffered damage in that area id replace the connector and the length of wires associated with it, they can still be loose in the connector or damaged that can cause an intermittent connection.

 

Yes that is the right one