I had my buddy Dave take a look at the car and he found the answers. The problem with the loss in coolant happened to be coming from the water pump. He stuck a mirror underneath and found coolant leaking from the water pump housing.
The problem with the engine code 357 is most probably the wiring harness. He talked to a guy that is heavy into corvettes and he said that the wiring harness is undersized and it's a common problem with these cars. An open or shorted wire in the harness going to the coil pack of cylinder 7 would cause this code and the missing.
Hope this helps others.
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 AT 7:01 PM