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"Serenity now!!" ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 301 Joined: 19-March 07 From: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Member No.: 7,609 Region Association: Southern California ![]() |
I posted this on the NARP board, and thought it would be silly not to post it here as well.
Last Saturday, I drove over 110 miles roundtrip from my house to Torrance and back - no problems. In fact, after doing an oil change there, it seemed to drive better going home. So I'm out for drive yesterday and I notice the idle is a little low and sputtering. I park the car for about 1.5 hours, and when I start to head home it's running like $hit. The engine is stalling at stops in neutral, and loss of power between 3000-3500 rpms when accelerating. At one point around 2 miles from home, the engine stalls at a light and I can't get it started. When I turn the key to the "ON" position I can hear the fuel pump before turning over without firing, and after several attempts I can smell gas so I don't think it's a fuel problem, but being a newbie (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) . Anybody in the I.E. that could lend a hand? |
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In your case, I would suspect a bad ground or bad sensor more so than a vac. leak.
when this happened, did the engine have a normal idle at startup and then go high after running the car for awhile? Was the idle sparratic ( high to low) before it died? These are indications of a VAC. leak. A vac. leak introduces more air into the system which makes for a leaner AFR and will cause the rpms to rise. sometimes you will encounter vac. leaks when the engine is warm. The engine heats up, grows and bit and will create leakes. The intake runners @ the head are notorious for this. It's good to check for all vac. leaks anyway! Did the engine backfire at all? was there hesitation on accell or at steady throttle? Do you have a CHT gauge? To check for a bad ground: there is a 3 spade lug on the top of the engine block twards the back on the pass. side. most of the sensor and F.I. grounds are there. pull, inspect and clean each one. look for loose or corroded wires. |
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