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TurdGen1989 Member
Joined: 30 Aug 2009 Posts: 472 Location: Roseburg,OR
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:26 pm Post subject: And so my problems continue |
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OK, so after i replaced my plug wires and cap the car was running good...
but now a week later the hesitating has came back, not only that but it wont even idle in the morning i have to essentially serve as the choke because the rpms wont go above like 300 and it will die.
On the freeway i will be driving and and the rpms will randomly drop and sometimes it feels like i'm just holding the brake but really i'm holding the gas firmly. This is really starting to piss me off and i have no clue as to what to do. any ideas?
Thanks guys
phil. _________________ Phil.
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GREG DAVIDSON Member

Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 1159 Location: Salem
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| sounds maybe like a fuel delivery prob to me but the other guys will know better |
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91RSVert Member
Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 2736 Location: AR
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Is wires/cap all that you have done?
What are the plugs looking like? _________________ 2008 GMC Z71
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TurdGen1989 Member
Joined: 30 Aug 2009 Posts: 472 Location: Roseburg,OR
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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plugs are less than 2 weeks old _________________ Phil.
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Twilightoptics Hardcore (12sec Club)

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 9191 Location: Auburn , WA
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Did you replace the rotor as well?
Could be a number of things yet. _________________ A redline a day keeps the carbon away! |
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TurdGen1989 Member
Joined: 30 Aug 2009 Posts: 472 Location: Roseburg,OR
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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yes everything to do with ignition I've done cap,rotor,plugs,wires,coil _________________ Phil.
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Twilightoptics Hardcore (12sec Club)

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 9191 Location: Auburn , WA
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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I'd go to fuel filter next. _________________ A redline a day keeps the carbon away! |
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kurfbird Member
Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 866 Location: Whidbey Island
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject: Igntion module |
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Have you replaced the pick up coil?? _________________ kurfbird
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flea Member

Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1246 Location: Raymond WA
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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sorry nothing constructive to add, but I voted RPG cause I would like to see something blown up in just such a fashion. Actually my old boss comes to mind.
I'm back to the sidelines now. _________________ Killing mailboxes since 2009 |
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TurdGen1989 Member
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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^ haha...
someone voted shiboopi lolz!
anyway... fuel filter is flowing fine not clogged or anything...
anyone think it could be my TPS? _________________ Phil.
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Twilightoptics Hardcore (12sec Club)

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 9191 Location: Auburn , WA
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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You've had a pressure gauge on while driving when it hesitates to verify you don't have any fuel cloggage?  _________________ A redline a day keeps the carbon away! |
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Al Hasse Member

Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 4379 Location: Bremerton, WA
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't get all of my wires connected securely to the plugs and developed a random miss. Felt secure when I installed them, but after a bit of driving and the occasional miss, I got home and looked under the hood to see #7 boot almost free of the plug. Might be worth re-checking your connections. _________________ 92 Camaro
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Twilightoptics wrote: | | I'd go to fuel filter next. |
+1 on this.
Throw a vacuum gauge on it too. Never hurts. |
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TurdGen1989 Member
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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alrighty ill do that tomorrow after work _________________ Phil.
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91camaro_rs Member

Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1712 Location: Fox Island, Wa
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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i had a similar problem and it was my fuel, first the filter, and it keep givin me problems....had the fuel injectors tested and 4 of em were bad, and on one the pintle was stuck open _________________
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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He's only got two of those anyway.  |
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91RSVert Member
Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 2736 Location: AR
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:43 am Post subject: |
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If spark is all you tackled so far, you have along way to go before you need to blow it up.
Agree with others, check fuel next. Have you, yourself, changed the fuel filter? Just cause it flows, doesnt mean its enough. Change it, its 10 bux and less then 1hrs work. Next I would put a fuel pressure gauge on it. I know that is a MAJOR pita on a tbi, but that is next. Also visually look at the spray of the injectors. I know of a tbi truck that ran and was sluggish, but one injector was obvisully not spraying as much as the other.
As mentioned in your previous post. Did you check timing, with the est wire disconnected?
After that, we go onto sensors. |
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91camaro_rs Member

Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1712 Location: Fox Island, Wa
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:14 am Post subject: |
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As mentioned in your previous post. Did you check timing, with the est wire disconnected? |
haha i have made that mistake too, car was running wierd, re-timed it with the est disconnected, and then i had no more problems _________________
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Outlaw28 Member
Joined: 06 Aug 2009 Posts: 299 Location: where ever i want to be
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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| flea wrote: | sorry nothing constructive to add, but I voted RPG cause I would like to see something blown up in just such a fashion. Actually my old boss comes to mind.
I'm back to the sidelines now. |
haha im thinking the same thing...but on a constructive note...did you say its tpi or carb??? i agree with the other guys get a fuel pressure gauge on there...maybe the pump is going out...or it could be something to do with the ecm telling it to cut fuel...who knows to many things it could be at this point |
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