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05-24-2007, 09:26 PM
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name this problem!! (just fyi this isn't the first time my car has done this)...at a light my car started to shake really bad. the rpm's dropped below 800, and i thought it was going to die. i then try to go and its just completely bogged down. the car is barely moving....and then all of a sudden it kicks into gear i guess you could say and it takes off. is this a slipping tranny or what? i wouldn't think it would be if i was having idle problems. sometimes the car will surge if im sitting at a light, but these problems are inconsistant and sparatic. does anyone have any idea?
**i did have an SES light come on a few weeks ago. i went and got it scanned and it was the 2nd bank o2 sensor. i had the code cleared, and it hasn't popped up since**
sorry for the novel, please help!!
**i did have an SES light come on a few weeks ago. i went and got it scanned and it was the 2nd bank o2 sensor. i had the code cleared, and it hasn't popped up since**
sorry for the novel, please help!!
05-24-2007, 09:34 PM
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Bogging at low rpm can be a clogged fuel filter or dirty fuel injectors. When the pressure builds it can usually overcome the clog/dirt and the car will take off and be fine with higher rpm's.
A bad 02 sensor can cause all kinds of crazy ****, including a bogged engine, but the engine will still drive. Usually bad 02's are associated with backfiring, spitting, sputtering and jsut running like ***.
When both of my 02's were bad at the same time from the wires having beedn melted against the headers, I got absolutely no SES light. But the scan showed it.
I would think if the scan showed your 02, thats what it is.
How many miles do ya have on these 02's?
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A bad 02 sensor can cause all kinds of crazy ****, including a bogged engine, but the engine will still drive. Usually bad 02's are associated with backfiring, spitting, sputtering and jsut running like ***.
When both of my 02's were bad at the same time from the wires having beedn melted against the headers, I got absolutely no SES light. But the scan showed it.
I would think if the scan showed your 02, thats what it is.
How many miles do ya have on these 02's?
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05-24-2007, 10:38 PM
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wooo!! so you don't think im looking at tranny problems then?
umm i replaced the first bank o2 a few months ago, but the 2nd one...i have no clue. i guess i'll do the smart thing and go down the list of things to replace until i figure it out.
to unclog my fuel injectors, do i just need to seafoam the car?
anyone else with anything to add, please do.
umm i replaced the first bank o2 a few months ago, but the 2nd one...i have no clue. i guess i'll do the smart thing and go down the list of things to replace until i figure it out.
to unclog my fuel injectors, do i just need to seafoam the car?
anyone else with anything to add, please do.
05-24-2007, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 98silverz28
wooo!! so you don't think im looking at tranny problems then?
umm i replaced the first bank o2 a few months ago, but the 2nd one...i have no clue. i guess i'll do the smart thing and go down the list of things to replace until i figure it out.
to unclog my fuel injectors, do i just need to seafoam the car?
anyone else with anything to add, please do.
umm i replaced the first bank o2 a few months ago, but the 2nd one...i have no clue. i guess i'll do the smart thing and go down the list of things to replace until i figure it out.
to unclog my fuel injectors, do i just need to seafoam the car?
anyone else with anything to add, please do.
Could also be a clogged fuel filter.
Does your engine rev up and the car just doesn't go? That would be a tranny/converter problem.
But if the engine is just stumbling to stay alive and than all of a sudden WAKES up, I wouldn't think it's a tranny issue at all.
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Originally Posted by Quickin
Sea foam is great stuff, but it depends on how bad the injectors are, IF thats the problem.
Could also be a clogged fuel filter.
Does your engine rev up and the car just doesn't go? That would be a tranny/converter problem.
But if the engine is just stumbling to stay alive and than all of a sudden WAKES up, I wouldn't think it's a tranny issue at all.
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Could also be a clogged fuel filter.
Does your engine rev up and the car just doesn't go? That would be a tranny/converter problem.
But if the engine is just stumbling to stay alive and than all of a sudden WAKES up, I wouldn't think it's a tranny issue at all.
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nah, the car will go. it seems like you said, stumbling along and then GOES! but like i said it doesn't do this all the time.