Car idles... But dies when I release clutch
08-02-2012, 03:12 PM
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Car idles... But dies when I release clutch My black Bird down...
So I have the car uP on jacks in the garage for a little over a week hcause I snapped a bolt off the torque arm.
While it was up there I took the battery out, and relocated the traction control and did the wire hide mod.
Today I finished everything uP and hooked everything up...
I didn't hook up the ASR on the traction control because I didn't have the materials to extent it yet...
I relocated 2 ground wires (the 2 on the passenger side)
And I removed all my exhaust so I have open headers and I taped/zip tied the 02 connecters
I started it and let it idle for 10 mins toget the PCM set up..
So I shut it off and when I went to leave, I went to start it and the damn security light went off so I had to wait...
So after two times of the security light going off I got to start it. Well I backed out of the garage and when I went shifted to first and released the clutch, it killed itself and then wouldn't start... It sat there and cranked and cranked and cranked...
I'd let it sit and then after like 5 minutes it would start again.... Then kill itself when I shifted to first and released its clutch, then it would kill itself....
I repeated this process like 3 times... It will idle all day but wen I shift to first and go to release the clutch, it will kill itsself and will only sit and crank and crank and crank unless I let it sit..
Am I floodin the car since its running to rich? I'm lost..
So I have the car uP on jacks in the garage for a little over a week hcause I snapped a bolt off the torque arm.
While it was up there I took the battery out, and relocated the traction control and did the wire hide mod.
Today I finished everything uP and hooked everything up...
I didn't hook up the ASR on the traction control because I didn't have the materials to extent it yet...
I relocated 2 ground wires (the 2 on the passenger side)
And I removed all my exhaust so I have open headers and I taped/zip tied the 02 connecters
I started it and let it idle for 10 mins toget the PCM set up..
So I shut it off and when I went to leave, I went to start it and the damn security light went off so I had to wait...
So after two times of the security light going off I got to start it. Well I backed out of the garage and when I went shifted to first and released the clutch, it killed itself and then wouldn't start... It sat there and cranked and cranked and cranked...
I'd let it sit and then after like 5 minutes it would start again.... Then kill itself when I shifted to first and released its clutch, then it would kill itself....
I repeated this process like 3 times... It will idle all day but wen I shift to first and go to release the clutch, it will kill itsself and will only sit and crank and crank and crank unless I let it sit..
Am I floodin the car since its running to rich? I'm lost..
08-03-2012, 06:58 PM
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Probably a bad chassis ground. You said you cleaned up a bunch of wiring which I would imagine involved unhooking and possibly relocating a ground or two. The high beams are probably pushing that circuits current carrying capacity limits. Go back over all the wiring you did and if you relocated any grounds make sure there's no paint or other resistant materials between the terminal and the ground location.
