General Maintenance & Repairs Leaks | Squeaks | Clunks | Rattles | Grinds

Car won't stay running after knock sensor replacement

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 01-14-2006, 09:03 PM
  #1  
Teching In
Thread Starter
 
Tallon535's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 37
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Default Car won't stay running after knock sensor replacement

Hey guys, I need to pick your brains for a minute. I have a 2000 Pontiac Trans Am. FLP headers with high-flow cat y-pipe, borla catback, LS6 intake, SLP air lid, March underdrive pulley. It has 93k miles and a 6 speed.

I replaced my knock sensors today and had to remove the fuel rail, intake manifold, throttlebody, maf sensor, and air lid. This is the third time now that I have removed and reinstalled the intake manifold. The two times before was for an LS6 intake install that sprung a coolant leak.

Anyway, we have it all put back together now and the car won't stay running. It starts right up first try, idles really high like around 2k or so and then dies. It doesn't sputter or start to choke or anything it just flat out dies. You can smell gas afterwards.

We have checked all the connections we can find and everything looks to be hooked up. The fuel pressure is fine, we checked it with an external guage. There are no vacuum lines disconnected that we can find and there is no air rushing noise in the engine bay.

The car was running perfect this morning before it went under the knife and has never had trouble staying running or idling before. We are at a complete loss as to what is causing this problem.

Any help you can suggest would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Old 01-15-2006, 12:53 PM
  #2  
8 Second Club
iTrader: (76)
 
SSPerformance's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Goshen NY
Posts: 2,902
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Default

brake the map sensor in the intake?
Old 01-16-2006, 12:25 PM
  #3  
TECH Addict
iTrader: (6)
 
P Mack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Phoenix
Posts: 2,382
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts

Default

Make sure you plugged the map sensor and vacuum line on the very back of the intake back in.




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:18 PM.