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Oct 26, 2006 | 01:09 PM

saleboat92

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still wont stay running

Need more helpful advise on my TA. Ok my situation is as followed. I installed pace setter long tubes with an off road y pipe, at the same time installing nkg's and Msd wires. After install I fired it up and was very impressed with the three replacements. The next day I wanted to take it out of the garage and hit the highway and it would not stay running. The car acts like at the initial start its gasping for air after reving it to keep it running I can get it to idel for a while before it does the same. It also whants to stall if I give it gas? Here is what I have done to try and figure out the problem. I have installed 2 new vette rear 02 sensors to the headers, checked the wires, checked the pcv valve, and its fine *** well. Does any one have any other advise on the sudden problem of the car not running the next day. I mean would these mods have lickley nocked something out of wack?? Please help

Oct 26, 2006 | 05:31 PM

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I did the same mods all at the same time, I had no problems with them. The pacesetter extensions, did you lengthen them correctly or did you buy pre fabbed extensions? Did you do any welding to fix any pipe problems? If so did you disconnect the battery? Are all of the plug wires attached correctly?

Oct 26, 2006 | 07:53 PM

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The y pipe was pre fab, I did no welding and did not have any pipe problems, and I did disconect the battery. What do you mean buy plug wires being attatched correctly?? The wires go straight down from the coils to each plug???

Oct 26, 2006 | 07:58 PM

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any ses light?

Oct 26, 2006 | 08:04 PM

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im going to have to venture a guess by saying the it has todo with the 02 extensions either being switched for whatever reason or if you did the "do it yourself" pacesetter extensions possibly wired up wrong.

Oct 26, 2006 | 09:54 PM

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yes ses light is on. like my thread said I used the corvette 02 sensors (Bosh). Is it posible for those to be wired wrong??????

Oct 26, 2006 | 10:02 PM

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If u fired it up after the install and all was well but the next day it messed up it could possibly be something else that just hasppen to wrong at that time my car did this to me out of the blue and it was my intake sucking major air (vacuum leak) spray some carburtor cleaner around where the intake meets the head and c if it cahnges the idle any probably not whats wrong with urs but it sounds like what my car was doing!