HELP!!! My car is screwed!!!
HELP!!! My car is screwed!!! Ok I'll start with this afternoon, car ran fine all day long, installed a bottle heater for my dry system.Everything was normal. Got the pressure up to 1050psi and wanted to try a 40 punch with the 125 jet. (6pm) Opened the bottle, hit the switch and I roasted the tires at 40mph and then got out of it. Closed the bottle, made a few stops and then headed home. (9pm) Everything still normal, (it had started to rain slightly) start the car up and head to my brothers house and bs'ed for about an hour. (10pm) I got ready to leave and the car felt like the battery was dead. After a few minutes I got the car started and it reved up to like 3300rpms and then back down to 2000 and then started surging terribly. I try putting it in reverse and the car wants to haul ***. I put it in park and shut it off. Pop the hood and everything looks ok. Started it up again and it does the same thing. After putting it in and out of gear finally the rpms are normal and I drive home. On the way home everything is normal. (11:30 pm) Went outside to see if the car was still acting up. Same **** as before. WTF!! Any ideas? TIA
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Re: HELP!!! My car is screwed!!! What are your mods?
Your symptoms kind of sound like a hosed MAF or something goofy with your intake. With your dry shot, did you do something funny to the MAF or around your induction system there?
Your symptoms kind of sound like a hosed MAF or something goofy with your intake. With your dry shot, did you do something funny to the MAF or around your induction system there?
Re: HELP!!! My car is screwed!!! Well my mods are,K&N,Lid,Mac Headers w/ORP,3:73 gear,ported TB,ported stock MAF. The way the NOS is installed is from the inside of the lid I drilled a hole and screwed the fogger into the lid. I didnt move anything else. Thanks
Re: HELP!!! My car is screwed!!! Well I've had something similar happen.
Twice it happened at the end of the 1/4. The throttle cable was getting pinched somehow and it wasn't fun. Luckily I was thinking fast enough to shut it down, then turn the key on so I could steer. I would try to see if it might be getting caught up somewhere, or the pedal under the floor mat. Don't laugh, that happened to me once too. <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
Scott
Twice it happened at the end of the 1/4. The throttle cable was getting pinched somehow and it wasn't fun. Luckily I was thinking fast enough to shut it down, then turn the key on so I could steer. I would try to see if it might be getting caught up somewhere, or the pedal under the floor mat. Don't laugh, that happened to me once too. <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
Scott
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From: Freeland, MD
Re: HELP!!! My car is screwed!!! Yeah - that's a good point, check the throttle cable (or the TPS for that matter as well).
What I am worried about is that it went away and then came back.
Good luck - probably the good news in this is that it should not be a huge problem to fix something like this. At least it is not a deep clunking sound from within your engine.
What I am worried about is that it went away and then came back.
Good luck - probably the good news in this is that it should not be a huge problem to fix something like this. At least it is not a deep clunking sound from within your engine.
Re: HELP!!! My car is screwed!!! The only reason that makes me think the throttle cable wouldnt be stuck is when the car started surging. Please dont say CLUNK! <img src="graemlins/gr_barf.gif" border="0" alt="[barf]" /> I cant afford anything major right now. <img src="gr_sad.gif" border="0">
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Verdad Gallardo Re: HELP!!! My car is screwed!!! Another thing i forgot to mention. I gutted the cats several weeks back but it hasnt thrown a code yet.I have been running around without o2 sims. No codes tonight either.
Re: HELP!!! My car is screwed!!! OK here is what is happening this morning. tried to start the car and it is still screwing up. Anytime the car has a hard time starting up is when the idle rpms are high and surging. If the carstarts right up the idle rpms are normal. Any ideas?? TIA
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