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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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I have a 93 z28 with a stutter on 1/2 to 3/4 acceleration. I have put new plugs, new wires, new coil, new icm, an new fuel filter. I had the car tuned about a month before it started an the guy said my fuel pump was weak would that cause the problem im describing? Any suggestion would be great
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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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Yeah just do the fuel pump, it doesent really sound right, but iv seen pumps do some wacky ****. The only other thing i can think of is that you might have a bad injector, but i think they would have seen that while tuning because one bank would go lean.

Have you done a pressure test yet? You need to tape the guage to the windshield and go for a spin and wach the pressure.
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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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im going to say opti. my pump is going out but while running there is no loss in power. i was having very similar symptoms to you when my opti was going out
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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i havent done a pressure test but the injectors are fairly new 30lb venoms. my opti was replaced about 30k ago. But im thinking i got a bad icm thats when i started having problems. any thoughts
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 04:12 PM
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Bad icm wont do that.. It will either work or it won't.
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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Pull codes, if its the opti you should see a specific code or couple of codes for it.
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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is it doing it when its cold? do you still have 1 wire o2 sensors?
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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still have one wire 02 but is worse when it warms up. will it pull codes without the service engine light on
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has anyone thought it might be the TPS??? maybe it has a weak link somewhere in the throttle range? i wouldnt say fuel pump cause ive went through 4 pumps between my 6 camaros and they either worked or didnt there was no in between just my two pennies
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still have one wire 02 but is worse when it warms up. will it pull codes without the service engine light on
service engine light bulb could be out. you need to check for codes.
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I have a similar issue between 1500 - 2000 RPM once the car heats up. It runs perfect until it gets hot enough for the fan to kick in. No codes what so ever.

It's been like that for a while, but it also started doing this about a month after a new ICM/Coil. I have another ICM to throw in there, just haven't had the time.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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Found the problem burnt wire on number seven cylinder hidden by the heat rap i put on it dont know how it burned threw it but thanks for all the input guys. Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep from buring every wire set i put on i have headers an i tried those slip on shields.
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there should be a piece of metal the runs right underneath the valve cover. thats what i always ran my #7 wire above. and i didnt run my smog pump. so i wired tied all the wires to one of the holes where the pump mounted lol thats all i would do i tie the wires back away from the headers.
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