need help, car not running right
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From: Upstate NY
need help, car not running right It all started right before I put the car away. I ordered a tune and loaded it on just before it went off the road and when I drove it around it would severly missfire, spitting and sputtering if i give it any more throttle than just the weight of my foot. So when I got home i loaded the stock tune back on and put it in the garage.
Now, last week it got pretty nice out so i decided to take it out for a spin. It started a little hard because the battery was a little dead, which i expected and let it run for a little while to warm it up. I drove it around for a little while without beating on it because it had been stored for over 4 months. Then when I gave it a little gas it would run ok untill about 3500ish rpms and it would misfire again, not as bad as when it had the tune, but still really bad complete loss of power. Also everytime the engine would go back down to idle after being under a load it would go down below 500rpms and shake like it was ganna stall and then catch itself, it would do that a couple times then idle fine untill I put it under a load again. Revving the engine in in neutral seemed fine as well.
After that I chaged my egr valve cause it was sticking a little and that did nothing. Resetting the pcm and loading the stock tune on again didnt do anything either. Would this be somthing wrong with the computer? It never did anything like this before I loaded the tune on. Im awaiting an e-mail from where i got the tune from, but I'd like to get some imput from you guys too. Thanks in advance and sorry about the lenth.
Now, last week it got pretty nice out so i decided to take it out for a spin. It started a little hard because the battery was a little dead, which i expected and let it run for a little while to warm it up. I drove it around for a little while without beating on it because it had been stored for over 4 months. Then when I gave it a little gas it would run ok untill about 3500ish rpms and it would misfire again, not as bad as when it had the tune, but still really bad complete loss of power. Also everytime the engine would go back down to idle after being under a load it would go down below 500rpms and shake like it was ganna stall and then catch itself, it would do that a couple times then idle fine untill I put it under a load again. Revving the engine in in neutral seemed fine as well.
After that I chaged my egr valve cause it was sticking a little and that did nothing. Resetting the pcm and loading the stock tune on again didnt do anything either. Would this be somthing wrong with the computer? It never did anything like this before I loaded the tune on. Im awaiting an e-mail from where i got the tune from, but I'd like to get some imput from you guys too. Thanks in advance and sorry about the lenth.
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Does this happen every time it goes under a load? Is it an auto or m6? If auto is it having problems downshifting? Any codes? What codes were deleted if any? Those questions aside...this happened when my opti crapped out on me. I would be driving along normally and the just give it some gas and the thing would sputter and missfire and almost die then be okay for a bit...then happen again...I got a new opti from jason cromer and all was gravy.
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From: Upstate NY
Originally Posted by Jordan57
Does this happen every time it goes under a load? Is it an auto or m6? If auto is it having problems downshifting? Any codes? What codes were deleted if any? Those questions aside...this happened when my opti crapped out on me. I would be driving along normally and the just give it some gas and the thing would sputter and missfire and almost die then be okay for a bit...then happen again...I got a new opti from jason cromer and all was gravy.
Its an M6, it does happened everytime its under a load but nothing before 3500ish rpms, runs fine before that. It does try and stall when going down to idle after a load whether I bring it that high or not. There arent any codesthat i know of. If it is the opti, is there any way I can make sure without having to buy one first? Thanks for the help.
