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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 04:37 PM
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Well....I went to do a burnout to say goodbye to some old tires.....but instead i said hello to new problems....

After burning the crap out of some old tires I stopped somewhere on the way back to check to see if i could do another.....well when i pulled into a parking space and came to a stop while it was still in drive it clunked and shut off.

I started it back up and threw it in drive and it instantly died

I repeated that 3 times.....

Thinkin I might have locked up my rear end I put it in reverse....

It hopped a couple inches and instantly died.....after that I tried going in drive again and gave it even more gas this time....it went....but soon as i came to a stop it would instantly die....

I was thinin its rear end problems but on the road on the way back it would surge even at a 45 mile an hour coast.....it wouldnt die but just surge.....if i came to a stop i had to hold the gas a little to keep it running....

I went to autozone and its not throwing any codes......

Anyone got a clue???
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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My car surged like that when my vacuum hose on the map sensor melted.
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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Well......i just started driving the car around for a while to try and figure it out....

It finally popped up with a service engine soon light right after autozone closed lol....figures....

It feels more like tuning issues to me now....but that makes no sense cuz i have a great tune by RPM (ryans performance motors) from raleigh.....

I did however notice that it hadnt been as bad....
I checked the tranny fluid, and its low....not real low but in the warm range....

I dont know....I just changed the fuel filter.....got any other ideas?
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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This is gonna sound dumb but where is that man?
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 10:04 PM
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could be the iac (idle air control) sensor on the throttle body, try taking it out and cleaning it and the throttle body before replacing the iac though. just a thought
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could be the iac (idle air control) sensor on the throttle body, try taking it out and cleaning it and the throttle body before replacing the iac though. just a thought
How would i clean it??

with what?
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Stang-Slayer
Well......i just started driving the car around for a while to try and figure it out....

It finally popped up with a service engine soon light right after autozone closed lol....figures....

It feels more like tuning issues to me now....but that makes no sense cuz i have a great tune by RPM (ryans performance motors) from raleigh.....

I did however notice that it hadnt been as bad....
I checked the tranny fluid, and its low....not real low but in the warm range....

I dont know....I just changed the fuel filter.....got any other ideas?
the absolute LAST thing i would suggest doing... sounds like it could be tune, or vaccume line. sounds like what my car did when i had the battery off for a while, and it had to relearn how to idle.
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 10:45 PM
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Well it had been off for a while....but it had relearned its idle.....

I had a great tune b4....so i dont know lol,.
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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Well it had been off for a while....but it had relearned its idle.....

I had a great tune b4....so i dont know lol,.
how long ago was it off? if it was the same day, id say thats a good possibility.
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 11:20 PM
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nah 2 wks ago man
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 10:49 PM
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kinda sounds like a mas problem..
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