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Jul 17, 2008 | 03:29 PM

67camarors

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so recently my carhas been acting up every once in a while. i'll start from a stop and the car bogs and almost dies and i give it gas and still nothing, then all of a sudden it revs and comes back to life. anybody know whats going on

Jul 17, 2008 | 03:36 PM

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Mine did that when the headers burned the engine harness on the right side, a .05 ziptie broke allowing it to fall on the header.

Jul 17, 2008 | 08:41 PM

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hmm i will check that. thanks for the info!

Jul 18, 2008 | 09:30 AM

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Does it throw a code? Sounds like a TPS gone bad to me.

Jul 18, 2008 | 02:33 PM

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well the service engine light is on because of my exhaust, next tuesday or wedensday im getting the codes deleted so i'll check for that one

Jul 18, 2008 | 03:29 PM

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Does it throw a code? Sounds like a TPS gone bad to me.

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well the service engine light is on because of my exhaust, next tuesday or wedensday im getting the codes deleted so i'll check for that one

My post was made under the assumption that no codes were present. Don is right if there are codes I'd start there. Mine had no active codes but when the harness was repaired it had many historic codes, cam sensor, crank sensor, TPS, and many more. Good times.