engine help(ken)
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engine help(ken) ok well im gonna be perfectly honest, i have no idea whats wrong with it this time. i thought it was electrical since i went thru two batteries in about 10 days, but that ended up just being a quick fix w/ an ipod adaptor and now the battery is fine but the engine still dies at like 4k rpm(give or take a little). just starts hesitating and bucking like its trying to shutdown almost the same as when tcs takes over...i shift to the next gear and everything is fine. we hooked up a voltmeter and even loaded it up a little while it was parked and there was no drop. any other ideas what could be wrong? no lights come on when this happens, no funny gauge activity, nothing.
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Originally Posted by ramsoccer11
ok well im gonna be perfectly honest, i have no idea whats wrong with it this time. i thought it was electrical since i went thru two batteries in about 10 days, but that ended up just being a quick fix w/ an ipod adaptor and now the battery is fine but the engine still dies at like 4k rpm(give or take a little). just starts hesitating and bucking like its trying to shutdown almost the same as when tcs takes over...i shift to the next gear and everything is fine. we hooked up a voltmeter and even loaded it up a little while it was parked and there was no drop. any other ideas what could be wrong? no lights come on when this happens, no funny gauge activity, nothing.
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Originally Posted by quicksilverado
What about clogged cats. Mine did the same thing and it was the cats. Gutting them solved the problem.
I agree with the fuel pressure issue. Do you have access to a FP gauge? if not run it by and we can verify pressure and also make SURE nothing is on the MAF sensor wires it can cause the same EXACT symptoms as not enough fuel pressure. PS does it seem to be OKay if you ease into the throttle and worse when you accelerate harder? Ken
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im done with finals on tuesday so ill bring it by sometime towards the end of the week since i dont have a fuel pressure gauge. when i ease into it its not quite as bad but still not perfect. if i stomp on it thats when it gets really bad.
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Originally Posted by ramsoccer11
im done with finals on tuesday so ill bring it by sometime towards the end of the week since i dont have a fuel pressure gauge. when i ease into it its not quite as bad but still not perfect. if i stomp on it thats when it gets really bad.
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Originally Posted by BLKWS6
agree on the fuel filter and pump. this same thing just happened to my sis's 00 ram air on the way back from Ft Lauderdale. new pump and filter and it was good to go.
Dammit man, do you fark up EVERYTHING you drive?
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Originally Posted by 02 WS6 TA
Yeah, and even that was probably good until you looked at it with an evil grin...
i believe it was the 15 hours of driving to get there that killed it.....lol
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sorry i missed ya ken, stopped by the shop today and got everything taken care of in no time, good group of guys. thanks. also got to see phillips busted *** car
I am with Nick (flawed 02 SS) on this one I do a fuel filter at 15k and air filter at 10K..they are cheep and you never know what kind of crap you got in your gas tank now days.. 
Amen to that. Me and a buddy of mine changed his fuel filter on his 01 Cobra this past weekend. We poured the remaining gas out of the old filter and it was FULL of dirt and debris.