Help...Need Ideas!
#1
Help...Need Ideas!
My 91 SE VG with 245K miles started skipping above 2500 rpm's.
It only does it when it's warmed up.I changed the cap,rotor and put on a new fuel filter....same.Then I jiggled allthe wire connections under the hood and made sure all vacuum lines were connected.........Now the car started idling at 1500 rpm's
Drove for a day and tried the wiring connections again.Now I have a missing cylinder,#1 actually........I gave up and took it to the dealer.
They had it for 3 hours friday and had not found the problem yet.
I thought it would be in and out.......Hell,I was giving them Ideas!
So.............any Ideas?
By the way Hi,this is my 1st real post.been watching you guy's for years though,have a 94 GXE also with 230K miles.Your forums have saved me lots of trouble and money in the past.Thanks.
It only does it when it's warmed up.I changed the cap,rotor and put on a new fuel filter....same.Then I jiggled allthe wire connections under the hood and made sure all vacuum lines were connected.........Now the car started idling at 1500 rpm's
Drove for a day and tried the wiring connections again.Now I have a missing cylinder,#1 actually........I gave up and took it to the dealer.
They had it for 3 hours friday and had not found the problem yet.
I thought it would be in and out.......Hell,I was giving them Ideas!
So.............any Ideas?
By the way Hi,this is my 1st real post.been watching you guy's for years though,have a 94 GXE also with 230K miles.Your forums have saved me lots of trouble and money in the past.Thanks.
#3
Originally Posted by Airacuda
...So.............any Ideas?...
- Start troubleshooting systematically by first describing symptoms in detail, (skipping is too broad). Figure out which may be come same source. Then list uself what has been done.
- The new problem, high idle, is possibly IACV hose leak; jiggle it again. Use liquid seal if u cannot get the hose tight.
- Replace ign wires with real wires; throw the soot hoses out.
- Do groundigs, start from distributor: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/748507/10
- Next, dont wiggle. Clean, add contact grease:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/748507/14
#4
Thanks for the info.The car is supposedly now fixed.Something in the distributor was out of whack and they replaced the distributor....ouch!Anyway i would like to get a shop manual or Chiltons book,any one better than the others?
#5
Originally Posted by Airacuda
Thanks for the info.The car is supposedly now fixed.Something in the distributor was out of whack and they replaced the distributor....ouch!Anyway i would like to get a shop manual or Chiltons book,any one better than the others?
Dont touch chiltons crap but in most desperate situation - and be directed to ditch...
Check my web page for manual -links.
#7
cuda: If only one of the cylinders was skipping, that could not have been a distributor. Distributor is dumb - all it does is turning the rotor. It has no functionality to do something wrong on only one - if it's bad, it does it to all 6.
I made it a rule long ago: do not take the car to a shop before asking here. Saves me tons of money.
I made it a rule long ago: do not take the car to a shop before asking here. Saves me tons of money.
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