i had my max sitting in my drive way for almost 3 weeks in a row i just finished doing a full tune up when i started it up the motor was stubleing it feels like it wants to shut off but it says on so when i backed it up it had a slow reaction i floored it and takes its time to speed up what could this be?????

you need to let it sit longer, I let mine sit for 6 months and Chris92SE's modded max couldn't touch me











but really, just gotta drive it around abit

What Gone said......Get out in it for a while and BLOW THE FREAKING SOOT OUT THAT THANG!!

Hey how much did your full tune up cost? Just wondering cuz I'm doing one this week or next

You doing the labor or a shop???

it cost me no more that $70 and depends on what auto parts store you go to

Thats not a full tune up. Did you just buy plugs and wires? A full tune up includes fuel filters, oil&filter some times, bad sensors, and any hoses and belts that need replacement, and that can add up real quick, but it will pay off at the pump, and in the HP department too.

~Alex

sounds like a vacuum line may have been left off. go over your motor and look around for loose connections, rotted hoses, or unconnected lines.

Well I wish I knew how to do the labor but I dont, so I'm gonna take it to the shop and have them do it for me Yes I do feel helpless not being able to do it myself. One day I'll learn.

when i say full tune up of course oil and filters duh whos dumb enough to just change just plugs and wires and chageing sensors is not part of the tune up you not going to change sensors every 3000 miles.and plugs and wires do not cost $70 and yea it was a full tune up

1. One of the many issues is a cracked cap: condensation shorts sparks to gnd. Smbdy here bough new cap: two (2) craked ones, the third one was working...

2. Another is, u did not get REAL wires, but hoses. Electrons do love more runnin via conductors than being killed at resistors... Shortly here: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/748507/12

3. Third: u bought bosch plugs. If any magpies around, try u markmanship. NGK.

0. Last sound: *bosch* (said the fallin magpie)

i asked a few friendes and thay told me that i need to move the distrib... to have the proper timeing could this be my prob i wanna try it but im afraid to f** it up just dont wanna take a major risk if i mess up the motor

If you did not move the distributor when you did your tune up then don't move it now...its not the problem if you didn't move it....

today is just as good as any to learn.

well i dont know if the previous owners moved it i am the 4th owner of this max it wasent in tip top shape when i bought it

Have you got out in it and drove it for more then 2 minutes??

its been like that i since i bought it but its kinda worse

I'm the service manager at a shop. A FULL tune-up parts and labor would prolly cost you 300-400

check for dead mice under your gas pedal

Does the car sputter when you accelarate or does it accelarate smoothly, just not quickly??

it only sputters when i have the a.c on

-Check for cracked/leaking vaccum hoses/lines.
-Get someone with a timing light and a brain to set your ignition timing (move dist.)
-And like our brother from da' north said, bosch is absolute trash. use NGK or denso, that is factory stuff that can be had at a parts store, NGK or factory wires are good anything else is a waste of $.
-Did you replace the fuel filter? very easy on VG, not sure on VE.
-how old is the fuel in the tank? water in tank?
-is idle speed set at correct RPM?
-Any check eng. light? / codes?
-oh, and EFI/injector cleaners/treatments never hurt. injector tips DO get cruddy after a while. anyone who has replaced injectors can verify that.

P.S. - my VG car would run rough for a bit initially after sitting for 2 or more days. Never really cared why, cuz it only did it if it sat. I'm rebuiling it right now anyway.

Alex's tune-up sounds more like a minor overhaul. no offense dude.

Try cleaning the idle air control vale and the throttle body with some throttle body cleaner...Don't use carb cleaner....They are not for your exact car, but the cleaning procedure is the same....

Here are a couple links on how to do it.....

http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php/517

http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php/518

You arent too clear on whether or not the car had a stumbling issue before the tune up or not. If it did and the tune up didnt fix the stumbling, then you should check the fuel injectors. a bad injector will cause stumbling and a lack of power.

I CAN BET THAT YOU MESSED UP THE locations for the pLUGS wires SO YOUR FIRING ORDER IS OFF. cHECK THIS OUT FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING Else.

He said it only sputters when the ac is on...If he crosswired the plugs it would do it all the time.....

Just for reference, a 91 GXE won't haul *** no matter what type of tune up you did. Take off the dist cap and see if there's condensation inside.

thats right maximapitko

Oh snap!!

There not the fastest but there fast!

Go easy on us 89-92 se's and all GXE's

You mean 92-94 SE's, right?

Actually he means 89-91 SE's.....They were all VG's

my 91 se pwnz joooo!!!1one

Oh okay, I finally got it. But.. If you look closely, that sentance could be viewed 2 ways, which could account for the confusion.

89-94 se gxe are all the same s**t theres no difference in hp

hey newbie-line-racer

89-94 gxes and 89-91 se's are all VG motors

only 92-94 se models have a VE

89-91 SE 160 hp
89- 94 GXE 160 hp
92-94 SE 190 hp

i have gone to a junk yard as big as a footballfield with 89-94 maximas se's and gxe's 9 out of 40 only had dohc motor in them there only rare to find in se's not all of them have it.

ummmmm what is your point?

what i wrote and what Brian just wrote is correct.