car is running like dog poop...(semi long description)
12-08-2003, 08:39 PM
#1
car is running like dog poop...(semi long description)
i'm gonna check for codes tomorrow after school when i get a chance. i should have done it sooner but have been busy and the weather is so bad i can't even work on the car. 
i guess it first did it a few weeks back the first time...i was driving and it felt like i was experiencing fuel cut. i was accelerating and all of a sudden the car felt like i hit a wall for a second, then continued on. it didn't do it again for a few weeks until i was on the highway. it scared the crap out of me! felt like the fuel cut i described before. no cel but that doesn't mean anything.
i haven't changed done any major maintainence since i bought the car and that was 30k miles ago. i'm now at 106k so i'm thinking i really should check n change the spark plugs. i will be cleaning my throttle body when i get a chance, and i have a new 300zx fuel filter ready to be put it, just as i said, the weather hasn't given me the chance.
my car stalled once last weekend after i was making a turn and going about 10 mph. and tonight as i was leaving a grocery store, stalled again. it was strange though, i still had power steering and it didn't really seem like it stalled out, i didn't even feel it. then later as i got closer to my house, i was slowing down and about to stop cuz of ice and i was approaching my drive way and it stalled again, this time, a real feeling stall.
i will be checking codes tomorrow, but what do you think it could be? i'm hoping it's just the spark plugs but could it also be coil packs? i know there have been many threads on those so if that's what people think, i'll switch those, if i can figure out how?!? and test them. just kind of annoying and sad when your car is sick
i guess it first did it a few weeks back the first time...i was driving and it felt like i was experiencing fuel cut. i was accelerating and all of a sudden the car felt like i hit a wall for a second, then continued on. it didn't do it again for a few weeks until i was on the highway. it scared the crap out of me! felt like the fuel cut i described before. no cel but that doesn't mean anything.
i haven't changed done any major maintainence since i bought the car and that was 30k miles ago. i'm now at 106k so i'm thinking i really should check n change the spark plugs. i will be cleaning my throttle body when i get a chance, and i have a new 300zx fuel filter ready to be put it, just as i said, the weather hasn't given me the chance.
my car stalled once last weekend after i was making a turn and going about 10 mph. and tonight as i was leaving a grocery store, stalled again. it was strange though, i still had power steering and it didn't really seem like it stalled out, i didn't even feel it. then later as i got closer to my house, i was slowing down and about to stop cuz of ice and i was approaching my drive way and it stalled again, this time, a real feeling stall.
i will be checking codes tomorrow, but what do you think it could be? i'm hoping it's just the spark plugs but could it also be coil packs? i know there have been many threads on those so if that's what people think, i'll switch those, if i can figure out how?!? and test them. just kind of annoying and sad when your car is sick
12-08-2003, 08:53 PM
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i'v been having the same 'fuel cut' problems when accelerating uphill. ( racing home through VT )
I'm goen to try some chevron and Mobil's 94 oct gas next trip home, hopfully that clears everything up
Jepht20: b/c your stalling, you might have a problem w/ one of the sensors, let us know once you check the codes.
I'm goen to try some chevron and Mobil's 94 oct gas next trip home, hopfully that clears everything up
Jepht20: b/c your stalling, you might have a problem w/ one of the sensors, let us know once you check the codes.
12-08-2003, 09:34 PM
#4
i would start from some basic cleaning. get a K&N recharger kit and clean your air filters, clean the throttle body. check spark plugs like you said, i say probably replace them.
after that i would clean the knock sensor. (KS is like #1 problem know to 4th gen). check all fluids. start running synthetic oil 5w/30 if you aren't, and accompany with nissan OEM oil filter.
lastly, tighten your throttle cable
(yea yea whatever rice mod blahblah...works for me)
after that i would clean the knock sensor. (KS is like #1 problem know to 4th gen). check all fluids. start running synthetic oil 5w/30 if you aren't, and accompany with nissan OEM oil filter.
lastly, tighten your throttle cable
(yea yea whatever rice mod blahblah...works for me)
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