i got a 96 auto and when i stop at a light it feels like my motor is jumping.at first it was only at lights and now it does it while i am driving some times.some times it feels like it is gonna stall on me. there are no cel codes either. i was told it was my torque converter and then i was told it could be bad fuel injectors also. i am stumped any input will help, and when i first get in to go anywhere it takes a minute to star the car i have to keep turning the key then letting off then turning it over again i have to do that 2 or 3 times before it will start

 

CEL on?

 

Question: Say you have a hard time starting, and get it started, cut the car off, will come right on? or do you have to try cranking it multiple times?

 

sounds like a misfire...coils\plugs been changed ever?

 

sounds like one of the crank sensors. Prolly rear crank sensor. Test both and CPS.

Remember a resistance test with the crank sensor tells u nothing. The test for the CKPS is a voltage test.

 

Definitely a misfire.

Causes:

1) Fuel injector
2) Spark Plug
3) Coil Pack


I'm willing to guess it's ignition related **cough*** coil pack...

 

@ nj max its not a misfire but it does almost feel like one and i have done all my coil packs and plugs but not injectors yet and no cel
@ cashoit where are the crank sensors and if you have what the resistance should be that would help
@ tigersharkdude just have to keep cranking but this morning before i went to work it shut off when i put it in reverse and pressed the gas but that is the first time it has done that

 

i assume you have already cleaned TB and MAF, replaced PCV and ECTS.

Read my earlier post. A resistacnce test tells u nothing about the crank sensors. Test for the cranks is a voltage test.

The test for the Camshaft postiion sensor is a resistance test

 

@ CASHOIT my bad i wasnt thinkin when i replied and it is probably my camshaft position sensor because oil is leaking from around it i didnt realize that until today when i went to look

 

oil leak there is common, just change the O-ring

 

i have this problem too, i have a cyl 1 misfire...and a solenoid A trans code, either way... i replaced the coil and the plug, next step is the injector...not lookin forward to doin it, DO'H

 

so the oil dont mean my camshaft position sensor is bad?and i tried to get the o-ring today but they dont carry it at autozone anyone know where to get it
and @ maxjamin i am throwing no codes it has been scanned multiple times when i first the bought the car i threw a p0731 (1st gear malfunction) but that just went away other than that any codes that have been thrown were fixed so i dont think it is a miss but i might as well try an injector to

 

well, i would say compression test it, and change the plugs/coils and then maybe the injector, im just gunna live with it untill next year (cars goin under the knife BIG TIME

 

Got it at the dealer - cost $4.