adam_murphy Posted October 18, 2005 Report Posted October 18, 2005 When the car is cold it starts and idles fine, drives fine. When it warms up it starts fine but may rev up to about 1500-2000 rpms for about 5 sec then down to normal. Also driving down the road and coasting o r slowing down it will idle surge and sometimes die. Another thing is that tapping the gas petal quickly will almost instantly kill the car. The car has no trouble starting what so ever at any time. Quote
94CutlassSLCoupe Posted October 18, 2005 Report Posted October 18, 2005 how old is your fuel filter? have you cleaned out your IAC? SES light on? Quote
1990lumina Posted October 18, 2005 Report Posted October 18, 2005 Have you disconnected the battery lately - Idle relearn...my car will bounce up and down like that and eventualy stall Quote
adam_murphy Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Posted October 18, 2005 fuel filter and pump were replaced 2 to 3 years ago i believe.. it sat over last winter.. battery was dead so yeah its been disconnected, yes i cleaned out the isc, no ses light Quote
5speedz34 Posted October 18, 2005 Report Posted October 18, 2005 fuel filter and pump were replaced 2 to 3 years ago i believe.. it sat over last winter.. battery was dead so yeah its been disconnected, yes i cleaned out the isc, no ses light Did you put Stabilizer in the gas? If not you might have a clogged filter. Swap the filter and run some seafoam or top engine cleaner. Quote
adam_murphy Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Posted October 18, 2005 it had 1/5 tank before h and.. i put seafoam in and some high octane right away.. it was worse but now just acts li ke i posted above.. i duno why it would be t he fuel filter Quote
5speedz34 Posted October 18, 2005 Report Posted October 18, 2005 it had 1/5 tank before h and.. i put seafoam in and some high octane right away.. it was worse but now just acts li ke i posted above.. i duno why it would be t he fuel filter Change it its not hard and costs under $10. Quote
Spoon Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 Ya my car almost dies too when tapping the gas, it also seems to have a dead spot when taking off from a complete stop. When you find out let me know. I cleaned my throttle body, iac and relearned the iac it seemed to work for a couple days but now its back. I'm thinking maybe its a dead spot in TPS or IAC. I dunno? Quote
adam_murphy Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Posted October 25, 2005 i was told that its a torque converter cylinoid switch in the tranny on 3 speeds only *TH125* Quote
Grand Moff Joseph Posted October 25, 2005 Report Posted October 25, 2005 Problems such as the ones you are describing could very well be the TCC. It is a sub $100 part, so if you think it may be the root of the problem, change it. Quote
digitaloutsider Posted October 25, 2005 Report Posted October 25, 2005 I'd at least try that whole $5 fix.. the fuel filter. If it doesn't work, oh well.. you're out of $5 and you did some preventive maitenance. Quote
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