Hello,

83 trans am Q-Jet

Been working on the restoration for a few years now. The car has only been driven 5 mines in the last 4 years. So a few weeks ago I got the car running and idling smoothly. Car had run beautifully since. Always start it and run it in the shop. I have taken a 3 mile drive with no issues except what appeared to be a little bogging down. Thought it was the tranny shifting funny. Today I went to hook up my new ac compressor that was no good out of the box by the way and after I unplugged that the car died. Started right back up and idled fine. I took the car for a ride and it still had a little hesitation. I got on it one time and it really hesitated and now it wont idle or run unless I have my foot on the gas. All is stock. Any ideas.

Thank you.

 

Five miles in four years.....

How old is the fuel in the tank?

 

Pretty old. Close to the 4 year old mark.

 

I would drain as much of that old fuel out of the tank, replace the fuel filter and start with fresh fuel.

Might also be a good idea to disable the ignition, remove the fuel line at the carb and set up a catch can. Have someone crank the engine over to purge what ever old fuel is in the lines.