Hi all.. i have a 1988 pontiac firebird formula 305 tpi and when the car just began to show signs of an ignition problem
???????... the car starts up fine but then it slowly dies unless i pump the gas a few times and then it runs like a charm.... i just had the ignition module tested and it passed on all tests.... what else could be the problem?!?!?! thanx ya'll

 

I have a very similar problem (and in an attempt not to steal your thread). What my symptoms are... when I start the car the first time it will blow a puff of smoke (havent distinguished the color yet but looks to be white to me so far) out the exhaust, and idles at around 2 - 3 ticks (I have a Berlinetta, so it's the digital guage), when it get to tick number 2 it sounds like a rod knocks or something it just sounds horrible, and it then dies. Even if I just drive it down the street to the stop sign it will idle funky until I turn the car off and start it up again, and after that it will idle perfect and run perfect.

Are your RPMS similar when idling? I am guessing that it would be around 450RPMS?

 

mines doin the same thing. I think i just need to replace the coil.

 

I've been reading about the pickup coils, and it sounds like those go out w/o any warning?