About 2% of start-ups, car will start and then just die... what gives?
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From: Bayville NJ and Newark at NJIT.
About 2% of start-ups, car will start and then just die... what gives?
It's probably happened 3-4 times since I got my car in April of 2001...
It's bothersome, and I'm convinced it's caused by something deeper thats raping me behind my back somewhere.
Anyone have any ideas...? Slow IAC (passages are clean), missfire related (although it doesn't miss really when it runs for the 2 seconds before it dies... it doesn't really begin to miss until the idle idles down.)
What can you say?
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1985 Camaro SC - 2.8L, auto.
C'mon, spin 'em for papa...
http://www.xenodrgn.f2s.com/Frontright.jpg
It's bothersome, and I'm convinced it's caused by something deeper thats raping me behind my back somewhere.
Anyone have any ideas...? Slow IAC (passages are clean), missfire related (although it doesn't miss really when it runs for the 2 seconds before it dies... it doesn't really begin to miss until the idle idles down.)
What can you say?
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1985 Camaro SC - 2.8L, auto.
C'mon, spin 'em for papa...
http://www.xenodrgn.f2s.com/Frontright.jpg
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I have the EXACT same problem. I'd say its happened maybe twice since I got the car in the beginning summer. I'll start it, and it'll idle for a second, then die. Starts right back up but its just kinda wierd....
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could it be a vaccum leak, my car does the same
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Trent
---Car---
89 Firebird/305 L03 TBI A4/t-tops
Open Element Edelbrock Aircleaner w/ K&N air filter/Summit Chrome Valve Covers
Edelbrock TES headers 3" out/flowmaster American thunder 3" exaust/Catco cat
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mine did the same thing
and juess what, i solved it, CHECK YOUR FUEL PRESSURE, i replaced my pump adjusted timing never died when i started it since
(except it dies at 60 kmh, which is as scary as hell, but thats another problem)
and juess what, i solved it, CHECK YOUR FUEL PRESSURE, i replaced my pump adjusted timing never died when i started it since
(except it dies at 60 kmh, which is as scary as hell, but thats another problem)
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From: Bayville NJ and Newark at NJIT.
fuel pump is brand new...
It could be injectors, I have a new set here waiting to be put in... they're being sent out in 2week to a month from now...
timing chain, again, another possibility, thats being changed in 2weeks-1month from now..
(note, I get paid every 2 weeks...) :-)
Thanks for the input though.
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1985 Camaro SC - 2.8L, auto.
C'mon, spin 'em for papa...
http://www.xenodrgn.f2s.com/Frontright.jpg
It could be injectors, I have a new set here waiting to be put in... they're being sent out in 2week to a month from now...
timing chain, again, another possibility, thats being changed in 2weeks-1month from now..
(note, I get paid every 2 weeks...) :-)
Thanks for the input though.
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1985 Camaro SC - 2.8L, auto.
C'mon, spin 'em for papa...
http://www.xenodrgn.f2s.com/Frontright.jpg
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My car did that occasionally... New fuel filter, fixed a vacuum leak, and replaced the IAC and TPS.. One of those things fixed it. heh.
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89 iroc-z 305 tbi
k&n filtercharger, open element air filter. nuffin' else
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