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engine dying

Old Sep 21, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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engine dying

i have a 88 chevy camaro 305 tbi i am having a problem thats driving me crazy .here is what it does, when the car is cold the car idles great and can burn up the tires on 1st 2nd 3rd ,but as soon as the engine light comes on and i reve it up it dies and i can start it back up right away i have replaced the iginition coil module distributor wires and plugs .the check engine will go off when the engine is off but will come back on right a way and when it is driven easy there really isnt much but the bad idleing and when i hit the gas easy it picks up not the greatest but it does i have new plugs wires cap rotor .when reving the engine i can reve it up and the car will die as soon as my foot of gas if it stays on the it will reve up to about 3000 rpm then drop to 500 then back up to 3000 and and surges when iding with the check light on please someone help oh the car will idle fine if foot off the gas helpppppppp.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 03:01 AM
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Car: 1992 RS
Engine: Carbed 350
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42 posi
Re: engine dying

Did you pull the codes? https://www.thirdgen.org/service-eng...ht-error-codes
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