Trans-am Hesitating <-- Video
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Car: 1987 Trans Am
Engine: V8 305
Transmission: 700 R4
Trans-am Hesitating <-- Video
I am back guys, havent been to the forums in a long time. Anyways a little while before winter had came my car started to act up.
87 trans am 305 v8 700r4
Alright so first problem ive got, when my car sits for a period of time, say over night. Or even a few hours when I go to start it, it doesnt want to start right away. Like its not getting gas or something, itll just keep turning over unless i turn key on and off like 4 - 8 times to get the pump going. If i park it for an hour or so, itll start right away but say I park it and leave it overnight, in the morning ill have the same starting issue.
That has always kinda been an issue with it.
Then after awhile now when I have my car running, it will idle just fine, but as soon as I give it a bit of throttle it seems to hesitate, want to stall. and its seems relatively delayed aswell. It got worse the more i drove it.
What do you think my 2 solutions would be? First issue seems like its a vacuum line or something, not keeping the gas in the line and draining back and I have changed my fuel filter just recently.
I finally made a video of the hesitating, since it sat all this summer I had no time for it.
Here is the video
87 trans am 305 v8 700r4
Alright so first problem ive got, when my car sits for a period of time, say over night. Or even a few hours when I go to start it, it doesnt want to start right away. Like its not getting gas or something, itll just keep turning over unless i turn key on and off like 4 - 8 times to get the pump going. If i park it for an hour or so, itll start right away but say I park it and leave it overnight, in the morning ill have the same starting issue.
That has always kinda been an issue with it.
Then after awhile now when I have my car running, it will idle just fine, but as soon as I give it a bit of throttle it seems to hesitate, want to stall. and its seems relatively delayed aswell. It got worse the more i drove it.
What do you think my 2 solutions would be? First issue seems like its a vacuum line or something, not keeping the gas in the line and draining back and I have changed my fuel filter just recently.
I finally made a video of the hesitating, since it sat all this summer I had no time for it.
Here is the video
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Re: Trans-am Hesitating <-- Video
Hard to say. Could be fuel or ignition. I tend to doubt it's vacuum leak unless you got a big one.
If you take it out an hammer on it does it just fall all over itself and not want to go or is it just light throttle/transition kind of a probem? If WOT is a disaster, it's likely a dying fuel pump. If not, then it's probably ignition or vacuum line-related.
If you take it out an hammer on it does it just fall all over itself and not want to go or is it just light throttle/transition kind of a probem? If WOT is a disaster, it's likely a dying fuel pump. If not, then it's probably ignition or vacuum line-related.
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Re: Trans-am Hesitating <-- Video
Hard to say. Could be fuel or ignition. I tend to doubt it's vacuum leak unless you got a big one.
If you take it out an hammer on it does it just fall all over itself and not want to go or is it just light throttle/transition kind of a probem? If WOT is a disaster, it's likely a dying fuel pump. If not, then it's probably ignition or vacuum line-related.
If you take it out an hammer on it does it just fall all over itself and not want to go or is it just light throttle/transition kind of a probem? If WOT is a disaster, it's likely a dying fuel pump. If not, then it's probably ignition or vacuum line-related.
Forgot to mention, the only way I can actually get the car to actually rev up and get going is if i feather the throttle a certain way.
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