Car will hardly run. Please help!
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Car: '88 Red Trans Am w/ T-tops
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: T-5
Car will hardly run. Please help!
OK so today my car started acting really weird this morning when I went to work. It did the same thing at lunch and on the way home tonight. I started the car and it idled real low like it wanted to stall. It stalled once when i started it tonight after work. Then when I released the clutch and gave it gas, It acting as though it was gonna stall again. The more gas I gave it the more the rpms went down. You could release the clutch and put it in gear and it would coast at that speed but when accelerating it wants to stall. I have had this happen a few weeks ago too but it only lasted a few minutes and went away until today. I have codes 21 and 22 coming up. Which have been coming up for a while. Whether this problem is linked to the TPS or not I don't know. Any ideas? Oh yeah I stopped at a gas station and popped the hood and wiggled the TPS and it changed the RPMs a little. Then the car ran fine until the next stop light and it repeated the same thing. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Adam.
Thanks, Adam.
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Car: 1986 Camaro Z28
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: Who orders an auto in a Camaro??
Axle/Gears: Economy gears..once again, WHY?!?
Well, since you said the idle changed by wiggling the wires, then i would look into a connector problem, or a loose tps/bad tps. Inspect the wiring.
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that's what I thought too, the wires are kinda kinked right where they enter the back of the connector, I don't know if that is the problem or If it is maybe something in the connector.
Originally posted by trueburton
that's what I thought too, the wires are kinda kinked right where they enter the back of the connector, I don't know if that is the problem or If it is maybe something in the connector.
that's what I thought too, the wires are kinda kinked right where they enter the back of the connector, I don't know if that is the problem or If it is maybe something in the connector.
Connect a voltmeter to the disconnected tps connector and gently wiggle the wires while checking the voltage.
If the voltage drops,there is the bad one.
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