I have been working on trying to figure my sputter problems out. I will be folowing behind a slow poke, and everyonce in a while, it will put put. At idle, it backs the rpms down about 100 real quick, then back up.

I re-adjusted my rockers tonight, and they are quite loose. For trying to figure out my problems, I would rather they be a bit loose.
Timing chain passes the jumping on timing light, and rotate crank and watch rotor spin. Little to no play.
Timing is a little low.
Vacume on map sensor is VERY STEADY!!

This all started after I took my intake off to fix a antifreeze leak.

So is my syptom from low timing, or what. this has been driving me crazy for about 8 months now. I just now got back onto tinking with the engine after fixing camaro, dodge, and the suspension on it.

Its a 93 2.8l TBI

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Did you remove the pleninum for the anti-freeze leak?
Maybe your idle is slightly out and the idle screw needs a very slight adjustment. BUT I would not recommend this until you try moving your timing a little and see how the car fairs.

 

TBI has a IAC valve which has been replaced. The whole upper half of the engine was removed down to the heads to fix the leak.

Will look into timing.


Anyone else??

 

It sounds to me like you have a vaccum leak. This could be caused by a bad gasket seal, a cracked or loose vaccum hose, or even a cracked throttle body (say if it was overtorqued...I have seen several Holley carb bases crack, and I guess it could happen to a TB also). With the engine running, spray carb cleaner around the suspect areas, being careful to keep it away from the TB, and see if the idle speeds up noticably. If it does, thats your vaccum leak. They can cause all kinds of idle and drivability problems.