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engine down please help not tryin to ride the bus!!!

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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 03:01 PM
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Car: 91 firebird
Engine: V6
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engine down please help not tryin to ride the bus!!!

ok well my car is hardly idling and when i put it in drive i get up to 3000 rpm and it dies whats wrong.....

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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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Car: '87 Camaro / '87 Chevy K10
Engine: 3.4L MPFI (soon) / 5.7L TBI
Transmission: 700R4 / 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42 / 3.73
Re: engine down please help not tryin to ride the bus!!!

Check all your vacuum lines.
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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Car: 88Fbird,88Formula,04 GP,04 Durango
Engine: LO3,L98,3800,HEMI
Transmission: 700r4, 4l60e, 545rfe
Re: engine down please help not tryin to ride the bus!!!

Did you check for trouble codes?
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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Car: 91 firebird
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Re: engine down please help not tryin to ride the bus!!!

na im gonna go tomorrow and check it out but i think i figured it out im thinkin its my coil wire i just checked it and it was really loose and i noticed when its parked its alright but when i drive it at higher speed it dies but i dont know ill check it out later

thanks for all the suggestions
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 03:43 PM
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Re: engine down please help not tryin to ride the bus!!!

If you aren't really goood at working on cars and time is of the essence, you can take it to a gm dealer and they will diagnose it for about $70.
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