I replaced the battery today, spark plug wires, oil change were done recently as well.

it feels liek as if the car isnt getting any power or tq at all when driving.

THe RPMs take very long and are very hard to keep high, when starting in first it takes about 8seconds for the rpm to reach about 3k and when it reaches 3k it sounds normal but still has no torque at all. I had to ride the clutch to keep the RPMS high because as soon as i let go of the gas the needle dropped hard to about 1k.

when in neutral i had to keep playing with the gas because the needle would be jumping around at about 500-700rpm. It often shut off my car completely.

Is this a fuel injeciton problem? or something bigger?

anyone have this experience?

 

i checked the throttle cable...it seemed ok.

the short ram intake pipe was kind of loose and knocking around alot but that doesnt seem like that would be a problem.

 

did you mess with anything on intake manifold or throttle body

 

no...the short ram intake cone fell off when installing the battery and the engine ran like that for about 15 mins. when i popped the hood i connected the cone again.

the whole intake was bumping around my engine bay alot and i tried to tighten it but i couldnt in the rain.

i didnt touch the throttle body though

 

bump

 

sounds like u have alike a vacum leak casue im having the same problem check all your vacum lines make sure u didnt knock any off or any thing than once u get the idle to stop fluctuation adjust it to where u want it on the side of the intake manifold =>

 

Bump for more opinions, its not really idle fluctuation. Alot of popping coming from the exhaust, and the car pulls at 5k rpm like it would doing 30mph in 5th gear.

 

up for this guy. I'm dealing with the same thing except I replace my timing belt (also swapped heads with another one I had been working on). definately would like to know more

also, by any chance is your car running rich ( do you smell gas ). I have that problem too.

 

Yes he actually is running rich. He told me he smelled hella fuel.

 

I have a feeling we both have timing issues. His probly jumped and mine just wasn't set right. I really need more knowledge on this....where are the pros?

 

sounds like spark plugs to me.. did you gap em right?

do a spark plug test..

(pull each spark plug wire off.. and if the engine changes idle.. then its good.. if it stays the same.. then its bad..

 

ill do the spark plug test ASAP.

 

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do a spark plug test..

(pull each spark plug wire off.. and if the engine changes idle.. then its good.. if it stays the same.. then its bad..</TD></TR></TABLE>
We actually did do this before and cyl # 3 wire being off did not change the way the car ran, also thats when we noticed the spark plug wire boot was broken completely


Modified by br0nx finest at 12:52 PM 12/17/2005

 

turns out the spark plugs being fucked up in the cylinders ultimately fucked up cylinders #2 and #3.

looking for a new LS motor as we speak

 

hmm.. what is wrong with 2 and 3? did you do a cyl leakdown test?

 

yea it could be a timeing issue. get your dizzy checked too! sounds like its a ignition issue.