car stutters once in a while
 

it seems like my car is getting a fuel cut off every once in a while like at random times. its usually around 3000 rpms. also i been getting a lot of code 1. any ideas what the prob is???

Re: car stutters once in a while (Jockobo)
 

I've been having the same problem, any help would be appreciated.

Re: car stutters once in a while (Jockobo)
 

Could be a lot of things. Is it weather dependant at all? How is the car starting? Have you changed any parts? You could have a sticking injector or your fpr could be pooched. Those are just a couple of possibilities.

Re: car stutters once in a while (Dutchie)
 

It started for this first time this morning coming into work, it was working fine when I was out last night. The only thing that i can think that I may have done to it was about 2 days ago I washed the engine bay of my car, and I'm thinking i might have gotten moisture into the distributor. But if I would have done that wouldnt it have not run right away, as opposed to 2 days later? I had the 90k mile service done at the dealer less than a month ago, and had the timing belt changed and the water pump. I changed the spark plugs last week. I'm not sure what could be causing this.

Re: car stutters once in a while (Remmy)
 

Probably wouldn't hurt to take the dist cap off and take a look. When was the last time you changed the rotor? Take a look at it and see if it is carbon tracked. Something like that could be many different things though. Any codes?
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Re: car stutters once in a while (Dutchie)
 

I couldn't tell you the last time the rotor was changed, I got the car this summer from my dad. I'll take a look inside after I limp it home after work today. When you all say throwing codes, where would I see that? I mean, the engine warning light isn't on, nor is the maint req. light, so I guess I'm code free. Oh yeah, sorry for jacking your post dude, I was about to post the same thing but saw you already had the question covered.

Re: car stutters once in a while (Remmy)
 

Ya, you won't have any codes if the lights aren't on unless the bulbs are burnt out in them. It is easy to check. There will be a jumper under the dash of the passenger side by the ECU. There is a green wire and a Blue wire I believe. Just stick a paperclip or a wire in both terminals (jump it), and turn the car to the on position. Do not start the car. If the check engine light blinks then there is a code in there. Here is a link about pulling the codes and what they mean. www.c-speedracing.com You should go ahead and replace the rotor and cap because they aren't very expensive and they are probably due. Hopefully that will solve your problem.
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[Modified by Dutchie, 3:57 PM 7/15/2002]

Re: car stutters once in a while (Dutchie)
 

so did either of you guys figure this one out yet?

Re: car stutters once in a while (FFgeoff)
 

sorry for not replying about this sooner, i got my problem fixed. I had cleaned out my engine bay 2 days before the problem started...well when i got home i went to pull the plugs to take a look at them and underneath the plug wires was a shit load of water and simple green drowning out each spark plug. i pumped all the water out of the holes, pulled the plugs, dried everything off, put it back together and everything was running fine. i guess some water got underneath the spark plug cover, and over the course of two days leaked its way under the plug wires. anyways, lesson learned.

on a side note, i found the easiest way to pump out the holes was to take the squirter part of a squirt bottle, and stick it down in the hole to pump all the water out, incase anyone else runs into this problem.