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car still runs like crap please help to list any and all causes.

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Old 06-16-2003, 01:49 PM
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car still runs like crap please help to list any and all causes.

i have replaced the following opti wires plugs o2s coil map sensor control module took the injectors out and cleaned them im at a dead end dont know what else to do please help car runs real bad and its my daily driver any help will be greatly appreciated thanks randy
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check your fuel pressure, it can cause a hard start problem along with a huge loss of power if your pump is lazy enough. only other thing i can think of is it could be your coil. might wanna give us some discription of the problem.... that kinda helps.
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Old 06-16-2003, 03:04 PM
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Give me some more details on how it is running.How many miles on it...etc.
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Old 06-16-2003, 03:15 PM
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I don't mean to make you sound like an idiot, but check your intake elbow over really well. My car ran like crap, and I couldn't figure out why until I ripped off the intake and found that I had about a million little rips in the underside of the intake elbow. Runs fine now
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Old 06-16-2003, 03:18 PM
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first of all fuel pressure is fine it started with a real high rpm miss everytime i would mash the gas it would just miss and flutter and wouldnt accelerate this problem just jumped up and bit cause the car was runniing fine that day it all started i drove it to the test n tune to watch the races and as soon as i left playing around as i was leaving with a mustang it started so i took it to my mechanic the next day and he said with 90,000 miles its the opti so i replaced the opti plugs and wires with delco of course except the wires the high rpm miss was gone but it then went to missing at low rpms and would surge going into overdrive and just gets worse everyday its even throwing missfire codes it also threw 1136 o2 rich i guess from missfiring im just stumped my car has never done this maybe i have bad parts.when im driving in over drive for a while it hessitates i can feel it in the pedal but not as bad as accelerating i hope this did not confuse u cause i really need help
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Old 06-16-2003, 03:33 PM
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hello check your coil that is what mine was a high rpm miss
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Old 06-16-2003, 03:41 PM
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My T/A had similar problems. I had a clogged cat. If you still have cats that might be the gremlin! Just a thought!
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Old 06-16-2003, 08:22 PM
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If your cats arn't bad yet, then they soon will be if you continue to run your car while it's extremely rich. It could also have stemmed from a bad MAF sensor. Simply unplug it and see how your car runs.

After that, you might want to do a compression check and make sure that each cylinder is mechanically sound.

Good Luck,
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This might not help, but its an idea. Check all your vacuum lines and replace your fuel filter. You might want to check the voltage on your TPS too. I think everyone else has done a pretty good job brainstorming.
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Old 06-17-2003, 08:57 PM
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whats the odds of it being the computer ? and what should the tps read on a voltmeter and also i unplugged the maf and it still did it.i also do not have cats thianks for everyones oppinions lets see if we can get this fixed.
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