Hey guys,
I've been searching around to see if anyone else has had similar issues and found one thread that kind of fit the profile but ultimately had no true solution.
The same problems I started with when I got the car are still present and I'm pretty much out of ideas. I'm trying my best to handle everything I can myself and with the help of a few motor savvy friends and DavidM who was one of the first members of this site to welcome me in.
Here is the scoop; first, the start up is rough. The car cranks but has trouble starting. I try not to force the starter to crank for more than 3 seconds before I stop, pull the key out of the ignition and start again after a few more seconds. Most of the time it starts on the second or third attempt.
Next thing, she is running rich beyond my wildest dreams. I can smell my gas money just evaporating into thin air
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Now... we've started the beauty, burned a quarter tank of gas getting there and now, we are waiting for her to warm up to 160 before take off. TPS is at a firm .42, my IAC gets down to about 28-30 as the car warms up some more. Then, my idle just start yo-yo'ing. About once every 12 seconds my idle drops to about 400-500 causing my engine to move about under the hood and some black water/oil (No real sent a little oily to the touch) to spurt out of my exhaust.
Then comes the stalling, this isn't too frequent but enough to ask about. Mainly happens after driving for a while, more during stop and go traffic. And always during one of my idle drops.
All my numbers seem right... I've changed the spark plugs to Autolite 24's gap'd them to .032- a tight .035. I bought and installed MSD spark plugs wires, even cleaned the coil pack, and still my starter gives me hell.
I cleaned my throttle body as best as I could without removing it since I didn't have a new gasket to install. But it was a night and day change, just didn't help the idle at all. I swapped out vacuum lines that where clearly in need of changing, even switched to a new billet vacuum block thinking that maybe my stock plastic one was leaking from compression or cracking over the years. Still nothing.
So here I am, back at square one. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
~JR
I've been searching around to see if anyone else has had similar issues and found one thread that kind of fit the profile but ultimately had no true solution.
The same problems I started with when I got the car are still present and I'm pretty much out of ideas. I'm trying my best to handle everything I can myself and with the help of a few motor savvy friends and DavidM who was one of the first members of this site to welcome me in.
Here is the scoop; first, the start up is rough. The car cranks but has trouble starting. I try not to force the starter to crank for more than 3 seconds before I stop, pull the key out of the ignition and start again after a few more seconds. Most of the time it starts on the second or third attempt.
Next thing, she is running rich beyond my wildest dreams. I can smell my gas money just evaporating into thin air
. Now... we've started the beauty, burned a quarter tank of gas getting there and now, we are waiting for her to warm up to 160 before take off. TPS is at a firm .42, my IAC gets down to about 28-30 as the car warms up some more. Then, my idle just start yo-yo'ing. About once every 12 seconds my idle drops to about 400-500 causing my engine to move about under the hood and some black water/oil (No real sent a little oily to the touch) to spurt out of my exhaust.
Then comes the stalling, this isn't too frequent but enough to ask about. Mainly happens after driving for a while, more during stop and go traffic. And always during one of my idle drops.
All my numbers seem right... I've changed the spark plugs to Autolite 24's gap'd them to .032- a tight .035. I bought and installed MSD spark plugs wires, even cleaned the coil pack, and still my starter gives me hell.
I cleaned my throttle body as best as I could without removing it since I didn't have a new gasket to install. But it was a night and day change, just didn't help the idle at all. I swapped out vacuum lines that where clearly in need of changing, even switched to a new billet vacuum block thinking that maybe my stock plastic one was leaking from compression or cracking over the years. Still nothing.
So here I am, back at square one. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
~JR
