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Hey everyone. I am a new poster, but an old follower of this site. I have learned a lot about our cars and how to fix them by reading about other members problems. I have encountered a problem that has me perplexed. This will be a long post.
I have a Silver/Raven 88 TC 5-sp which is all stock except for a K&N filter. The car has generally ran well with the occasional vaccuum leak at the IC/Throttle body. Other than that, not too many problems that I could not handle. At thanksgiving, I allowed my step-son to take the TC to college in Daytona, Fl from South Carolina. The car performed well on the trip. After about a week, he called and said the car was cutting out and would not stay cranked. I immediately thought it was a vaccuum leak. I walked him through the repair process over the phone. He was able to get the car to crank, but the idle was very unstable. A plane ticket later, I was in Daytona. I went straight to the parking lot and my baby started right up and idled smoothly. We drove around Daytona for a while with no problems. The next morning, we headed out for South Carolina. Car ran great with no hint of a problem. The next day, the problem was back and became progressively worse. I said all that to say this:
The car is to the point where it will only crank if I put the gas pedal to the floor. It spits and sputters and then will even out around 3K rpms. Sometimes it will hold an idle, sometimes not. When it does hold and idle, it will immediately die if I turn on anything electrical. The turn signal will make it die, the heater fan with make it die, hitting the brake pedal with make it die. It dies even if I am revving the engine. It will rev as long as I keep the idle over 2K.
So far I have replaced the FPR, coil, ignition switch(it was burned inside),TPS and new distributor/module. I have cleaned the IAC, EGR, VAM. I have re-connected the IC/Throttle body hoses and they are tight. It seems and smells to be very rich and will backfire when trying to start. Balck deposits can be seen on the pavement behind the tailpies when it finally cranks. I am at my wits end. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? I tried to pull codes, but I can't keep it running long enough to get up to temperature.
HELP!!!!
I have a Silver/Raven 88 TC 5-sp which is all stock except for a K&N filter. The car has generally ran well with the occasional vaccuum leak at the IC/Throttle body. Other than that, not too many problems that I could not handle. At thanksgiving, I allowed my step-son to take the TC to college in Daytona, Fl from South Carolina. The car performed well on the trip. After about a week, he called and said the car was cutting out and would not stay cranked. I immediately thought it was a vaccuum leak. I walked him through the repair process over the phone. He was able to get the car to crank, but the idle was very unstable. A plane ticket later, I was in Daytona. I went straight to the parking lot and my baby started right up and idled smoothly. We drove around Daytona for a while with no problems. The next morning, we headed out for South Carolina. Car ran great with no hint of a problem. The next day, the problem was back and became progressively worse. I said all that to say this:
The car is to the point where it will only crank if I put the gas pedal to the floor. It spits and sputters and then will even out around 3K rpms. Sometimes it will hold an idle, sometimes not. When it does hold and idle, it will immediately die if I turn on anything electrical. The turn signal will make it die, the heater fan with make it die, hitting the brake pedal with make it die. It dies even if I am revving the engine. It will rev as long as I keep the idle over 2K.
So far I have replaced the FPR, coil, ignition switch(it was burned inside),TPS and new distributor/module. I have cleaned the IAC, EGR, VAM. I have re-connected the IC/Throttle body hoses and they are tight. It seems and smells to be very rich and will backfire when trying to start. Balck deposits can be seen on the pavement behind the tailpies when it finally cranks. I am at my wits end. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? I tried to pull codes, but I can't keep it running long enough to get up to temperature.
HELP!!!!
88 TC-5 speed. Silver/Raven Repainted summer 2010. Stock except for K&N filter. 169k miles.
94 Super Coupe Auto. 123K. Teal with Oyter leather and all other options.
94 Super Coupe Auto. 123K. Teal with Oyter leather and all other options.