JfBrshie56
04-16-2008, 05:07 PM
Here's the problem I'm having, and what I've checked so far:
Car starts just fine cold, but if I run it for a while, then turn it off and try to restart it soon thereafter - it just sputters and dies. If I give it plenty of gas for a bit, it will usually settle down into the 700 RPM range after I let off the throttle. While driving, it hesitates quite a bit if I really punch it - it's enough to make me scared to let anyone else drive it.
On long trips (3+ hrs), it will seem to lurch the tiniest bit, then rev up a couple hundred RPM - after maybe 20 minutes or so (estimating), the check engine light then pops on. The last few long drives I took it on, it got really 'jerky' and slowed down. I had to pull over and wait a bit - then started it up and everything ran alright again.
-115k miles, I recently changed the plugs and wires.
-Fuel filter was changed around 100k
-My fiancee was driving the car while I was out of town once and couldn't get it to start at all . . . she had it towed into a shop in downtown Chicago (yikes), where they supposedly replaced the throttle body.
-While I was replacing my struts, I noticed a big crack in the elbow on the PCV valve hose, so I replaced that.
Still having the same problems after that, although after the 'new' throttle body was put in - it definitely wasn't quite as bad as before.
That's all I can think of right now. Any thoughts?
Car starts just fine cold, but if I run it for a while, then turn it off and try to restart it soon thereafter - it just sputters and dies. If I give it plenty of gas for a bit, it will usually settle down into the 700 RPM range after I let off the throttle. While driving, it hesitates quite a bit if I really punch it - it's enough to make me scared to let anyone else drive it.
On long trips (3+ hrs), it will seem to lurch the tiniest bit, then rev up a couple hundred RPM - after maybe 20 minutes or so (estimating), the check engine light then pops on. The last few long drives I took it on, it got really 'jerky' and slowed down. I had to pull over and wait a bit - then started it up and everything ran alright again.
-115k miles, I recently changed the plugs and wires.
-Fuel filter was changed around 100k
-My fiancee was driving the car while I was out of town once and couldn't get it to start at all . . . she had it towed into a shop in downtown Chicago (yikes), where they supposedly replaced the throttle body.
-While I was replacing my struts, I noticed a big crack in the elbow on the PCV valve hose, so I replaced that.
Still having the same problems after that, although after the 'new' throttle body was put in - it definitely wasn't quite as bad as before.
That's all I can think of right now. Any thoughts?