aussieghostrider
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Can someone please tell me what would cause the car to idle really low that it stumbles to chase revs when sitting in traffic lights ? if I put in neutral its fine .. and may skip a little. It's a Vn V6 1990 executive series 1 with auto transmission.
the car on cold start is perfect but once it warms up and sitting in traffic lights the idle goes from good then gets lower and lower then almost stalls but skips back , the tensioner arm jumps up and down and theres a vibration.The car accelerates good so the only problems when at lights for a long period ...
I said I was gonna chuck the car a year or so ago but no I keep it and look what I get ..
Cars original owner .. oil changes every 5000km ... has around 220,000 on it .. all original engine , trans , diff ...
I have replaced ..
fuelpump , cas , coilpack+dfi , spark plugs and leads , gave the throttle body a good spray with carby cleaner , new waterpump , new thermostat , new battery , ran injector cleaner , fuel filter . new radiator , new balancer... oxygen sensor ..all in the last 2 years...
I was told by 2 mechanics it's inlet manifold but then others said no its not ... I don't know what to do .. I can throw it into Neutral at lights to avoid it but my mum drives the car and she wont like having to do that..
when my battery died and needed a jumpstart , my mates dad checked the voltage and said something to me about alternator putting out too much power and would be bad for battery so could that have anything to do with it ?
WTF do I have to do ???? inlet manifold , IAC , TPS , coolant temp sensor .. ????? I have no idea on checking error codes .. I know how to change sparkies and oil .. coolant ..basic stuff ...
the car on cold start is perfect but once it warms up and sitting in traffic lights the idle goes from good then gets lower and lower then almost stalls but skips back , the tensioner arm jumps up and down and theres a vibration.The car accelerates good so the only problems when at lights for a long period ...
I said I was gonna chuck the car a year or so ago but no I keep it and look what I get ..
Cars original owner .. oil changes every 5000km ... has around 220,000 on it .. all original engine , trans , diff ...
I have replaced ..
fuelpump , cas , coilpack+dfi , spark plugs and leads , gave the throttle body a good spray with carby cleaner , new waterpump , new thermostat , new battery , ran injector cleaner , fuel filter . new radiator , new balancer... oxygen sensor ..all in the last 2 years...
I was told by 2 mechanics it's inlet manifold but then others said no its not ... I don't know what to do .. I can throw it into Neutral at lights to avoid it but my mum drives the car and she wont like having to do that..
when my battery died and needed a jumpstart , my mates dad checked the voltage and said something to me about alternator putting out too much power and would be bad for battery so could that have anything to do with it ?
WTF do I have to do ???? inlet manifold , IAC , TPS , coolant temp sensor .. ????? I have no idea on checking error codes .. I know how to change sparkies and oil .. coolant ..basic stuff ...
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