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Help.... Weird Problems

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98gsxturbo

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Jun 30, 2002
Ok guys im going to try to explain this the best i can....

Today after picking my car up from the shop (i got a SS clutch line installed) some of the problems i had before are still there and got a bit worse....

1) My car is runnin rich
2) My car bucks at low rpm while adding throttle and while cruising with no throttle being applied
3) At WOT the car acts normal... no buckin is present
4) My plugs and o2 sensors are 3k miles old
5) My idle is very irratic.... it will idle fine for 30 sec to 1 min then start flapping around. example: 800-900, 900-600, 600-800, 800-400, and eventually almoast stall out....
6) I adjusted my biss screw and that helped the idle a bit but ony for a short time. it soon went back to its old ways...

i picked up some fuel injector cleaner and a bottle of octane booster... i put in a fresh full tank of 93 and added both... i drove 2 1/2 - 3 hours (180 miles) home immediatly after adding both to the car. i am now at about 1/4-1/2 tank of gas.... no change really... but im gettin my injectors cleaned atleast....what could be causing my buckin and irratic idle issues

tomorrow i am going to make a trip to mitsu and pick up a new fuel filter and a new set of spark plugs.. im also going to order a new set of spark plug wires offline (NGK)..... what do you think could be causing any or all of these problems.... i pulled a plug before i left for the drive home and the plug was pretty fouled..... showed severe signs of running rich...

if the new plugs wires and fuel filter dont work what else might i be looking at?

my car is back to bone stock condition (not for long, i have my N1 turboback and greddy ic kit w/ type s sittin in my garage)

I was thinking my throttle body might be dirty or my EGR valve might be going out the door.... what do you all think?? thanks for the help guys!
 
What do you have on your car? your mod list only says the basic stuff...

2G's tend to run rich, my car runs very rich as well... i took out the lower and one of the side honey comb in MAS, and it slightly runs leaner but the idle is crap. removing the honeycomb messes up your idle sometimes..

are you venting or not venting? when i used to vent (greddy type s) at WOT, my car used to stall after letting off the gas...

hope this helps...
 
Check the knock sensor. I think that might be you bucking problem. I had a similar problem before. But i think your idle is a seprate problem all together.
 
no my car is back to stock condition.... i was breaking in my rebuild shortblock.... so it is all stock... no venting...... just started all of the sudden... i was thinking my ISC
 
Check and see if all cylinders are getting spark when the fits happen. I checked mine by pulling the plug wires off, one at a time, from the distributor [coil pack] end, and looked for a spark jumping.
Let me know if all four fire.
 
This may be a dead thread, since 98gsxturbo did his last reply at Xmas time in 2002. Let's see if he replies to this post. Yes, it's aggrevating when a problem remains "unresolved" because a poster doesn't tell the end of the story!! :cool:

laza101-- Assuming that there is NO reply......... Please tell us your symptoms exactly so that we can help!! . . . In fact.. I think it would be best that you start a totally new posting so that everybody will read it! :D
 
My symptoms are exactly as GSX said initially. One of my spark plugs was fouled though. Still can't find the problem!!!
 
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