Redslayer
10+ Year Contributor
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- Apr 5, 2012
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Federalsburg,
Maryland
I had just finished putting my car back together from a rear motor mount replacement, and after refilling the coolant system which took quite some time of the car idling, I went to see how the car ran and as soon as I touched the throttle the car just went for the red line, even after I released the throttle (as if I was holding it around half throttle). I turned it off when it hit about 5.5k and let it sit for a minute, then restarted it. Now every time I start it, it either stalls immediately, or idles fine until I touch the throttle at which point it starts to run rough and then stalls.
Now, I considered maybe it wasn't getting enough fuel, so to test it I turned off the fuel pump when it began to stutter, but that actually made rev up then it idled better until it eventually ran dry and stalled. I tried switching it off then back on after it cleared up the bad idle, and it would immediately go back into stumbling until it stalled.
This to me tells me its flooding itself out, getting too much fuel the moment I touch the throttle. What I don't know, is what would cause that. Too say I'm tired of working on this car would be a grand understatement, but if its something simple then I'll fix it. Otherwise, I'm done with this car until I can pay someone else to work on it, because I'm just so tired of mechanic work it isn't even funny.
Quick note, I checked the actual throttle cable and it isn't sticking. Car ran fine before, but it sat for about a month because I've been too busy so I honestly don't know what changed.
I checked some of the other threads in the "similar threads" but most of them appear to be air related, which doesn't seem to be the case here.
Now, I considered maybe it wasn't getting enough fuel, so to test it I turned off the fuel pump when it began to stutter, but that actually made rev up then it idled better until it eventually ran dry and stalled. I tried switching it off then back on after it cleared up the bad idle, and it would immediately go back into stumbling until it stalled.
This to me tells me its flooding itself out, getting too much fuel the moment I touch the throttle. What I don't know, is what would cause that. Too say I'm tired of working on this car would be a grand understatement, but if its something simple then I'll fix it. Otherwise, I'm done with this car until I can pay someone else to work on it, because I'm just so tired of mechanic work it isn't even funny.
Quick note, I checked the actual throttle cable and it isn't sticking. Car ran fine before, but it sat for about a month because I've been too busy so I honestly don't know what changed.
I checked some of the other threads in the "similar threads" but most of them appear to be air related, which doesn't seem to be the case here.