DaytonDsm
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- Jun 19, 2011
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Kettering,
Ohio
93 laser rs n/t
97k miles.
Recently I just did a tune up, includes wires, plugs and oil.
Recent timming belt job done I don't know when.
When I first got the car it did run but not very well. It would idle about 500- 400 and die unless I gave it gas. The guy said it was just a tps sensor. I replaced the tps sensor and right now it is at 12%, should be at 10% ( can that make the car run like shit even though it's 2% off?)
After I adjusted the tps to 12% it still didn't run that good but did idle fine. It would still hesitate like it would hit a wall at different types of rpms and the only time it wouldn't hit a wall if I feathered the throttle up and down up and down to get it up to speed. Recently I patched my cracked manifold ( waiting for my new one to come ) and my buddy david said that I needed to change out my o2 sensor ( waiting for my new manifold). So while I'm waiting I decided to do a maf silencer delete and check my coilpack if it was preforming correctly. After I did this it started idling high around 1500rpms and when I turned the a/c on it would idle 1000rpms (before I checked the coilpack and deleted the maf silencer) the car would idle at 600 and with a/c at 400. My question is lately it has been smelling horrible once the car got warmed up and my buddy said that my CAT could be clogged but I find it hard to believe that such a small thing could make a significant difference on my car. Would you guys have any ideas? And if someone lived locally enough maybe we could meet up and help me give the car a proper look over and compression test because I'm not really mechanically inclinded I just lack tools and knowledge of that kind of stuff.
So please give any input. I still haven't had the chance to do a proper compression test because the one I got has a leak in it and is broke.
97k miles.
Recently I just did a tune up, includes wires, plugs and oil.
Recent timming belt job done I don't know when.
When I first got the car it did run but not very well. It would idle about 500- 400 and die unless I gave it gas. The guy said it was just a tps sensor. I replaced the tps sensor and right now it is at 12%, should be at 10% ( can that make the car run like shit even though it's 2% off?)
After I adjusted the tps to 12% it still didn't run that good but did idle fine. It would still hesitate like it would hit a wall at different types of rpms and the only time it wouldn't hit a wall if I feathered the throttle up and down up and down to get it up to speed. Recently I patched my cracked manifold ( waiting for my new one to come ) and my buddy david said that I needed to change out my o2 sensor ( waiting for my new manifold). So while I'm waiting I decided to do a maf silencer delete and check my coilpack if it was preforming correctly. After I did this it started idling high around 1500rpms and when I turned the a/c on it would idle 1000rpms (before I checked the coilpack and deleted the maf silencer) the car would idle at 600 and with a/c at 400. My question is lately it has been smelling horrible once the car got warmed up and my buddy said that my CAT could be clogged but I find it hard to believe that such a small thing could make a significant difference on my car. Would you guys have any ideas? And if someone lived locally enough maybe we could meet up and help me give the car a proper look over and compression test because I'm not really mechanically inclinded I just lack tools and knowledge of that kind of stuff.
So please give any input. I still haven't had the chance to do a proper compression test because the one I got has a leak in it and is broke.
