17andCrazy
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- May 24, 2004
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Apple Valley,
Minnesota
ok so im into fbodys and am going to get one again sometime. right now i have a 93 trans am, and it was salvaged, so im getting rid of it. im just going to buy my winter car right now (which is going to be this $2000 talon TSI awd). interior is great, body is good, paint sucks, but its for a beater and to romp around town in anyway, engine has 187K miles. so heres the problem...
driving and accelerating felt just fine, pulled real well for a 4 banger and i only brought it to 4K in 2nd. thing is, at idle sittin in the guys garage it couldnt do it. it would be at 1000, then almost fall on it's face and drop to 500, then correct itself and get back to 1000. it did this at a steady pace. when we were driving it and it was time to stop we put the clutch in, hit the brakes, and the car just dies. it couldnt do idel at a roll. we turn it over and it starts right up. accelerating is fine, ideling it has issues. i think i cna get it for $1500, but whats the deal with it? if it's just a vaccum problem like IAC or something, is it an easy fix? could it be a shot piston/cylinder? what is the deal with it and will it be easy/cheap to fix?
driving and accelerating felt just fine, pulled real well for a 4 banger and i only brought it to 4K in 2nd. thing is, at idle sittin in the guys garage it couldnt do it. it would be at 1000, then almost fall on it's face and drop to 500, then correct itself and get back to 1000. it did this at a steady pace. when we were driving it and it was time to stop we put the clutch in, hit the brakes, and the car just dies. it couldnt do idel at a roll. we turn it over and it starts right up. accelerating is fine, ideling it has issues. i think i cna get it for $1500, but whats the deal with it? if it's just a vaccum problem like IAC or something, is it an easy fix? could it be a shot piston/cylinder? what is the deal with it and will it be easy/cheap to fix?