TheClaw
15+ Year Contributor
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- Sep 6, 2005
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DSMLand,
Connecticut
Saturday I changed a few things. My radiator, put a new thermostadt in, and new spark plugs. To do that I took off my intake pipe/mas, and that was it.
Gapped the plugs, put them in. Got the radiator/thermo in with no hitches.
Then I go to start it, and the car stumbles and dies.. Forgot to plug the MAS back in..
Start it, car still stumbles a bit but starts. 30 seconds in my test drive the CEL comes on. The idle is a bit rough. Also, when decellerating in gear if I just give it a TINY bit of throttle (1-2%) it'll get pretty rough..
To start the car after it's been sitting a while (like this morning) it takes a good 20 seconds of cranking. Then when it starts the R's jump to like 2k, then it dies.. Start it again, same thing happens. I have to stay on the throttle to keep it alive. Once it's been running a min or so, it stays alive but the CEL kicks on again.
Car SEEMS to be running like normal other than what I mentioned above.
I made sure all plugs/wires were tight, the MAS completely plugged in too.. Also disconnected the battery for 10 mins to clear any codes.
I didn't take anything else off.. I can't check the CEL yet because I can't figure out how to display the code on my MMCD pocketlogger either.. Any ideas on that?
Maybe a plug is bad? I'm going to replace all plugs again today to see if that does anything. Could I have ####ed anything up starting the car with the MAS unplugged?
I'm stumped until I can pull that CEL.
Thanks
Gapped the plugs, put them in. Got the radiator/thermo in with no hitches.
Then I go to start it, and the car stumbles and dies.. Forgot to plug the MAS back in..
Start it, car still stumbles a bit but starts. 30 seconds in my test drive the CEL comes on. The idle is a bit rough. Also, when decellerating in gear if I just give it a TINY bit of throttle (1-2%) it'll get pretty rough..
To start the car after it's been sitting a while (like this morning) it takes a good 20 seconds of cranking. Then when it starts the R's jump to like 2k, then it dies.. Start it again, same thing happens. I have to stay on the throttle to keep it alive. Once it's been running a min or so, it stays alive but the CEL kicks on again.
Car SEEMS to be running like normal other than what I mentioned above.
I made sure all plugs/wires were tight, the MAS completely plugged in too.. Also disconnected the battery for 10 mins to clear any codes.
I didn't take anything else off.. I can't check the CEL yet because I can't figure out how to display the code on my MMCD pocketlogger either.. Any ideas on that?
Maybe a plug is bad? I'm going to replace all plugs again today to see if that does anything. Could I have ####ed anything up starting the car with the MAS unplugged?
I'm stumped until I can pull that CEL.
Thanks