NEEDaSCbad
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My car started over revving last night while in park/neutral, it revs to 2700-3000rpm without any throttle input by me. It just holds right there, developed outta the blue. I hate this car!
Extended Edition:
Last night I drove out to a bar with a friend, car drove fine and acted no different then usual. When leaving the bar I was showing my new-to-me car to another friend. I started the car and popped the hood to show him the sc, then i tried to manually engage the throttle. I missed and hit the down-shift-cable (i guess thats what its called?), I ended up knocking it out of the tb arm/bracket. didn't realize that i had lost the retaining clip or whatever keeps it in that hole. I just pushed it back into the bracket and went back to revving the car manually. I then closed the hood got in the car and started to pull away, I noticed that my pedal was soft and then realized that my car was pulling harder than normal while in gear without throttle input. I turned it off and restarted it, the tach immediately jumped to 3k rpm. I then put it in neutral and it did the same thing. I decided to try and drive it a bit to see if i could figure anything out. It drove fine minus the high revving, until i got to the highway. when i reached highway speeds it wouldn't down shift or shift into overdrive. I got it home on back roads and shifted to neutral at every chance as to not wreak havoc on the tranny.
I started it this morning and drove to napa but it didn't over rev at all. However it still wouldn't shift into OD. I picked up a new tps and iac thinking that the over revving was caused by a stuck iac and people have recommended to change my tps for other reasons. I temporarily fixed my shifting problem by twisting some wire around the shift-down-cable and the tb bracket which had apparently disconnected. I got home and proceeded to change the tps and iac, I reattached all connectors correctly i believe.
I let it sit while the the silicone was setting on the iac(used very small amount between iac and stock gasket). I then tried to start it and it would start but die almost right away, it did this about 3 times. I then pushed the throttle and started it, it started again and revved high. stayed on but sat at about 3k rpm. Frustrated i took it to autozone to have them pull the codes. I get there and for some reason the code reader won't pull the codes. it doesn't even start the process. I try to start it again and when it finally did it was by far the hardest start I've had yet with this car. they GAVE me the reader to try on my own in the future since it wasn't working there. When it was started it again just sat at about 3k rpm. I got it home but i don't want to drive it for fear of causing further problems.
What the XXXXXX!!! The guys at autozone suspected a vacuum leak. This would probably be a good time to tell you all the other issues I've had under the hood.
-When i bought the car it had trouble starting on warm/hot starts, had to hold down the loud pedal to get it start.
-I believe the supercharger is about to shoot craps on me based on the sounds its making. at low rpms it rattles like crazy and i also have the "skid mark on the hood blanket which from what I've read indicates i have a leaky snout". maybe i just need to rebuild the snout and replace seals and change the fluid(if theres any left).
-car has been throwing codes since i picked it up, just haven't had a chance to have them read yet. SO i'm not entirely sure what the heck it is.
-my abs light and brake lights go off every other time i hit the brake.
There are plenty of other problems, none that could affect this condition tho. not sure that any of the above will either but i'd rather you have all the facts.
Some one help or show me a cliff to drive it off of. Either/Or...You Pick!!!
Thanks,
Seth
My car started over revving last night while in park/neutral, it revs to 2700-3000rpm without any throttle input by me. It just holds right there, developed outta the blue. I hate this car!
Extended Edition:
Last night I drove out to a bar with a friend, car drove fine and acted no different then usual. When leaving the bar I was showing my new-to-me car to another friend. I started the car and popped the hood to show him the sc, then i tried to manually engage the throttle. I missed and hit the down-shift-cable (i guess thats what its called?), I ended up knocking it out of the tb arm/bracket. didn't realize that i had lost the retaining clip or whatever keeps it in that hole. I just pushed it back into the bracket and went back to revving the car manually. I then closed the hood got in the car and started to pull away, I noticed that my pedal was soft and then realized that my car was pulling harder than normal while in gear without throttle input. I turned it off and restarted it, the tach immediately jumped to 3k rpm. I then put it in neutral and it did the same thing. I decided to try and drive it a bit to see if i could figure anything out. It drove fine minus the high revving, until i got to the highway. when i reached highway speeds it wouldn't down shift or shift into overdrive. I got it home on back roads and shifted to neutral at every chance as to not wreak havoc on the tranny.
I started it this morning and drove to napa but it didn't over rev at all. However it still wouldn't shift into OD. I picked up a new tps and iac thinking that the over revving was caused by a stuck iac and people have recommended to change my tps for other reasons. I temporarily fixed my shifting problem by twisting some wire around the shift-down-cable and the tb bracket which had apparently disconnected. I got home and proceeded to change the tps and iac, I reattached all connectors correctly i believe.
I let it sit while the the silicone was setting on the iac(used very small amount between iac and stock gasket). I then tried to start it and it would start but die almost right away, it did this about 3 times. I then pushed the throttle and started it, it started again and revved high. stayed on but sat at about 3k rpm. Frustrated i took it to autozone to have them pull the codes. I get there and for some reason the code reader won't pull the codes. it doesn't even start the process. I try to start it again and when it finally did it was by far the hardest start I've had yet with this car. they GAVE me the reader to try on my own in the future since it wasn't working there. When it was started it again just sat at about 3k rpm. I got it home but i don't want to drive it for fear of causing further problems.
What the XXXXXX!!! The guys at autozone suspected a vacuum leak. This would probably be a good time to tell you all the other issues I've had under the hood.
-When i bought the car it had trouble starting on warm/hot starts, had to hold down the loud pedal to get it start.
-I believe the supercharger is about to shoot craps on me based on the sounds its making. at low rpms it rattles like crazy and i also have the "skid mark on the hood blanket which from what I've read indicates i have a leaky snout". maybe i just need to rebuild the snout and replace seals and change the fluid(if theres any left).
-car has been throwing codes since i picked it up, just haven't had a chance to have them read yet. SO i'm not entirely sure what the heck it is.
-my abs light and brake lights go off every other time i hit the brake.
There are plenty of other problems, none that could affect this condition tho. not sure that any of the above will either but i'd rather you have all the facts.
Some one help or show me a cliff to drive it off of. Either/Or...You Pick!!!
Thanks,
Seth
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