SilverCoupe
Registered User
... but the problems with my car have only been 1/2 solved.
Pretty much here is what my situation was:
I'd be driving along and at totally random times the car would just die or it would misfire horribly and buck. When it died, the tach would die immediately preceeding the car dying or when it started to misfire and buck. After the car died or I turned it off because it was bucking horribly, it wouldn't start for a bit. (Probably 7-10 tries before it would restart.) After I would finally get it started, the tach wouldn't work for a bit and then suddenly jump back into action.
I decided that I probably needed a CPS since the orignal 118,000 mile unit was still on there. (I should have replaced it when I did my balancer, but whatever.) So today I installed a new CPS. So I start the car up after I'm done and it runs fine for probably about 15 minutes. I think I've solved my problem. Then, out of nowhere the tach quits and it starts bucking. I limp it off the road into a parking lot and turn it off. I crank it a few times and it doesn't start. Finally after 5 tries it starts and the tach stays dead. I drive it 15 minutes home and no more problems. The tach is still dead once I get home. I get out and check my new CPS fearing that I didn't line it up perfectly and my balancer clipped it. Of course it didn't, both the balancer and CPS were still fine and intact.
So now I'm sorta stuck as to what to do. Should I try replacing my cam position sensor? Maybe try replacing the DIS module? I'm stuck here and I'm getting really sick of spending all my money repairing it instead of modifying it. (I don't even want to buy a 5% SC pulley because I'm more worried about having money to fix the car.)
Pretty much here is what my situation was:
I'd be driving along and at totally random times the car would just die or it would misfire horribly and buck. When it died, the tach would die immediately preceeding the car dying or when it started to misfire and buck. After the car died or I turned it off because it was bucking horribly, it wouldn't start for a bit. (Probably 7-10 tries before it would restart.) After I would finally get it started, the tach wouldn't work for a bit and then suddenly jump back into action.
I decided that I probably needed a CPS since the orignal 118,000 mile unit was still on there. (I should have replaced it when I did my balancer, but whatever.) So today I installed a new CPS. So I start the car up after I'm done and it runs fine for probably about 15 minutes. I think I've solved my problem. Then, out of nowhere the tach quits and it starts bucking. I limp it off the road into a parking lot and turn it off. I crank it a few times and it doesn't start. Finally after 5 tries it starts and the tach stays dead. I drive it 15 minutes home and no more problems. The tach is still dead once I get home. I get out and check my new CPS fearing that I didn't line it up perfectly and my balancer clipped it. Of course it didn't, both the balancer and CPS were still fine and intact.
So now I'm sorta stuck as to what to do. Should I try replacing my cam position sensor? Maybe try replacing the DIS module? I'm stuck here and I'm getting really sick of spending all my money repairing it instead of modifying it. (I don't even want to buy a 5% SC pulley because I'm more worried about having money to fix the car.)