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I just can't win...

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jg22

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So I replaced the wiring harness to my MAF sensor and now I have full power when I hit the gas , but now I have a new problem. I think it's unrelated, but I could be wrong. It idles close to 3k rpm and the rpms rev to 3k anytime I push the clutch in. That isn't the real problem though, I figure thats an adjustment that can be made on the tps?

But anyways, sometimes after driving it will just die out of nowhere. I try to start it back up, but it won't until a good while later. I've done a search and some people say dizzy, I just recently bought the car and it was mostly stock except for exhaust and MSD dizzy/ignition. Could the previous owner been trying to fix this problem? Not sure what the problem is, no CEL.....
 

ProKiller

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when you try to start it after it's hot, does the starter seem strong? i know i had a problem with my starter getting too hot and it wouldn't restart until after it cooled down.

sounds like classic PIP sensor problems to me though. do you know how old the MSD is?
 

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MSD Distributor, nuff said!

Yank it out and put in a stock replacement and happy motoring!
 

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sounds like you have 2 problems:

- bad pip in the distributor (the dieing problem)
- bad iac (the high idle problem)

do those, and .... duh .... you are winning!

sorry, i had to
 

jg22

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Yeah the starter sounds strong and I'm not too sure how old the msd stuff is doesn't look too new though. Also I replaced the IAC already.
 

99FiveOh

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BlackVert said:
sounds like you have 2 problems:

- bad pip in the distributor (the dieing problem)
- bad iac (the high idle problem)

do those, and .... duh .... you are winning!

sorry, i had to
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