09-01-2004, 11:20 AM
I bet old muscle car folks never had this problem...
Ok, so as a few of you know, my car's been running like complete shit, with a low idle, no power, and absolutely shitty fuel economy.
I thought it was perhaps my throttle position sensor. I thought it was my coolant temperature sensor, or my coil sensor, or my fuel injectors, or every goddamn sensor that could possibly ever go bad on the entire car! I was destroying my brain, I memorized the FSM, and I asked everybody what it could possibly be!!! So I give up, and start thinking about putting the Camry on the road.
So dad drives it, and told me to change my fuel filter (DUH! God, I'm such an idiot) so I went to Advance and bought a Purolator fuel filter for the much more fuel-thirsty 300ZX twin turbo.
I installed it about 5 minutes ago, started 'er up, and she ran great! Idle is back where it was, no hesitation on throttle! HOOOOORAY!
Then I pop the hood, to check for leaks.
Oh yeah.
There's a big one. My lower soft fuel hose is dryrotted, the upper had been replaced recently. Grr. Oh well, it's a simple problem. I just need about a foot of hose, and some new clamps. Then we'll see if it's really for sure fixed.
Moral of the story? Hare today, goon tomorrow.[/b]
Ok, so as a few of you know, my car's been running like complete shit, with a low idle, no power, and absolutely shitty fuel economy.
I thought it was perhaps my throttle position sensor. I thought it was my coolant temperature sensor, or my coil sensor, or my fuel injectors, or every goddamn sensor that could possibly ever go bad on the entire car! I was destroying my brain, I memorized the FSM, and I asked everybody what it could possibly be!!! So I give up, and start thinking about putting the Camry on the road.
So dad drives it, and told me to change my fuel filter (DUH! God, I'm such an idiot) so I went to Advance and bought a Purolator fuel filter for the much more fuel-thirsty 300ZX twin turbo.
I installed it about 5 minutes ago, started 'er up, and she ran great! Idle is back where it was, no hesitation on throttle! HOOOOORAY!
Then I pop the hood, to check for leaks.
Oh yeah.
There's a big one. My lower soft fuel hose is dryrotted, the upper had been replaced recently. Grr. Oh well, it's a simple problem. I just need about a foot of hose, and some new clamps. Then we'll see if it's really for sure fixed.
Moral of the story? Hare today, goon tomorrow.[/b]
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442