I have had an on-going problem since about the 3rd month that I've owned this car (bought it Nov 2005) and quite frankly, I'm about ready to set the stupid thing on fire or at the very least throw a bunch of rocks at it.
It will start up okay and idle okay, but as soon as I put it into gear, it will die. Sometimes it can take 3 - 5 attempts just to get backed out of the driveway and another 1 or 2 to get it into drive once I'm backed out. I can even let it warm up for a few minutes (until the temp gauge starts to move off of the cold mark) and it will still die. Once I've been driving around for a while (like 5 minutes or so), I can generally park, then start it up again, & put it into gear without too much trouble (sometimes it will die or act like it wants to die, but about 80% of the time, it does okay).
My dad and I have tried tweeking the carb, adjusting the timing, rebuilt the carb twice, tried a different carb, replaced the intake manifold gaskets twice (vac leaks), reverse band adjustment, tried different set ups for the PCV system, and even replaced the engine with a remanufactured long block (this problem was one of the main reasons I went to the expense of getting a new engine). And no matter what we do, it will fix the problem for anywhere from 1 - 5 days, but after that it comes right back and the longer I let it go before fiddling around with something else, the worse it gets (I think my record is about 10 restarts just to get out of my parking spot at work). It will eventually get to where any time I'm stopped at a stop sign or red light it will try to die and a couple days ago I was just driving down the road at about 20 mph and it just died.
I just spent the last 6 months, a couple thousand dollars, and buckets of blood, sweat, & tears (literally) and I still can't even drive the car. What else could there possibly be on that engine and could be doing this? Or could it be something with the tranny? I'm seriously at my witt's end here and I'm beginning to really hate this ****ing car.
-Chelle
It will start up okay and idle okay, but as soon as I put it into gear, it will die. Sometimes it can take 3 - 5 attempts just to get backed out of the driveway and another 1 or 2 to get it into drive once I'm backed out. I can even let it warm up for a few minutes (until the temp gauge starts to move off of the cold mark) and it will still die. Once I've been driving around for a while (like 5 minutes or so), I can generally park, then start it up again, & put it into gear without too much trouble (sometimes it will die or act like it wants to die, but about 80% of the time, it does okay).
My dad and I have tried tweeking the carb, adjusting the timing, rebuilt the carb twice, tried a different carb, replaced the intake manifold gaskets twice (vac leaks), reverse band adjustment, tried different set ups for the PCV system, and even replaced the engine with a remanufactured long block (this problem was one of the main reasons I went to the expense of getting a new engine). And no matter what we do, it will fix the problem for anywhere from 1 - 5 days, but after that it comes right back and the longer I let it go before fiddling around with something else, the worse it gets (I think my record is about 10 restarts just to get out of my parking spot at work). It will eventually get to where any time I'm stopped at a stop sign or red light it will try to die and a couple days ago I was just driving down the road at about 20 mph and it just died.
I just spent the last 6 months, a couple thousand dollars, and buckets of blood, sweat, & tears (literally) and I still can't even drive the car. What else could there possibly be on that engine and could be doing this? Or could it be something with the tranny? I'm seriously at my witt's end here and I'm beginning to really hate this ****ing car.
-Chelle