Ok so I have an issue and have tried to do research but can't find another thread on my problem exactly. So about 2 nights ago I was driving home from work, pulled out of the parking lot and drove normally through the gears until I hit about 2500rpm in 5th gear and within 1 mile from work the car sputtered like crazy, lost all power and it died. Tried starting it up and it started ok and idled ok for about 4 seconds then started sputtering and died at idle. Started it again and tried to give it some gas but as soon as I pressed the pedal it was a slow response and sputtered even worse and died. Towed it back to work and tried starting it again because I was unable to drive it. Tried messing with it a little bit at work but the same thing keeps happening, it starts normal, idles normal for about 4-7seconds and sputters then sputtering gets worse until finally it dies.
So here is a list of what is going on to make diagnosing a little easier:
-No cel
- very rich smell
-tank is full of gas
-car is almost stock, just has a afpr and 16g.
-fuel pressure is 43psi
-car starts normally and starts up every time.
-it is a 91 gallant vr4
-car idles ok for about 4-7seconds then starts to sputter and sputtering gets worse and dies within 30-60seconds.
-whenever the gas pedal is touched the response is very slow and the car sputters even worse and dies but will sometimes "catch" it's self and keep rough sputter idling.
-the only way I could get the car to move was to put it in first and let out the clutch slowly and let it roll with a slight sputter idle roll but as soon as the gas pedal is pushed the car will sputter like crazy and die.
-sounds like right after start up it is running all 4 cylinders and everything is normal but after the 4 -7 seconds the car sounds like it dropped down to running off of 2 cylinders or something.
Any help will be very appreciated! Thanks.
So here is a list of what is going on to make diagnosing a little easier:
-No cel
- very rich smell
-tank is full of gas
-car is almost stock, just has a afpr and 16g.
-fuel pressure is 43psi
-car starts normally and starts up every time.
-it is a 91 gallant vr4
-car idles ok for about 4-7seconds then starts to sputter and sputtering gets worse and dies within 30-60seconds.
-whenever the gas pedal is touched the response is very slow and the car sputters even worse and dies but will sometimes "catch" it's self and keep rough sputter idling.
-the only way I could get the car to move was to put it in first and let out the clutch slowly and let it roll with a slight sputter idle roll but as soon as the gas pedal is pushed the car will sputter like crazy and die.
-sounds like right after start up it is running all 4 cylinders and everything is normal but after the 4 -7 seconds the car sounds like it dropped down to running off of 2 cylinders or something.
Any help will be very appreciated! Thanks.
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