Over heated and I didn't catch it in time
As far as I know its just a blown head gasket and no damage occured to the pistons/valves/etc
I simply can not afford to fix this car anymore
It has some minor body damage
And some vandal busted up the windshield yesterday
Anyone in the...
i have a similar problem as my heater wont work unless im on the highway/higher rpms
only response ive gotten to my thread is did you check the thermostat? duh
Winter is here and the heater only works when on the highway or when the engine is at high RPMs (>3k).
Any other time it just blow air.
If I push the temp knob and turn the system to auto, the lcd turns on but the fan stays off.
Then if by chance I take the highway instead of going thru...
Yep it was just a bad ignition coil! Stuttering is gone.
Now there's just the issue of it running lean.
How do you tell if the solenoids or clutch bands need replacing in the tranny?
Would a good flush take care of it?
Ok so I decided to pull out some plugs and check em. She's definitely running lean, plugs are white.
Upon checking the sparks I noticed every few ignites it misses one.
It will go something like ...spark spark spark spark....spark spark... spark spark spark spark....and so on
Could it be just...
Egr was clean. If suction is applied it kills the engine like its supposed to. My guess the vacuum switch is throwing the code (part number 90910-12080)