Sorry for the long post.. This is one my 90T (auto>5spd converted) with no mods.
Ok so today, I finally decided to go out and realign my cps because I forgot to do so after a valve shim adjustment. Once I got all that done, I fired her up and set the timing once she was warm. Then I looked for leaks, checked for codes and went for a drive. Well I drove her three more times and everything was fine.... until I got close home the last time.
I was noticed how everytime I would turn on my turn signal, my indiglo dash lights would flicker or dim. I just thought it was the connection for the lighted gauge covers. When I got home I had to wait for my dad to move the van outta the way. While sitting there, I turned my brights on. Just then the car sputtered and almost died. It caught itself and then continued idling. I was gonna check it once I had gotten into the garage 'cause thats not normal.
I began to pull the car in and once it was half way into the garage, it flat out died. Nothing was working, which made me think battery connection. Sure enough, I had forgotten to tighten the (-) cable down all the way. Well I tightened it up and tried to restart it.
It cranked, started, then died. I tried again, and with me holding the gas in, it runs, and runs well too. As soon as I let off it just dies. So I checked my codes and nothing. I began to check vac lines and electrical connections. Everything checks out. I have a multimeter, but the ohm thing is screwed up. If it weren't, i'd check the afm.
Another thing is that when it runs, sometimes i have to jiggle the tps connection so that it idles at 650 rather then 500. Most of the time it wont mess up, but when it does, a slight push on the connection fixes the problem.
I figured that I could check the tps by looking for a code 51, so I flipped my switch to check codes and pushed the gas. I did not get a 51 until about 1800 rpm. Is that normal? I thought that even the slightest push on the gas threw a 51..? Do you think it needs to be adjusted?
So, why do you think it wont idle? AFM? TPS? Something else?
Oh yeah I check all fuses too.
Ok so today, I finally decided to go out and realign my cps because I forgot to do so after a valve shim adjustment. Once I got all that done, I fired her up and set the timing once she was warm. Then I looked for leaks, checked for codes and went for a drive. Well I drove her three more times and everything was fine.... until I got close home the last time.
I was noticed how everytime I would turn on my turn signal, my indiglo dash lights would flicker or dim. I just thought it was the connection for the lighted gauge covers. When I got home I had to wait for my dad to move the van outta the way. While sitting there, I turned my brights on. Just then the car sputtered and almost died. It caught itself and then continued idling. I was gonna check it once I had gotten into the garage 'cause thats not normal.
I began to pull the car in and once it was half way into the garage, it flat out died. Nothing was working, which made me think battery connection. Sure enough, I had forgotten to tighten the (-) cable down all the way. Well I tightened it up and tried to restart it.
It cranked, started, then died. I tried again, and with me holding the gas in, it runs, and runs well too. As soon as I let off it just dies. So I checked my codes and nothing. I began to check vac lines and electrical connections. Everything checks out. I have a multimeter, but the ohm thing is screwed up. If it weren't, i'd check the afm.
Another thing is that when it runs, sometimes i have to jiggle the tps connection so that it idles at 650 rather then 500. Most of the time it wont mess up, but when it does, a slight push on the connection fixes the problem.
I figured that I could check the tps by looking for a code 51, so I flipped my switch to check codes and pushed the gas. I did not get a 51 until about 1800 rpm. Is that normal? I thought that even the slightest push on the gas threw a 51..? Do you think it needs to be adjusted?
So, why do you think it wont idle? AFM? TPS? Something else?
Oh yeah I check all fuses too.
