I don't post much because usually all my information is found by that handy little search button and I love this forum for that. But it seems that the following wouldn't fit in the search bar. I drive a 1987 7mgte 5 speed with 131xxx miles. 100% stock. The car isn't in the best of shape (I'm working on that though). Here is my problem. I didn't drive the car for about 5 days, I get in it the other day, check fluid levels etc. Start driving it nice and easy, no boost. I get off the throttle 0% after warmed up and it starts bouncing between 1000rpm and 2000rpm itself. Okay no biggie some random vacuum leak. I was washing the car while running because I was on my way to pick up a new battery (I had assumed my random starting problem was due to the POS battery in it, when going to start I always gave it one quick turn, wouldn't start, and then another one a second later and it'd usually start almost like a race car with advanced timing ie:almost die then fire up fine).
Pulled out from the wash, went across the street to get gas shut her down put some 92 octane in it. Did the same usual start up and took off and boosted down the road, during so the coupler at the 3000 pipe to the throttle body must have come off and I then got a boost leak. At this point the temp. was reading that it was running very cold, and mine always warms up fast and will sit there all day. I pulled over and put the coupler back on and it still ran cold, and had the same 1000rpm to 2000rpm 0% throttle bounce BUT now it also would sit at 2500rpm until I blip the throttle then it would drop into the rpm bounce again. I'm heading home at this point in town. Take off from a light and she starts missing at 1800rpm then past that it smoothed out never shifting over 2500rpm (trying to take it easy). Well in 30mph traffic 1800rpm is pretty hard to avoid. After about 1minute she starts missing all over the place and shuts off and I coast her into a lot.
Now here's the head scratcher. Won't start so I, check all fuses and the ignition is blown and that's it. At this point that battery was thrown out and we picked up a new one. Throw it in. Head lights work ie: go up and down, high low but there is no cranking, doesn't do anything on trying to start it up. No interior lights, windows don't work mirrors, I can't hear the fuel pump come on (still have to jump the B+ and FP to see if a friend can hear it at the rail or at the pump). Checked the kick panel fuses, all are intact. The hazards do work too. Tried starting it quick with the new battery and for 1 single time it did a slowwww crank but that was it. Didn't do it again after that.
At this point my window was down we've wiggled and checked everything, it starting pouring rain out (IDK if its on the news how bad chicago and places around it have been getting hit but its been crazy rain and storms for like 3 days) and my friend and I gave up on it. She got towed back early today (yay liability, bodily injury and tow insurance). Here's my ideas and what people have possibly thought: The starters little brown wire is off or loose, ECU but its not throwing a code, some random relay, or that I drive a broken ass 7m.
I am on 4 hours of sleep so I don't know how much of that makes sense so I'm sleeping until noon and have to be to work at 2 so that gives me about 1 hour to read responses or answer any new questions until I go to work.
Thank you VERY much for any and all input.
Aaron
Pulled out from the wash, went across the street to get gas shut her down put some 92 octane in it. Did the same usual start up and took off and boosted down the road, during so the coupler at the 3000 pipe to the throttle body must have come off and I then got a boost leak. At this point the temp. was reading that it was running very cold, and mine always warms up fast and will sit there all day. I pulled over and put the coupler back on and it still ran cold, and had the same 1000rpm to 2000rpm 0% throttle bounce BUT now it also would sit at 2500rpm until I blip the throttle then it would drop into the rpm bounce again. I'm heading home at this point in town. Take off from a light and she starts missing at 1800rpm then past that it smoothed out never shifting over 2500rpm (trying to take it easy). Well in 30mph traffic 1800rpm is pretty hard to avoid. After about 1minute she starts missing all over the place and shuts off and I coast her into a lot.
Now here's the head scratcher. Won't start so I, check all fuses and the ignition is blown and that's it. At this point that battery was thrown out and we picked up a new one. Throw it in. Head lights work ie: go up and down, high low but there is no cranking, doesn't do anything on trying to start it up. No interior lights, windows don't work mirrors, I can't hear the fuel pump come on (still have to jump the B+ and FP to see if a friend can hear it at the rail or at the pump). Checked the kick panel fuses, all are intact. The hazards do work too. Tried starting it quick with the new battery and for 1 single time it did a slowwww crank but that was it. Didn't do it again after that.
At this point my window was down we've wiggled and checked everything, it starting pouring rain out (IDK if its on the news how bad chicago and places around it have been getting hit but its been crazy rain and storms for like 3 days) and my friend and I gave up on it. She got towed back early today (yay liability, bodily injury and tow insurance). Here's my ideas and what people have possibly thought: The starters little brown wire is off or loose, ECU but its not throwing a code, some random relay, or that I drive a broken ass 7m.
I am on 4 hours of sleep so I don't know how much of that makes sense so I'm sleeping until noon and have to be to work at 2 so that gives me about 1 hour to read responses or answer any new questions until I go to work.
Thank you VERY much for any and all input.
Aaron
