Z06 Will Not Keep Running?????????????
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Z06 Will Not Keep Running?????????????
Not my week. First the door lock relay goes out now it will not stay running. If ran fine yesterday but when I started it this morning it runs really rough and wants to quit. The RPM’s go to almost to 0 then back up to 600 or 700 then back down. Right after I start it I can get some higher RPM’s by pushing the accelerator but within a few seconds the engine speed does not pick up accelerating. What gives???????? Any ideas???????
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Couple things to do right off the bat. First, check under the hood. Look for any loose connections along the air intake tract to see iff you have a leak. That can cause the unmetered air symptoms you describe.
If all looks well there and the problem persists, the next thing to do is to check your codes in the computer. Go to the link below and check the codes the computer display on the dash readout. Write them down and post them back here so we can see what the PCM can tell us.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=26&TopicID=1
If all looks well there and the problem persists, the next thing to do is to check your codes in the computer. Go to the link below and check the codes the computer display on the dash readout. Write them down and post them back here so we can see what the PCM can tell us.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=26&TopicID=1
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Originally Posted by Patches
Couple things to do right off the bat. First, check under the hood. Look for any loose connections along the air intake tract to see iff you have a leak. That can cause the unmetered air symptoms you describe.
If all looks well there and the problem persists, the next thing to do is to check your codes in the computer. Go to the link below and check the codes the computer display on the dash readout. Write them down and post them back here so we can see what the PCM can tell us.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=26&TopicID=1
If all looks well there and the problem persists, the next thing to do is to check your codes in the computer. Go to the link below and check the codes the computer display on the dash readout. Write them down and post them back here so we can see what the PCM can tell us.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=26&TopicID=1
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Originally Posted by Patches
Couple things to do right off the bat. First, check under the hood. Look for any loose connections ...
Recently I started having what appeared as electrical gremlins attacking my '97 STS; just plain weird stuff. It turned out the bolt holding the neg. cable to the battery (AC DELCO) had loosened to about 1 ft-lb. of torque.
Re-tightened both connections. Everything cleared up!
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Problem solved. The clamp holding the air intake bridge worked lose and resulted in too much air going into the engine. Reattached the air bridge with a new clamp and car runs just fine. These things are really sensitive to the volume of air going in, too little or too much and they will not run.
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Originally Posted by dwspas
Problem solved. The clamp holding the air intake bridge worked lose and resulted in too much air going into the engine. Reattached the air bridge with a new clamp and car runs just fine.
Glad to hear you got it solved. BTW, is this a zee-oh-six or a zed ought six?
Sorry, couldn't resist. See the great post below.
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Originally Posted by dwspas
Problem solved. The clamp holding the air intake bridge worked lose and resulted in too much air going into the engine. Reattached the air bridge with a new clamp and car runs just fine. These things are really sensitive to the volume of air going in, too little or too much and they will not run.
on these cars.
