Engine went NUTS
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From: Arlington Texas
Engine went NUTS
I have a question for all you vette master mechanics. All I do is put gas in the car and have fun!!
Last week, while getting on the highway in a very reasonable half throttle manner, the engine just went crazy. It flashed the "reduced power" message. When I checked the DIC, it had tripped codes 108, 1120, 1220, 1514, 1515 and 1516. If I reset the codes, they immediately reset. Also, everytime I hit reset, the engine rpms increase about 400. It still runs horrible. It just runs horrible a little faster. Also, (and this is really strange), the brakes are hard as a rock.
I'm thinking since everything just dumped at once, that something must have gotten disconnected, or a single critical sensor failed. Any ideas?? The car is a 98 A4 with a supercharged engine and a level 5 racing tranny.
TIA
Dave
Last week, while getting on the highway in a very reasonable half throttle manner, the engine just went crazy. It flashed the "reduced power" message. When I checked the DIC, it had tripped codes 108, 1120, 1220, 1514, 1515 and 1516. If I reset the codes, they immediately reset. Also, everytime I hit reset, the engine rpms increase about 400. It still runs horrible. It just runs horrible a little faster. Also, (and this is really strange), the brakes are hard as a rock.
I'm thinking since everything just dumped at once, that something must have gotten disconnected, or a single critical sensor failed. Any ideas?? The car is a 98 A4 with a supercharged engine and a level 5 racing tranny.
TIA
Dave
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From: Forney Texas
I have a question for all you vette master mechanics. All I do is put gas in the car and have fun!!
Last week, while getting on the highway in a very reasonable half throttle manner, the engine just went crazy. It flashed the "reduced power" message. When I checked the DIC, it had tripped codes 108, 1120, 1220, 1514, 1515 and 1516. If I reset the codes, they immediately reset. Also, everytime I hit reset, the engine rpms increase about 400. It still runs horrible. It just runs horrible a little faster. Also, (and this is really strange), the brakes are hard as a rock.
I'm thinking since everything just dumped at once, that something must have gotten disconnected, or a single critical sensor failed. Any ideas?? The car is a 98 A4 with a supercharged engine and a level 5 racing tranny.
TIA
Dave
Last week, while getting on the highway in a very reasonable half throttle manner, the engine just went crazy. It flashed the "reduced power" message. When I checked the DIC, it had tripped codes 108, 1120, 1220, 1514, 1515 and 1516. If I reset the codes, they immediately reset. Also, everytime I hit reset, the engine rpms increase about 400. It still runs horrible. It just runs horrible a little faster. Also, (and this is really strange), the brakes are hard as a rock.
I'm thinking since everything just dumped at once, that something must have gotten disconnected, or a single critical sensor failed. Any ideas?? The car is a 98 A4 with a supercharged engine and a level 5 racing tranny.
TIA
Dave
All of the rest are related to your throttlebody. Sounds like it came unplugged or has a faulty connection. check it out and get back with us.
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You guys will not believe what the problem ended up being. When we installed the supercharger, we had to replace the main air hose that fed the intake. The new hose was a little big, so my son cust a one and a half inch wide strip off the original hose, slid that over the throttle body and then clamped the intake hose over that. Evidently when the latest job redid the engine, the guy did not get the strip under the clamp and it vibrated off and got wedged in the throttle body valve. Luckily, it didn't go into the intake all the way. I was able to grab and pull it out. It now runs fine and all the codes went away. Of course, this was after we ran all the vacuum lines looking for leaks.
You never know.
Dave
You never know.
Dave
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You guys will not believe what the problem ended up being. When we installed the supercharger, we had to replace the main air hose that fed the intake. The new hose was a little big, so my son cust a one and a half inch wide strip off the original hose, slid that over the throttle body and then clamped the intake hose over that. Evidently when the latest job redid the engine, the guy did not get the strip under the clamp and it vibrated off and got wedged in the throttle body valve. Luckily, it didn't go into the intake all the way. I was able to grab and pull it out. It now runs fine and all the codes went away. Of course, this was after we ran all the vacuum lines looking for leaks.
You never know.
Dave
You never know.
Dave
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From: Arlington Texas
The hose actually tightened down just fine without the other piece in there as a spacer. And for "BlownBlueZ06" - we are Both in Texas so that is a big hell yes to the perils of redneck engineering. We must have been drinking one two many Buds when we came up with that idea.