CGT strange stalling behavior

Brian O'Neill briano_72 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 12 15:50:20 EST 2001


the big rubber intake hose ??? let car idle and bend
that hose in all directions you can and see if it
stalls, it could have a crack in it, maybe it got
streached while doing clutch ?? i also had a loose
hall sender do the same exact thing to me before. look
there if the hose is good. 
                                    brian o'

--- "Craig D. Niederst" <niederst at telerama.com> wrote:
> I finally had our '86 CGT running well after a
> clutch/tranny replacement,
> new rear shocks, new tires, alignment and
> doorhandle. A new issue came up
> yesterday. Car was running and driving fine, but on
> a 3-2 downshift, the
> engine sputtered and died when gas was given. Pulled
> off the road, and
> refired the car with no problem. But when the car is
> put in gear and given
> gas, the car sputters and dies. My brother had to
> have the car towed home. I
> briefly checked the car over last night. It fires
> right up, and when given
> gas when in neutral, revs just fine. But when I put
> the car and gear and let
> out the clutch, she immediately sputters and stalls.
> When I had the car at
> my local Audi wrench for an alignment, they had a
> problem getting the car
> started. They replaced the hall sensor (at ~$100
> just for the part w/out my
> permission!) and then had no problems (I had never
> had a problem before or
> after either). Besides that, I have not done any
> engine work on the car of
> late. Any ideas? TIA.
> 
> Craig
> '92 100S (92k)
> '86 CGT (198k)
> 


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