[V8] Help Diagnosing V8 Fuel Problem...

cobram at juno.com cobram at juno.com
Wed Feb 4 06:10:59 EST 2004


I have been having a similar problem on V8Q #2, for quite some time now. 
I found that one of the connectors at the throttle position sensor has
corrosion on it, so much so that cleaning isn't really an option
(oxidation goes deep)....so I just hit the thing with some electrical
contact cleaner when it gets really bad.  Lately it just acts up after
shutting off the car warm, I'll get a few flat spots that are easily
corrected with a quick shift to neutral and balls to the wall throttle
application.  After that all is usually fine.

The connector or the Throttle Position Sensor itself might be a place to
look.  

Fuel pressure can be checked easily enough with gauge, a few adapters and
the relevant pages from the manual.  The diagnostics in the manual are
pretty complete.

BCNU,
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