[V8] Sputtering, stalling, and balking

Paul Jäger pjager81 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 6 21:10:23 PDT 2014


When did you last replace the crank sensors? 
= timing 

Pour ice water on the sensors next time 

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On 2014-10-06, at 2:26 PM, rasrunnit at yahoo.com wrote:

> Thanks Scott, 
> Wasn't running hot. Just hotter than hades outside.
> I thought maybe cats, but no cat light on? (It lights up at start up) I unplugged the TPS for fifty miles, but the issue persisted and the trans wouldn't shift to fourth gear?
> If I unplug the MAS and or coolant temp sensor, knock sensors will the ECU run on default mode and alleviate the issue? 
> She was running like a top the first 200 miles. Issue seemed to disappear briefly at times. I had to keep my foot down to keep her from sputtering. 
> 
> -Jason
> 
> 
> On Oct 6, 2014, at 1:55 PM, Scott Phillips <Scottp at ippe.com> wrote:
> 
>> If the question is throttle response I would be thinking: 
>> 
>> Throttle Position Sensor
>> Idle Air Motor
>> Mass Air Sensor
>> Coolant Temp Sensor (rear of passenger head)
>> Knock Sensor(s)
>> Thermostat (if it was running hot). 
>> Plugged Cat's
>> 
>> I doubt they even have a 2x2 connector to pull the codes with and you would be really helping them find the diag panel, and blinking them out for them ;-)
>> 
>> How to here: http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/ecufv8.html#fcthree 
>> 
>> Good Luck
>> 
>> Scott P.
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