My car all but died and won't wake back up!?!

DRASTiK · 05-15-2002, 01:33 AM

My car has been running very well for the past few months and all of a sudden today something happened. On the way to work, it was fine. On the way home for lunch, it was fine. I was driving back to work after lunch when I noticed the exhaust popping a little more than usual, and then when I got to work and pulled into a parking spot, I noticed it idling at about 500 RPM instead of the usual 800. It was so quiet that I could barely hear it running.

When I got back into the car to leave work, I started it up and it was popping and missing and had no power in the lower RPM's, and was just all around running crappy. The weird thing is that once I got up to around 3000 RPM, everything seemed fine until I let off the gas and it started backfiring all over the place through the exhaust. My first thought was that maybe a plug wire had popped off or a vaccum line had become disconnected. Of course it can't be that easy. I didn't have time to really try and diagnose it because I was trying to get to school (I go straight from work to school). I popped the hood and had a look around and didn't find anything obvious out of place.

It starts right up every time, and never stalls, but something is definately wrong. I know I should scan the codes before really trying to diagnose it, but I figured I'd post this in case someone has experienced this before. Between school and work (military), I don't really have much time during the week or on Saturday to do much, so I need all the ideas I can get ahead of time to try and squeeze them all in on Sunday when I'll try and fix it. Any ideas?? See sig for mods.

Dave

05-15-2002, 01:33 AM	#1
DRASTiK Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Yuma, AZ Posts: 536	My car all but died and won't wake back up!?! My car has been running very well for the past few months and all of a sudden today something happened. On the way to work, it was fine. On the way home for lunch, it was fine. I was driving back to work after lunch when I noticed the exhaust popping a little more than usual, and then when I got to work and pulled into a parking spot, I noticed it idling at about 500 RPM instead of the usual 800. It was so quiet that I could barely hear it running. When I got back into the car to leave work, I started it up and it was popping and missing and had no power in the lower RPM's, and was just all around running crappy. The weird thing is that once I got up to around 3000 RPM, everything seemed fine until I let off the gas and it started backfiring all over the place through the exhaust. My first thought was that maybe a plug wire had popped off or a vaccum line had become disconnected. Of course it can't be that easy. I didn't have time to really try and diagnose it because I was trying to get to school (I go straight from work to school). I popped the hood and had a look around and didn't find anything obvious out of place. It starts right up every time, and never stalls, but something is definately wrong. I know I should scan the codes before really trying to diagnose it, but I figured I'd post this in case someone has experienced this before. Between school and work (military), I don't really have much time during the week or on Saturday to do much, so I need all the ideas I can get ahead of time to try and squeeze them all in on Sunday when I'll try and fix it. Any ideas?? See sig for mods. Dave __________________ Dave 88 GT - 13.4@106 on street tires (2.2 60ft) My Stang RHC member #75 My stang is FOR SALE!!