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

sleekgreen · 07-09-2002, 08:58 AM

My car was running like crap. In the mornings, it would pop back, spit and sputter and had absolutly no power. After it warmed up a little, it ran better but never at 100%. I thought it was my timing was off because of the way that the power would dip if I pressed the trottle and i had spark knock really bad. The timing turned out to be right. It was on 14. If i dropped it back to the stock 10 degrees, i was sure to get smoked by a kia....it was that bad! After reading this thread, I decided to buy a can of carb. cleaner and take the mass air off to clean it. The diodes looked a little dirty but not real bad. I cleaned it anyway and now I am restored to 100%. Not sure if this will help you any but i would give it a shot. It beats buying replacement parts when you dont really know what the malfunction is.

Thanks to all who posted messages in this thread!!!!

07-09-2002, 08:58 AM	#29
sleekgreen Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SC Posts: 6	My car was running like crap. In the mornings, it would pop back, spit and sputter and had absolutly no power. After it warmed up a little, it ran better but never at 100%. I thought it was my timing was off because of the way that the power would dip if I pressed the trottle and i had spark knock really bad. The timing turned out to be right. It was on 14. If i dropped it back to the stock 10 degrees, i was sure to get smoked by a kia....it was that bad! After reading this thread, I decided to buy a can of carb. cleaner and take the mass air off to clean it. The diodes looked a little dirty but not real bad. I cleaned it anyway and now I am restored to 100%. Not sure if this will help you any but i would give it a shot. It beats buying replacement parts when you dont really know what the malfunction is. Thanks to all who posted messages in this thread!!!!