GTP+Rain=Crazy idle
gtpmike1
12-13-2009, 03:44 PM
This might sound strange but everytime it rains and I start up my car in the morning my car sounds like its choking,crazy RPM drop, and if I pull onto the road it just chugs, only way to "fix" this is have the car warm up and wait 30min or so, then I start it up and its fine, now this only happens when it rains, no SES light, 97 GTP 125xxx heres a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJDGPGPqVGo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJDGPGPqVGo)of it idling, ignore the click noise thats just my wipers, you can't tell in the video but when I accelerate the car just chugs, at about 35sec you can see the rpm drop to zero then go back up, any ideas?:banghead:
CrazyHorst
12-13-2009, 06:20 PM
I would check three things.
1. Ignition wire integrity...pull the plug boots off the coil packs one at a time to check for bright and shiny connections. Also check the plug ends.
2. The coil packs themselves are seated on sort of a large spade lug type arrangement. The coil packs can come off one at a time to check those terminals although they are protected by a "weather packing" gasket but it could be rolled, contaminated, or broken.
3. MAF - before my MAF died it would act up on rainy days. I think the moisture in the air requires more current draw on the hot-wire anemometer. Usual solution is to stop, shutoff, unplug MAF and restart to see if conditions immediately improve.
1. Ignition wire integrity...pull the plug boots off the coil packs one at a time to check for bright and shiny connections. Also check the plug ends.
2. The coil packs themselves are seated on sort of a large spade lug type arrangement. The coil packs can come off one at a time to check those terminals although they are protected by a "weather packing" gasket but it could be rolled, contaminated, or broken.
3. MAF - before my MAF died it would act up on rainy days. I think the moisture in the air requires more current draw on the hot-wire anemometer. Usual solution is to stop, shutoff, unplug MAF and restart to see if conditions immediately improve.
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