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Old 10-30-2007, 04:40 AM
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Default *sigh* stalling, bucking, no flashing cel, but problems regardless.....-->

drove home last night, no issues. drove to teh gym...no issues and the cel shut off. Drove home from teh gym, no issues at all. Went to leave for work this morning, all sorts of problems. I think I stalled a good 6 times on the way to work (3 miles). Gonna get the car scanned on lunch....I'll report back with what I find.

*looks at car* 5 yrs and lord knows how much $$$ and this is how you pay me back?........you're getting replaced with a honda if you keep this up*
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what programming do you have in it?
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Default Out of curiousity what's the deal with Fuel Pump and Filter? Replaced/upgraded?....

The CEL goes off on it's own so it's a soft limp mode of sorts. Checked the plugs yet? What are they gapped at?
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Default Actually...I'm probably gonna swap the plugs out tonight--->

pump is a walbro 255 that's 2 yrs old. fuel filter was replaced 2 yrs (15K miles ago).
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Does it only happen on cold start?
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Default Sad to say, but it's the atp/mika programming, and it's given me no issues in daily driving--->

in the past 2 yrs/2 winters.
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Default Nope, had the car sitting at work last night for about 4 hrs and it ran fine..-->

the CEL even shut off. The car didn't buck, nothing, it was fine the rest of the night. It's only been giving me issues that past 2 mornings. (35-40 degrees)
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Default So it is cold start only (8 hours or so sitting) and cold temp starts as well...

I say get the codes today at lunch, swap the plugs and see what that does to help.
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I'll give it a shot, I got nothing to lose I guess.
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Default yesterday you indicated that you let the car warm up before driving...

what happens if you just get in and go?

yesterday I mentioned that I experienced similar problems when I let my car "warm up" but not anywhere near the extremes that you are. This morning I decided to just start the car and go. I didn't experience the problems w/ the revs dropping although there was a slight bit of hesitation in 1st and 2nd for the first mile or so.


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