ok..i got a 93' ATX and like when i come to a stop in my drive way and i put it in park and i rev it up to about 3000-3500 and i take my foot off the gas quickly...it idles WAY down and it cuts out....so i start it back up and it does it most of the time when i rev it up.....but when i start it and dont touch the gas...then it doesnt....like i was drivin down a road in town and i was powershifting..an di went from 1st to 2nd then into drive and then back to 2nd to slow down.....and then to 1st to slow down more..and it cut out while i was driving....any comments or suggestions??
CUTS OUT!!!!!
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Mr Anonymous
Tire Wall
WHY would you be revving it? WHY would you drive an ATX like it was an MTX? Do you always beat on your car like this?
Sounds like it could be as simple as your IAB not operating properly, or maybe the idle speed setting. Or, more seriously, the needless revving could also have resulted in a spun bearing or torque converter damage that could also be causing the stalling.
Sounds like it could be as simple as your IAB not operating properly, or maybe the idle speed setting. Or, more seriously, the needless revving could also have resulted in a spun bearing or torque converter damage that could also be causing the stalling.
Sloth
New Member
hey, when it "cutsout" does it feel like it is kinda surging or missing...or does it stall?
brad
brad
Bluto
New Member
If you don't drive a SHO like a race car....then you shouldnt have one!
i hear ya man, a guy just needs that rush sometimes of puttin it to the floor and gettin pushed back into ur seat by what many people i know call my car "grandma car" and i just laugh at them and offer them a race and they shut there mouths..haha...morons....
sdpatt
Sr. SHO Engr.
If you drive a SHO like a race car you will park it in an early grave. I will not feel sympathy for you, but instead for your poor, abused car. The SHO is a TAURUS (as in four door family sedan)with a great engine. The guys here that successfully use their SHOs for racing have usually paid the price by upgrading the parts that were not intended to take the forces invloved with racing. Nowhere in the production design of this car was the idea that the car would be intended for racing. The car is a sporty family sedan. Deal with it.
Using an automatic transmission for engine braking only shortens the life of the transmission that much more. Use the brakes. That is what they were designed for.
The problem could be as simple as the idle speed program needing a reset or as labor intensive as a failing crankshaft position sensor. Search for and perform the idle speed reset procedure. If you have seen the CHECK ENGINE light at all during these events, you must retrieve the coes form the EEC. Again, this procedure has been posted here many times. Just use the search function.
Using an automatic transmission for engine braking only shortens the life of the transmission that much more. Use the brakes. That is what they were designed for.
The problem could be as simple as the idle speed program needing a reset or as labor intensive as a failing crankshaft position sensor. Search for and perform the idle speed reset procedure. If you have seen the CHECK ENGINE light at all during these events, you must retrieve the coes form the EEC. Again, this procedure has been posted here many times. Just use the search function.
ok....1st of all...i wasnt using the automatic tranny for braking purposes......all i asked was y it was cutting out.....and yes i know its a "fammily sedan" but....a guy cant always have his finger up his A$$ and be driving like a slow poke..ya gotta get on it once and while.....and trust me..i dont drive my car hard all the time.....
Mr Anonymous
Tire Wall
I wasn't assuming anything! I was responding to exactly what you said you were doing in your post: revving the car while in PARK, and 'powershifting' (as you call it -- which I think this is the first time I've ever heard this term used in conjunction with an auto. trans.).
I don't think either qualifies as 'driving it normally'. I drive my car as hard as the next guy and enjoy it thoroughly, BUT, I don't subject it to the type of abuse you describe in your original post.
In any case, enjoy your SHO while it lasts!
You'll find the forum a plethora of valuable information when it comes time to rebuild your engine and tranny.You just set yourself when you type like a friggen california valley girl, that would be on any disscussion board.
This issue could be many things so your going to have to get better details of whats happening.
It could even be a now bad headgasket.
Bluto
New Member
I respect the man (Scott), I was half kidding, I have found how expensive trannys are.
I just thought SHOooo was a little uptight on his responce.
We don't drive these cars for their reliability.
We drive them for their power and quickness.
The dude was just looking for advice not a critic.
Please lets restore our peace in the SHO world.
-Bluto
I just thought SHOooo was a little uptight on his responce.
We don't drive these cars for their reliability.
We drive them for their power and quickness.
The dude was just looking for advice not a critic.
Please lets restore our peace in the SHO world.
-Bluto
steevil
New Member
for starters, you may want to clean your IAC and possibly the throttle body. Make sure your air filter is clean.
This is relatively simple and costs almost nothing. DO this before chasing gremlins.
This is relatively simple and costs almost nothing. DO this before chasing gremlins.
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