Yet another problem has revealed itself:

Today I took a little trip to Auto Zone to test for the check engine light code I mentioned earlier. The woman took what appeared to be an unbent paper clip, pushed it into the terminal, turned the key to ON, and looked for a code. She told me code 32 appeared, and that if I wanted to test for codes myself I only needed to connect the top two terminals. Seems things ended well..

I proceeded into the store where the employee produced a printout of my check engine code problem and solution. I then purchased a blacklight, to accent my interior, thanked the female, and left the store.

So far so good, right?

I opened my door, placed my key in the ignition, placed the transmission in neutral (its a 5 speed) and started the car. The engine reved, like normal, and then died! I tried it again, this time with the clutch depressed, and found the same result. In the end, I was forced to drive home with the gas depressed the entire way; otherwise, the engine would die.

Is it possible that the Auto Zone employee could have shorted something, and what can I do to fix this problem?! Nothing like this has ever happened before...

 

hmmmmm ... might just be coincidence. try unhooking your battery for about 15 minutes. this will reset the computer. sick

 

Thanks but

I just went out and started it again (after a quick visual inspection of the wires) and the car worked fine. I'll take it for a test drive in a little bit.

Our resident mechanic (my father) says the engine may have overheated earlier, but is not sure of the problem. Anyone else have any ideas?

 

The jumper hurts nothing.
code 32 is an EGR code. Check the vacuum lines on it and the operation of it.

 

The jumper will hurt the computer, but, only if you leav it in when you start the car.

 

yes check all vaccum lines my 86 did the same thing when i first bought it until i found lines disconnected and or broken. when i fixed them it ran fine.