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Old 05-28-2007, 07:32 PM
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my car stutters wickid bad when i step on the gas past half ... today i put 250 dollars into it, replaceing coils, plugs, wires,fuel filter, and an oil change... i got excited cuz i went to drive it and it wasnt sputtering till 5 minutes later i went to take off and sputter away it went.... what else could be wrong with my poor 3.8L
 
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Old 05-28-2007, 09:30 PM
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fuel injector (s) need to be cleaned, or one may be clogged or bad
 
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Old 05-29-2007, 12:50 PM
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i've used fuel injector cleaner, how else would i clean it
 
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Old 05-29-2007, 01:13 PM
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you don't say if the car was running good before you did this, so I'll just assume it was (hate assuming). are you 100% sure you put your plug wires on right?

did you put your fuel filter on backwards?
 
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Old 05-30-2007, 09:31 AM
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it was running like **** before i did any of that, thats why i replaced all that stuff, to try and fix it, it only misfires when i step on the gas passed half ....=/
 
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Old 05-30-2007, 09:43 AM
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I had a problem similar to tat in my other camaro and I replaced the coil and it worked finr.
 
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Old 05-30-2007, 03:23 PM
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Nope, most of that cheap-o cleaner wont work, you can get the injectors cleaned at a shop
 
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Old 05-30-2007, 09:00 PM
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yeah i got new coils before when i had the problem,

thnx bad, how much you think that'd run me?
 
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Old 05-30-2007, 09:28 PM
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I bought my car w/ a bad fuel injector (why it was so cheap) and I just paid a shop like $250-300 to fix it...

You could DIY for cheaper

Also, if it's not just a bad or a couple bad fuel injectors, you can get them all cleaned at a shop, not sure of the rates for that service tho
 




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