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Two nights ago, I was driving home from a late class in the city (Chicago). About half of the way home, my 1994 9000 CS Turbo started idling exceptionally poorly at every stop light, the engine shaking so violently that I could not even get the transmission into 1st or 2nd gear - meaning that I had to do a 3rd gear clutch burn to start from a red light. Revving the engine eliminated the miss, but it was still hard to get it into the lower gears.
I limped the car home, turned it off, waited a few minutes, restarted. Car then ran fine, and has been running fine yesterday and today. Wednesday was a rainy day, but it was not raining at the time; the only recent work was new spark plugs (gapped to 0.39") and a control arm bushing more than a week ago. Doesn't seem like a fuel pump, as the engine ran OK at higher revs.
Any ideas what this was? Maybe the car is telling me not to have the second rear shock tower repaired ($$$) next week?
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Posts in this Thread:
- What the #*%! was that all about?, Bill Homer , Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:52:11 <-- Viewing This Message
- How is it running now?, Noel, Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:31:02
- Re: I would check coil oil level in each coil...., DanaH, Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:49:35
- let me say this about that...., marvinstockman, Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:59:52
- No CEL, Bill Homer , Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:10:36
- another thing i didn't think of.. idle valve stuck?, Simon S, Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:53:59
- Re: could be coil pack pre-failure mode, jack vines, Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:33:01
- Re: What the #*%! was that all about?, Simon S, Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:04:27
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