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Hollis

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« on: March 10, 2011, 08:25:00 AM »
Little off topic of capris but I know you guys are pretty damn xp when it comes to cars.

My moms grand am will stall out when she hits the brakes hard. Then when she starts it puts it into drive it will keep stalling out. If you wait a little sometimes it will work again.

Anyone have any ideas. We just had to have it towed home for her.

She was stuck in an intersection and it wouldn't stay running when it was put into drive. So I reved it up and slammed it into drive. Had barely any power to pull out like the engine just wanted to die.

After around 3k rpm it seems like it ran perfect. Then it would shift and have problems.

And yeah I know what I did was bad. But the car almost got hit twice so it needed outta there.

Thanks for any info!!
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Phillip

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 11:21:00 AM »
Could be a vacuum leak. Check all the hoses for cracks. Could also be intake losses after MAF. could be many things. What motor? When was it tuned last? Did it just start screwing up or was it progressive?
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Hollis

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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2011, 12:47:00 PM »
95 grand am gt 16 valve

It would do it on and off. And got worse. Now it does it to  the point of not running.
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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 05:14:00 PM »
Torque converter lockup circuit...my buddy had a similar problem...

Maybe that's it
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 05:47:00 PM »
95...not OBDII yet? If its doing as you describe the dash should be lighting up like the 4th of july... see what codes its scanning.

+2 on the TCC... had TCC issues in my 95 GP you saw. not the same issues though
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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2011, 04:54:00 AM »
1996 is OBDII, my 1995 metro is a rare car because of that, new body single o2 sensor.  
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Hollis

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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2011, 01:08:00 AM »
Hopefully after I fix the linkage on my jetta I'll hope under the gran am and disconnect the tcc. see if that helps. Then HOPEFULLY I get time to take the turbo off my supposed main project the capri. Months later and still no turbo off. But I just keep fearing its the block..
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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2011, 10:55:00 AM »
Disconnecting the solenoid might not help. Mine was acting up, either the actual clutch was shot & seizing, or it was a leaking valvebody causing the clutch to engage when it shouldnt. But its worth a shot.
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