Starts but wont idle. (details inside)

[harm]

take it back and tell them to finish their half-assed attempt at fixing your car. it sounds exactly like a timing issue.. no reason to believe it's not, because it was running before they were working on your extremely-timing-related parts. How long have you been driving it like this? You might want to have them flatbed it in to the shop.. because it's not running right and it hasn't been since they touched it.

[24valvenotak]

did you ground out the adjustment connector when you checked the timing?

[gsrEK]

sorry to hear where did u take it?

[no_slow_clap]

i would take it back to who did it. or take it somewhere else that knows what they are doing and send the other shop the bill

[Cura86]

Those tensioners can be picky. I would check the pressure on that and the round idler looking pulley too. No easy task in that kind of car though. On a related note I know the computers in them are terrible, they blow capacitors all the time. If you can find another computer from someone it wouldnt hurt swapping that out and seeing what that does. I hope you find the problem soon!

[psitsi]

gsrEK;231027 wrote:
sorry to hear where did u take it?

Superior Auto in Minot.. And yea its running and driving but not like it should at all.

[psitsi]

no_slow_clap;231034 wrote:
i would take it back to who did it. or take it somewhere else that knows what they are doing and send the other shop the bill

Thats the second time ive heard that lol. But i dont think that would fly.

[psitsi]

Cura86;231049 wrote:
Those tensioners can be picky. I would check the pressure on that and the round idler looking pulley too. No easy task in that kind of car though. On a related note I know the computers in them are terrible, they blow capacitors all the time. If you can find another computer from someone it wouldnt hurt swapping that out and seeing what that does. I hope you find the problem soon!

Are you talking about the ECU? Im on the 3000 GT forums and im pretty sure i can get one for cheap. But i dont even have the Chilton book on it yet so i dont really know where shit's at.

[psitsi]

24valvenotak;231016 wrote:
did you ground out the adjustment connector when you checked the timing?

Yes i had a friend to it he seemed to know what he was doing. He grouned it and connectet it to one of my plug wires.

[PSiedTSi]

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[psitsi]

Alright.. I took the car back to the shop today and they are going to recheck everything. And i appreciate everything. Yea i could use all the help i can get with this thing.

[24valvenotak]

for the bad ecu part.. i have a stock one for a tt you could try but

a. you cant keep it
b. usually when they go bad you experience exactly what you are experiencing... minus the clicking under the dash
c. if your friend knew what he was doing your timing is still off so make them hunt down the cause of the problem... sad part is, you could just have bad or tangled spark plugs wires.

also look and see which direction the plug for your cam sensor is facing...

[psitsi]

I would if i had the car in my possesion. I know where my cams are but i dont know where the hell the sensor is. Also it could be that my wires arent in order. And i cant find any diagram that tells me my firing order.

[PSiedTSi]

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[SPANISH-RICE]

how come when i click your track times it pulls up microsoft outlook? i wanna watch vids not email your punkass

[PSiedTSi]

lol sorry they are posting as links because it includes the "@" symbol...i honestly don't think there are any videos of me at the track, only pictures....there is, however, a video of me and boomer floating(Harwood had one) around doing donuts at Gooseberry during a FS picnic...whoops lawlz