:( major problem Options

[DamDirtyApes]

when i start up my car it will rev up to 500 rpm then die. it keeps on doing this unless i give it some gas, well that used to work up until today, i have to keep it at 3k rpm for a few secs for it to idle at all (then it will idle at about 250 and the whole car will shake badly) , also iv been hearing a high pitch sound that has been gettin louder for a few weeks.... WHAT IS WRONG! the idle problem has been hapening since winter but just got worse this month. its almost unstartable now. PLEASE HELP ME!

[YellowTwo]

I had that exact same problem for about 3 months. I still don't know for sure what it might have been, but it had to have been 1 of 3 things... or maybe a combination... who knows.

First I bought some STP fuel injector cleaner, because it says on the bottle that it helps "hard startups and rough idles." So I filled up the tank and put that in. After driving for a little while then starting it up later it seemed like it might have made a little bit of a difference, but it was really hard to tell. Then the next day I got a tune up. I drove it for a couple days after that and it didn't seem to be having as much trouble starting up, but the idle was still rough. Then I had to take it to get a new timing belt put on. That was about 3 days ago, and now it starts up really nicely and idles pretty well.

I do still get some hard startups, but not even close to as much as before. Plus I still haven't used the full tank that I put the STP in... so there's still more to go.

edit: It seems to just be getting better and better, so I think it's the STP that did it.

This post has been edited by 6gencelicasrule: Jun 5, 2004 - 11:30 PM