[Shotimes] HELP!!! CAR IST DEAD!

[Zach Leahy]

Yeah loosing the positive terminal will do that... gotta make sure
those nuts are tight.  <grin>

Like Ian said take the neg battery terminal off, go stand on the
brakes for like 20 seconds, and then put it back on, that will reset
the PCM and it will go through a learning process on how to control
the idle.  Basically it needs to relearn how to control the IAB again.
 It's highly doubtful that you hit a bump and killed the IAB, but the
symptoms do point that there is no air getting through.  But I think
it is a control issue and not a parts issue.  Reset the PCM, let it
run a while, go for a drive, and then see what happens.

A dying IAB is what my 93 is suffering from (eh JVO?).  It idles
sometimes, but then just absolutely dies when you step on the clutch
at other times, meaning that the IAB is closed when it should be open.
 That gets to be fun, cause your juggling all 3 pedals at a stop light
to keep it running.  Fortunately I'm not driving it on a daily
basis...  It gets out maybe once a week or so.

Z

On 3/21/06, Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Was the car on fire again? ;-)
>
> No, an IAB should not kill an engine. Because you hit
> a bump and had problems (dim IC lights, etc) I suspect
> that you have a bad connection somewhere. Check your
> battery connection, the connection at the starter and
> the condition of your battery cables, etc.
>
> Ian
>
> --- Jason Hartberger <jhartberger@mail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok, here goes. First off, will a bad IAB kill the
> > engine? I think that's
> > what it might be. Anyway, I was driving around
> > today, and hit a bad bump
> > and all of a sudden the car was really jerky and
> > shuddery at any speed
> > and throttle position. I was wondering what the hell
> > was happening when
> > I turned the OD off to try to get more throttle.
> > That's when I noticed
> > that the OD light was dimming in conjunction with
> > the jerking so I was
> > like "great,  bad computer ground." So I finally get
> > the car where it's
> > supposed to go and I pop the hood and the positive
> > battery terminal had
> > come off the battery! So I put that back on but ever
> > since then the car
> > WILL NOT idle. I had to two-foot the car all the way
> > back home (20
> > miles) and not let it idle. I already ordered an IAB
> > and it should be
> > getting here soon, but the only other things I
> > figure it could be are
> > the coil pack or the DIS. It might be the coil pack?
> > but I kinda doubt
> > it. Any ideas, anybody?
> >
> > Jason
> > '94 ATX
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