Recent content by Bird of Prey

ok i wanted to say, don't crash it! didn't want to say it that hard! Matt

man, i always wanted to go to the nurburgring with this car but hell, if you do something to the car i'll have to hurt you, fast400! I know where you're living! :biggrin: have fun... Matt

man you just grabbed an old thread. The issue is of course already fixed, guess what it was... a broken spark plug. not more, not less...

*Your mates call it Pointiac, although the big Sticker on your Windshield says "Pontiac" (european land... :biggrin: )

no-one gets on my hood! hands off! :biggrin: i'd take the one in the middle on the first pic.

hello guys. my car won't run properly, my problem is a stumbling and misfiring engine. i changed a lot of parts by now. Is there a possibility to have a broken or bad ignitor? you know the part that's underneath the coil pack (which i already changed) thx

how to check for a bad tps?

your iac-value is kind of high. This number should be at about 10-20 i suppose. This is where my car is set, but i have a slight stumble also at idle, so...

ok i will check these things. you're the elite, guys! *g* Idle is kind of smooth, but when i rev it, you hear misfires. so to check is: cat, injectors, egr... a lot to do for this weekend. thx for now, i will post an ev. progress. matt

Hi folks! Im very desperate now. My car was always running well the 3 years i own it by now. but... now i have backfiring issues, it misfires badly and the catalytic converter glows red after driving even slowly! I changed: coilpack plug wires spark plugs O2 sensor what...

thx for the cool link! good that there are NM also. My engineer told me the same thing. just screw them tight. *g*

Hi folks... What torque to reinstall the exhaust manifolds? i'm renewing the gaskets these days. pls tell me matt

haha... thank you guys! Did this exactly like you said, today. Before reading the posts... iac is okay now at approx. 10, tps i set to 0.44 thx! and what is more... this fits in this thread: i guess one header / exhaust - gasket is finished. so the car stumbles at acceleration. i will...

Sorry to hi-jack this thread but... my problem is, that i can't set IAC lower than 80, because when i set the screw at the farthest position backwards, the throttle doesn't go as far back as the screw does. any opinions on that? help much appreciated! matt

Hi folks, please help a desperate guy... here is a pic of how it looked like before changing the belt tensioner assembly. i left the old serp belt alone, because i get the new one these days. clear case, the belt tensioner. it seems it was not! now, after the changing, - except the...