Thread: bad ground ??

ok so i have a bad ground and im wondering if this coud be the cause of my car losing all power over
night. when i go to start it in the morning the radio has been reset my ses light is off and my milage
display says 0.0, then when i go to leave as soon as i touch the gas the rpms start to wildly jump,like
it wants to stall. (occasionally it will stall and you cant restart it cause there is NO power to anything
my boyfriend sometimes has to wiggle the ground wire to get the power back,the battery and alt are both new
and in good working order) when the rpms start to jump around i shut it off and restart it and it runs fine
for the rest of the day... until the next morning when it does it all over again. yesterday when everything
came back on, the gas display is now flashing LOW and it has over a half tank?!? and i can hear the alternator
in the radio.i am hoping that this is all from the bad ground an d not something worse. if anyone has any
advise or knows what might be wrong i would greatly appreciate any help! thanks!

he said hes gonna fix it when the temp out is at least 40 my bf is my mecanic, he said hes gotta clean it and repaint it so it doesnt rust again, i guess it needs to be a little warmer out for the paint to set right. i hope it is that easy, just seems nothing is that easy with this car. ill let you know what happens as soon as he can do it.

well if i had a heated garage im sure it would have already been fixed, but i live in apartments... no garage

rpms bounce down, its hard to describe, it bounces wildly down and back up and back down and back up... it doesnt ever jump up much higher than 1(000) rpm. it continues to do this unless you put you foot back on the gas but as soon as you let off it does it again, i will just shut it off and restart it and it is always fine the 2nd time i start it. it did stall once but started right back up. idk what "hold based on throttle blips" means? but i will ask if he cleaned the throttle body im pretty sure i remember him saying he already did it.

just talked to my bf he said it is not blips he did clean the tb but did not take the screen out.

LIM leaking?

lim was replaced last summer i think maby that when he cleaned the tb, yes he is a mechanic but not working in a garage idk if he has the scantool or if it was the garages. we are thinking it is the maf or vacume leak we do have a code for evap emission control system malfunction (i think p0400, but not sure) and billboost i will have him read this cause i dont fully understand it all thank you!!!

the code is P0440 evap emmition control system malfunction. the code has been there since we got the car. we have been thinking it a vac leak. we have replaced some vac lines and rubber T's up near the sc around the engine. also its "boost power"(idk what to call it) seems to come and go too... sometimes when i step on the gas it goes so fast i feel like im in a rocket ship, other time it just doesnt want to go fast. anyway we probably going to look into a new maf soon, unless anyone thinks it could be something else?? anyone know where i can get the best price for maf? can i go to a junkyard or should i get a new one?

ok thankyou so much , i will have him look at that link tonight or tomorrow. i really appreciate all of your input and i will be sure to let you know if and when we figure it out and fix it...although something tells me hell will freeze over before i ever own a car that runs good. it my 31st bday tomorrow maybe ill start playing the lottery!!!! lol