Recently re did my head gaskets and upper intake manifold. Now when I go to start my car..it only stays running if I push on the gas. All hoses are hooked up. Any ideas anyone?
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10-30-2014
Recently re did my head gaskets and upper intake manifold. Now when I go to start my car..it only stays running if I push on the gas. All hoses are hooked up. Any ideas anyone?
10-30-2014
I'm a little confused here. You posted in F body which happens to be firebird camaro and you are talking about a grand prix that could be a 3.1 or 3.8. Please help us assist you.
10-30-2014
Yeah I realized that after I posted it. Sorry. It's a 3.8
10-30-2014
No problem. I'm going to slide this over to the right place.
10-30-2014
First of all... why did you touch the headgaskets on a 3800?
10-30-2014
I was told they were blown so I replaced them. I've already gotten grilled plenty for it too.
10-30-2014
Lol ok yeah... HG's are extremely rare to fail in a 3800.. I've never actually heard of them failing. But anyways, TPS? Any check engine lights? Any missed electrical plugs? Coolant/Oil both look good and not mixed up?
10-30-2014
Any codes? Post em up
10-30-2014
Yeah on here I hear it's not common but other places I hear it's common. Oh well always good to have new stuff in there right. No check engine light is on. All plugs are in and fluids aren't mixed.
10-30-2014
No codes either. I'm like 100% stuck
10-30-2014
How dirty is your throttle body/ maf?
10-30-2014
Doesn't look too bad to be
10-30-2014
.................... on the inside lol. Have you ever cleaned it?
10-30-2014
I'm a girl. No judging. I mean when I took everything apart I cleaned it up a bit...could have probably done better but I was more focused on cleaning the heads and everything else.
10-30-2014
Ok.. so you did the HG's. Which means the battery was unhooked.
If it's running decent, but won't hold idle. It may have forgotten it. Start the car and put it in gear. Hold it still with yoru foot on brake and keep the engine running with your other foot. Do this for say a full minute. slowly let off throttle and see if it holds itself.
Happens from time to time.
10-30-2014
Tried that. Now it started smoking a bit from around the front exhaust manifold but it could be from a little bit of spilled oil from yesterday
10-30-2014
Could it be my heads theirselves?
10-30-2014
Girl or no girl, you still did the work and .... it's done. Now it just needs to get running well.
Smoking from the engine a little after doing so much work is normal. When working oil and what not will get on the exhaust and once it gets up to temp it'll smoke for a couple of minutes.
Has holding it in gear helped at all? Any change?
10-30-2014
No nothing. It sounds great when I rev it but once I'm off the gas it dies. I'll post a video
10-30-2014
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w1RN4LR-8D4
Won't let me post it directly on here. Watch it when you can and let me know what u think
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