[Blitz16v]

Decided I was going to clean my throttlebody today , yeah ok BIG DEAL right, undid intake boot, plug wires THATS ALL. Fire her back up, shes missing, missing really really bad like on 1 cylinder. Rechecked everything, and everything again wow, huh still won't firing stay on unless I give her 3/4 throttle. I have had it I am done. Tow the bitch up to my mechanic with a letter reading everything that is going on etc etc etc. Ok so yeah you think everything is gravy? I am such a ****head I locked my keys in my car, and now I can't even get in. Yeah what about the spare keys? Well let's see my dad won't pickup his cell phone, he stole the homephone and just took off , nowhere to be found. And here I sit worrying about my car, while I should be worrying about my moms cancer/the NY move/countless other family situations, ok ok fudge my car, its just a friggin car she's for sale. that is , if the piece of poop will start. Oh yeah I am a really really really nice guy to maybe I will get a girlfriend? or im too nice?

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[Tbird Pimpistik]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Blitz16v)

dont drive it like that
if its misfiring and u drive it i heard u can melt the cat fuel will wil spill in there and melt it...
happened to me when mine was misfiring
hope shes ok

 

[m3technic]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Tbird Pimpistik)

yo dont sell it man.....
just give it a day everything will work out.

 

[Blitz16v]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (m3technic)

I towed it up there, I didnt drive it.

 

[vdubturbo]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (m3technic)

I know how you feel man... Onde day I changed the thermostat in my 4-dr and she didn't run again for 2 weeks. What happened? I dunno, I rebuilt the entire fuel dizzy and advanced the ignition timing a little and now she runs like nothing ever happened.

Go figure... Dubs can be weird.
Give it a couple days. Things will pass and it will all seem better. As for te girl situation, I told ya. Take a trip to philly and I'll hook you up!!!

Smile dude... I know.

 

[Vdubs]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Blitz16v)

You left a pipe off?
The leads in wrong order?
If you spayed directly into the intake you can fowl the plugs.

 

[Zwoobah]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Vdubs)

Check the plug wires. Maybe you put them back on in the wrong order? We did that on our old MG during a tuneup, ran like what you're describing. Easy mistake to make. Good luck!

 

[gaia0510]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Zwoobah)

Yo Blitz I had the same problem with my car this past week. turns out that I ripped the Intake boot (rubber) attached to the Throttle bodie. I taped it up and it worked fine. Check any and all vaccume lines near where you were working as well as all the boots attached to the airbox and such.

 

[eastcoastdubs]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Zwoobah)

quote:[HR][/HR]Check the plug wires. Maybe you put them back on in the wrong order? We did that on our old MG during a tuneup, ran like what you're describing. Easy mistake to make. Good luck![HR][/HR]​

i did the same thing with my 91 8v jetta 3 years ago. i took all of them off. before i knew they had to be on correctly i learned the hard way. blat blat blat. it took me like 15 min. to get the right order

 

[Mk2JettaGLi]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Blitz16v)

Dude told you not to molest her unless I was there to supervise.

J/K man. Hope it's nothing serious..like it sucked up something and it's inside your engine.

Maybe you just got the wires on the wrong order. Good Luck.

 

[grendal]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Mk2JettaGLi)

My guess is two wires are in the wrong order or a plug or two got badly fouled.
Julia used to run bad when the rubber boot coming right off the fuel distributor had a crack in it. $15 to the VW dealer for a new piece of rubber and the car went from pissing me off at red lights to being smooth as glass... That unmetered air just threw it for a loop.
But I guess wires swapped. I've done it before on another car.
-Michael

 

[Blitz16v]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (grendal)

I am gonna laugh my friggin head off if the wires aren't in order, I checked rechecked, triple checked quad checked. But damn me to hell if thats the prob, oh well its just a car, bah where is my paxil

 

[lord kelvin]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Blitz16v)

yeah, dude...the wires ain't in the wrong order! well, i doubt it. but i do hope/thing it's plug related. cheap and easy. err...for lothar, that is. not for us apparently!

gary

 

[Blitz16v]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (lord kelvin)

I stuck a note like this on the doorjamb.
Hi lothar, can you fix my car its ******, thing is I ****** up and locked my keys in the car I am a friggin moron, so you gotta break in , good luck talk to you in the morining.

The note constisted of this in the car
"Hi lothar yeah its me again, hope you had a good weekend, my car is ******" I thought id be cool to clean the tb, but yeah I ****** my poop up again, so yeah If you can un**** my car, I would appreciate it, I will call you first thing in the morning.


[Modified by Blitz16v, 12:01 AM 2-11-2002]

 

[lyledriver]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Blitz16v)

..could be worst blitz, when i clicked on this thread i thought you had crashed Julia.

 

[Blitz16v]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (lyledriver)

Yeah true true man, it could be so much worse that makes me feel better. I walked away from a 40mph head on tree accident, I mean God must have a plan for me, he has one for everyone, but wow I am quite a piece of work
I know it has to do with ignition I have a 90% feeling, I just thought I doublechekcked the order leads etc, I will keep you guys up to date like always, I just really hope it gets fixed quick!


[Modified by Blitz16v, 12:26 AM 2-11-2002]

 

[ClayM111]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Blitz16v)

quote:[HR][/HR]I walked away from a 40mph head on tree accident
[Modified by Blitz16v, 12:26 AM 2-11-2002][HR][/HR]​

40 is pretty fast eh, i mean, we wouldnt be exaggerating there would we?
edit: somehow i got elaborating and exaggerating confused


[Modified by ClayM111, 12:49 AM 2-11-2002]

 

[16vU4EA]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (ClayM111)

quote:[HR][/HR]I walked away from a 40mph head on tree accident
[Modified by Blitz16v, 12:26 AM 2-11-2002]
40 is pretty fast eh, i mean, we wouldnt be exaggerating there would we?
edit: somehow i got elaborating and exaggerating confused

[Modified by ClayM111, 12:49 AM 2-11-2002][HR][/HR]​

I believe it... I walked away with only a small scar on my left temple (from my head hitting the driver's side window) when I nailed a tree at 45+mph in my 84 GTI. That was long ago and far away, and I don't do stupid poop like that anymore.

 

[Dieder]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (ClayM111)

quote:[HR][/HR]I walked away from a 40mph head on tree accident

40 is pretty fast eh, i mean, we wouldnt be exaggerating there would we?
edit: somehow i got elaborating and exaggerating confused
[HR][/HR]​

60MPH Prelude (99) vs 5 box brick mailbox...
Predule won
My head vs airbag, seatbelt and windsheild! I win again!
(picking glass outta your hair SUCKS!)
Blitz hope you get everything worked out. Things really seem like they go wrong at the worst times, I know you have so many other things goin on in your life. Remember its just a car.
I didnt know about this NY move! http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif Eastcoast! http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif I'll see you at waterfest then?

 

[JNXtheband]

Re: Julia's dead, what a bad friggin day. (Blitz16v)

dude, how did you lock your keys in the car? theres a saftey in the drivers latch to prevent that, the only way to lock the car is to turn the key in the door from the outside, assuming you dont have keyless entry.
anyway the more important concern, like everybody else said check your plug wires. good luck. and if you still dont get it, tow that sucker to NY and i'll give you a hand, later...