Kooshdakhaa
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Here's what it's been doing. It's driving along just fine. Then it starts hesitating when I push the gas pedal. It happens when I am stopped, and then when I push the gas pedal to start going, it will hesitate just a beat before it accelerates, like it's going to die or something. Just for a second.
That's how it starts. As I continue to drive it, the hesitation gets more pronounced and the car eventually dies, usually when I stop at a light or stop sign. When I'm driving, it seems to be okay, accelerates okay, etc. It's just when I stop the problem manifests, I think. Then, in order to start it I have to give it gas when I start it, which I normally never have to do. (It's a 1993 Chevy Lumina Euro with fuel injection, 59,000 miles on it).
But once I get it started, when I put it in drive to go, it dies.
First time it happened I had it towed to shop. They gave it a complete tune-up, new plugs, new plug wires, etc. $550 tune-up.
It ran well for a week after that. Then it started doing the same thing again. I was able to drive it there. It wouldn't start in their parking lot. The mechanic came out and took a look, got it started, drove it around the block and said it was fine. He made some adjustment (to the idle maybe). So I drove off. It started doing the same thing again, hesitating when given gas so I took it back.
They kept it and then said they had found a hose that was melting that had been overlooked when they did the tune up. I asked would this explain what it was doing. Oh, yes.
Got the car back, it was good for a few days. Started doing the same thing again a couple of days ago. First just that subtle hesitation when you start to go, then it gets worse and the car dies. It died at the intersection right by the mechanic shop. They came out and pushed it in. They said "It's overheated!!!" Like it was my fault. Could be the water pump. I said "Well, fix it!"
This morning they called me...my car is fixed. Only cost $129. They checked gauge operation. Checked spark plugs and pressure tested the engine to check for leaks and purged the cooling system. Then they replaced a relay on the primary cooling fan.
I said, so that was causing the problem, the hesitation when putting on the gas? And they said yes. They said when the car is overheating the computer will shut the car down.
I noticed no red warning lights on my dashboard, by the way. Nor was the car steaming. But I don't know why they'd make up that it was overheating, so it must have been. But would overheating cause that hesitation when you give it gas?
Somebody told me that was bullshit that the computer would cause the gas to act like that if the car is overheating and then shut the car down.
Now, here I am again, with a car that's running good at the moment...but what will happen tomorrow? I'm going to drive it around and around in the area where I live and the mechanic shop, which is near by. Round and round, see if it will fail again. Maybe they're right this time and they actually fixed it. But I kind of doubt it. This is kind of like going to the dentist for a toothache but they keep drilling and filling the wrong teeth so you still have a toothache.
Any mechanics out there, anything come to mind? I'm getting desperate.
That's how it starts. As I continue to drive it, the hesitation gets more pronounced and the car eventually dies, usually when I stop at a light or stop sign. When I'm driving, it seems to be okay, accelerates okay, etc. It's just when I stop the problem manifests, I think. Then, in order to start it I have to give it gas when I start it, which I normally never have to do. (It's a 1993 Chevy Lumina Euro with fuel injection, 59,000 miles on it).
But once I get it started, when I put it in drive to go, it dies.
First time it happened I had it towed to shop. They gave it a complete tune-up, new plugs, new plug wires, etc. $550 tune-up.
It ran well for a week after that. Then it started doing the same thing again. I was able to drive it there. It wouldn't start in their parking lot. The mechanic came out and took a look, got it started, drove it around the block and said it was fine. He made some adjustment (to the idle maybe). So I drove off. It started doing the same thing again, hesitating when given gas so I took it back.
They kept it and then said they had found a hose that was melting that had been overlooked when they did the tune up. I asked would this explain what it was doing. Oh, yes.
Got the car back, it was good for a few days. Started doing the same thing again a couple of days ago. First just that subtle hesitation when you start to go, then it gets worse and the car dies. It died at the intersection right by the mechanic shop. They came out and pushed it in. They said "It's overheated!!!" Like it was my fault. Could be the water pump. I said "Well, fix it!"
This morning they called me...my car is fixed. Only cost $129. They checked gauge operation. Checked spark plugs and pressure tested the engine to check for leaks and purged the cooling system. Then they replaced a relay on the primary cooling fan.
I said, so that was causing the problem, the hesitation when putting on the gas? And they said yes. They said when the car is overheating the computer will shut the car down.
I noticed no red warning lights on my dashboard, by the way. Nor was the car steaming. But I don't know why they'd make up that it was overheating, so it must have been. But would overheating cause that hesitation when you give it gas?
Somebody told me that was bullshit that the computer would cause the gas to act like that if the car is overheating and then shut the car down.
Now, here I am again, with a car that's running good at the moment...but what will happen tomorrow? I'm going to drive it around and around in the area where I live and the mechanic shop, which is near by. Round and round, see if it will fail again. Maybe they're right this time and they actually fixed it. But I kind of doubt it. This is kind of like going to the dentist for a toothache but they keep drilling and filling the wrong teeth so you still have a toothache.
Any mechanics out there, anything come to mind? I'm getting desperate.
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