today i grounded my bell housing to the fire wall and took care of a few vac leaks but my car still will not idle when i stop it goes dead but it will sit in my drive and idle all day ??? any ideas also it has an exhaulst leak and back fires from time to time could this cause the going dead and hessatation from time to time ??

 

what were your idle issues before you did some grounding and vac repiars? was it the same as now or worse?

 

Please describe your problem or give a link to the orginal thread. Will the car die when you apply your brakes at idle too or does the vehicle have to be in motion? How about when you rev it at idle? ~rich

 

ok first it was idle surge and i un hooked waht i think is the idle sensor and it quit not it does it when i like apply the cluch it dont idle just dies also hesatates when i try and take off like stalls it has an exhaulst leak could that be part of my problem ? and i was told i could take my cats off and use a 10 in glass pack reversed is this true ??

 

its not when i apply the brake it s when i apply the clutch to stop

 

Wow, I have to be honest with you - your writing is very confusing. Writing correctly and clearly will definitely increase people's ability to help you here...

That being said - Is your idle sensor (tps) still disconnected? If so, there's your problem. It prolly wasn't adjusted correctly to begin with giving you stuttering, hesitation problems. Search the forums for adjusting procdure.

Minor exhaust leaks will not cause a problem. Leaks inside the engine bay will increase the underhood temps resulting in poorer performance. Big leaks before the cats may cause delayed activation of your 5th, 6th ports (above 3.8k)

Installing glasspacs backwards will blow the muffling material out essentially making them straight pipes. ~rich

 

the exhaulst leak is between the first 2 cats thanks for the advice sorry about the confusing writting im from the south

 

would it hurt anything to take the cats completly out?

 

What year is your car? turbo or n/a? ~rich

 

its a 88 gtu na seems to be running a little better still has idle issues some times it will idle and some times it wont any ideas ?

 

It won't hurt to take your cats out, but since you have a s4, you will either have to wire your ports open, or find the write up for how to use like a cadillac air ride pump or some ****.................

 

can any one explain to me how to wire the ports open i found a write up about using the air pump and a air valve to run the ports any ideas would be apprechated