I'm having some problems with my engine. The car revs to 6.8k rpms easily in 1st gear then it starts to hesitate. Shift to 2nd and the car has a hard time reving past 6.5k.

Any thing i should check for? Is it a electrical matter?

Notes:

- Revs easily to 8k when in neutral
- When the inside lights are on (night driving), when i hit the brakes, the lights dim
- Stereo also cuts out a lot if there's any bass while raising the volume
- Also a 1991 GXL

 

TPS MAX should not go over 5.5k-ohms.


-Ted

 

I'd do some battery and alternator testing

 

This sounds suspiciously like a grounding issue to me. Check your main ground strap going from the battery to the chassis, especially at the chassis end.

-=Russ=-

 

my car starts up buh yet it bogs out and everytime i drive my car is won't go pass 3000

 

so you think my tps max setting is too high?

 

Mine (89 Auto) will get up to 65k before itll shift but thats only if i put my foot far into it. but i thought that that was because of the tranny type and something to do with the high-stall torque converter or something like that.

 

Now THATS something you dont see often on a piston forum...

"My engine wont rev past 7k! HELP!"

 

hahah

my transmission is manual by the way

 

quoted for awesomeness...

hahaha

and for the thread starter it kinda sounds like you might be stressing your stock electrical system. get a volt meter or a DMM and check the voltage at idle, at different RPMs and with headlights/stereo/brakes on.

 

bah, mine works fine and does everything. except i can get to 7.5 in all rpms.

 

the first thread to me sounds like a fuel problem, and the electrical problem is something seperate. just me 2 cents.

 

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