JunkerXL
11-10-2010, 01:26 PM
so a problem i thought fairly benign has reared it's ugly head again. a month ago i was waiting for my wife in the parking lot of a local supermarket when it just started idling strangely and died. i restarted it, but again, strange idle and then dead. the problem went away after that night and has not returned but the night before last, it did, only differently. when we started the car it had a wicked miss. then died. so when we restarted it, it missed about 2 miles and then stopped and drove fine the next day. then last night, it would not stay running. it would start just fine, then the idle would drop immediately, and it would die, so i figured the iac might be toast but when you rev it, it will rev then just feels like it runs out of steam and dies again. im 50/50. i noticed that the coolant sensor on top of the motor has coolant on it, seems like it's leaking, so i'll be replacing that but i cant decide if it's the fuel pump or iac. it has a strange burn-y metallic smell when it dies, so im thinking it's leaning out. i researched this last night but no one mentioned the awful smell, so im at a loss :smt017 . any thoughts?? :smt022
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also it's a 96 l sedan with 178k and it's an auto (sadly) and it IS posting a cel
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also it's a 96 l sedan with 178k and it's an auto (sadly) and it IS posting a cel