What to do!!!, after 8 months the 3s is not working! Options

[Chrobis]

Well, after 8 months of not driving over 4k rpm, and it constantly fuel cutting im, to say the least, agravated! I thought the shop I had the swap done at was compitent enough to service problems, but i have had this problem since i drove it out the shop in April. The car cant go over 80 on the freeway, and it cant be left in gear over 2k rpm, so that means to drive at 80 in 5th I have to accelerate for like 5 seconds, it cuts, i put the clutch in and it go's to idle and I can then accelerate once again.

At this time my mechanic seems to be just spitting out parts for me to replace that might fix the problem, and frankly I want to add parts to the car with the money I'm spending, not just pump into stuff I don't need. At this time he wants to try the knock sensor, which I'm not tottaly sure about...

I went over to my local dealer and they said they would be able to run a diagnostic for like $250+ which would suck because that is money that just disapears.

So people, what do I do!?

Pump money into parts that may fix the car, or just drop the money to then find out the exact problem and then drop the money to fix that?

This post has been edited by Chrobis: Nov 15, 2004 - 5:08 PM

[lagos]

how about trying to fix it yourself and learning a little about your car in the process.

before u do anything, pull your ecu codes, by jumping Te and E1 in your diagnostic box and reading the flash patter of your check engine light. those codes will tell you whats wrong with your car.

your rev problem is an ignition issue. make sure you are using a new cap, rotor, sparkplug cables and plugs. if you are and are still having the problem, then you must be using the wrong ignitor. take a look at the part number thats on yours, and post what it is, i can then tell u if it matches up with mine.

the other problem you are having sounds like fuel cut. make sure that the vac line to your turbo pressure sensor is in good shape and doubble check that the harness plug is connected too.

did u get a clip, or the motor? it almost sounds like you got just the motor and the shop that did your swap used the stock ignitor and were missing the turbo sensor.

dont give up on your car, your issues are very minor.