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

[Chrobis]

no offense to you lagos, but I know more about my car then you may think... like my cel... im not an idiot. 8 months of having my car fuel cutting, and yes i knew it was a fuel cut, you think i didnt check my engine light codes... well, just to let you know there are no codes, it dosnt throw a code, and after 8 months you think your the first to fill me in on the igniter... The 5s igniter while connected to the 3s puts out a code 14, but I'm not using the 5s igniter, i tried the one that came with the engine, and as of now I am using a brand new one for a 92 all-trac ordered from toyota world. And a boost cut from the map sensor is completly different from a fuel cut, a boost cut puts the car in limp mode, which from my understanding basically just opens up the wastegate not letting the car boost at all, and is fixed my restarting the car.

I'm sorry if I sound upset with your post, but honestly I am. You think I'm some dumb kid that dosnt know a thing about my car and I did a swap. It has been 8 months, and your still on day 2 after the swap... And I am the one that has done most of the attempts to solve the cars problems, not my mechanic.

I'm not pissed at you but you did kinda insult me with your post