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My 2000 Chevy Prizm idles great but when you give it gas it wants to die any ideas what is causing this to happen?
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∙ 12y ago
I'm having the exact same issue with a friend's car that I am working on. Initially I noticed that the head cover gasket was blown, so I replaced that and cleaned all the oil off the cover. I put in OEM spec spark plugs, and checked the air filter, cleaned the throttle body, and cleaned the battery posts. After all this I still have the same issue. A buddy of mine who was helping me with the work, suggested that the gunk from the cover gasket got into the injectors and clogged them up not allowing them to do their job properly. I am going to get new O-rings for the injectors and clean the injectors out, if it still gives me problems after that I am going to check the fuel sending unit under the backseat cushion. If the problem still persists after all that then I am led to believe that the problem may be electronic or electrical in nature. Perhaps a short or open somewhere, or a bad resistor in the PCM. Good luck to you!
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∙ 12y ago
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