AMC Diplomat
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I'm just trying to keep the 318 alive long enough until I find a 360 that I don't have to drive 6 or 7 hours each way to get. It's started a new thing where it will rev through the ceiling if I floor it in park and neutral, but in drive or reverse with the car stopped it's like it's governed at a set rpm.
If I don't turn the car over, set the parking brake, and then put it in drive and floor it for a couple minutes, it won't run right the rest of the trip. If I don't do this, it'll want to stubble and stall out at red lights. If I put it in gear and floor it for awhile, it goes to maybe 1500 rpm and just stays there with my foot on the floor, but the rest of trip it's drivable.
The only changes this winter were the new cap and rotor and I put a new coolant temp sensor in. The temp gauge still doesn't work though.
I think I'm dealing with some kind of ignition problem and the computer is playing games. I know I've thrown a little money here and there at it to make it run better in the time I've had it (new choke, choke thermostat, fuel pump, computer, pcv, plugs and wires, cap and rotor) but that's been all nickel and dime stuff I bought cheap. I'm not looking to throw a new distributor and carburetor at it if I can avoid it.
I'm hoping there's a sensor I can replace or some kind of trouble shooting I can do and maybe one of the Chrysler computer experts can point me in the right direction.
If I don't turn the car over, set the parking brake, and then put it in drive and floor it for a couple minutes, it won't run right the rest of the trip. If I don't do this, it'll want to stubble and stall out at red lights. If I put it in gear and floor it for awhile, it goes to maybe 1500 rpm and just stays there with my foot on the floor, but the rest of trip it's drivable.
The only changes this winter were the new cap and rotor and I put a new coolant temp sensor in. The temp gauge still doesn't work though.
I think I'm dealing with some kind of ignition problem and the computer is playing games. I know I've thrown a little money here and there at it to make it run better in the time I've had it (new choke, choke thermostat, fuel pump, computer, pcv, plugs and wires, cap and rotor) but that's been all nickel and dime stuff I bought cheap. I'm not looking to throw a new distributor and carburetor at it if I can avoid it.
I'm hoping there's a sensor I can replace or some kind of trouble shooting I can do and maybe one of the Chrysler computer experts can point me in the right direction.