Sputters & Dies But Love Too Much To Sell...

Hello There,

This is probably an easy question to answer, but being not all that
mechanical, I have a problem that might need a more expert answer. I
have a 94 GT 5-Speed manual with a little over 156,000, in good to
excellent condition, plus amazingly well-preserved (virtually no rust)
for never being garage kept in a heavily snowy region during winter.
Needless to say, I love this car.

Having another primary car now, the Probe has been off the street for
over 2 years. It’s rarely driven, but with stabilized gas in the tank,
I run the engine on a regular basis to keep it active. The battery
doesn't really have any juice left to crank the engine up on its own,
but with a jump, the motor fires right up.

Here’s the problem. Upon initial start up the engine idles fine. But
after warming up, and my first rev of the gas pedal, the engine
sputters and usually dies unless I can manually pump pedal to keep the
idle higher than normal. The car can drive, but again, I have to
manually keep the idle high (at least at 2,000 rpms) to ensure it
won’t sputter down and die. Needless to say, driving on the street
gets pretty tricky.

I replaced the battery last fall, but even with a new one, I get the
same sputtering after the engine warms up. Any thoughts on what the
problem might be? Could this be the alternator? Or is it something
more complicated? Thanks in advance for the comments.

In article >,
ShempBob > wrote:
>
>Here=92s the problem. Upon initial start up the engine idles fine. But
>after warming up, and my first rev of the gas pedal, the engine
>sputters and usually dies unless I can manually pump pedal to keep the
>idle higher than normal. The car can drive, but again, I have to
>manually keep the idle high (at least at 2,000 rpms) to ensure it
>won=92t sputter down and die. Needless to say, driving on the street
>gets pretty tricky.

This could be anything, but I'd first think about a fuel system problem
and secondly I'd look for a vacuum leak.
--scott

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ShempBob wrote:
> Hello There,
>
> This is probably an easy question to answer, but being not all that
> mechanical, I have a problem that might need a more expert answer. I
> have a 94 GT 5-Speed manual with a little over 156,000, in good to
> excellent condition, plus amazingly well-preserved (virtually no rust)
> for never being garage kept in a heavily snowy region during winter.
> Needless to say, I love this car.
>
> Having another primary car now, the Probe has been off the street for
> over 2 years. It’s rarely driven, but with stabilized gas in the tank,
> I run the engine on a regular basis to keep it active. The battery
> doesn't really have any juice left to crank the engine up on its own,
> but with a jump, the motor fires right up.
>
> Here’s the problem. Upon initial start up the engine idles fine. But
> after warming up, and my first rev of the gas pedal, the engine
> sputters and usually dies unless I can manually pump pedal to keep the
> idle higher than normal. The car can drive, but again, I have to
> manually keep the idle high (at least at 2,000 rpms) to ensure it
> won’t sputter down and die. Needless to say, driving on the street
> gets pretty tricky.
>
> I replaced the battery last fall, but even with a new one, I get the
> same sputtering after the engine warms up. Any thoughts on what the
> problem might be? Could this be the alternator? Or is it something
> more complicated? Thanks in advance for the comments.

Possible rats in the MAF or torn MAF.

"ShempBob" > wrote in message
...
Hello There,

This is probably an easy question to answer, but being not all that
mechanical, I have a problem that might need a more expert answer. I
have a 94 GT 5-Speed manual with a little over 156,000, in good to
excellent condition, plus amazingly well-preserved (virtually no rust)
for never being garage kept in a heavily snowy region during winter.
Needless to say, I love this car.

Having another primary car now, the Probe has been off the street for
over 2 years. It’s rarely driven, but with stabilized gas in the tank,
I run the engine on a regular basis to keep it active. The battery
doesn't really have any juice left to crank the engine up on its own,
but with a jump, the motor fires right up.

Here’s the problem. Upon initial start up the engine idles fine. But
after warming up, and my first rev of the gas pedal, the engine
sputters and usually dies unless I can manually pump pedal to keep the
idle higher than normal. The car can drive, but again, I have to
manually keep the idle high (at least at 2,000 rpms) to ensure it
won’t sputter down and die. Needless to say, driving on the street
gets pretty tricky.

GT ****ing WHAT?

Do you have a Maserati or something.

GT stands for Grand Turismo, a joke when applied to any American turdstrer
of the last few decades.

Give us a clue, anyway, if you have one.

HLS wrote:
>
> "ShempBob" > wrote in message
> ...
> Hello There,
>
> This is probably an easy question to answer, but being not all that
> mechanical, I have a problem that might need a more expert answer. I
> have a 94 GT 5-Speed manual with a little over 156,000, in good to
> excellent condition, plus amazingly well-preserved (virtually no rust)
> for never being garage kept in a heavily snowy region during winter.
> Needless to say, I love this car.
>
> Having another primary car now, the Probe has been off the street for
> over 2 years. It’s rarely driven, but with stabilized gas in the tank,
> I run the engine on a regular basis to keep it active. The battery
> doesn't really have any juice left to crank the engine up on its own,
> but with a jump, the motor fires right up.
>
> Here’s the problem. Upon initial start up the engine idles fine. But
> after warming up, and my first rev of the gas pedal, the engine
> sputters and usually dies unless I can manually pump pedal to keep the
> idle higher than normal. The car can drive, but again, I have to
> manually keep the idle high (at least at 2,000 rpms) to ensure it
> won’t sputter down and die. Needless to say, driving on the street
> gets pretty tricky.
>
> GT ****ing WHAT?
>
> Do you have a Maserati or something.
>
> GT stands for Grand Turismo, a joke when applied to any American turdstrer
> of the last few decades.
>
> Give us a clue, anyway, if you have one.

Could be a 62-64 Studebaker Hawk. One could make the argument that that
kind of qualifies.

nate

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> GT ****ing WHAT?
>
> Do you have a Maserati or something.
>
> GT stands for Grand Turismo, a joke when applied to any American
> turdstrer of the last few decades.
>
> Give us a clue, anyway, if you have one.


"Having another primary car now, the Probe has been off the street for
> over 2 years. It’s rarely driven, but with stabilized gas in the
tank,"

PROBE

On Feb 18, 7:40*pm, "HLS" > wrote:
> "ShempBob" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> Hello There,
>
> This is probably an easy question to answer, but being not all that
> mechanical, I have a problem that might need a more expert answer. I
> have a 94 GT 5-Speed manual with a little over 156,000, in good to
> excellent condition, plus amazingly well-preserved (virtually no rust)
> for never being garage kept in a heavily snowy region during winter.
> Needless to say, I love this car.
>
> Having another primary car now, the Probe has been off the street for
> over 2 years. It’s rarely driven, but with stabilized gas in the tank,
> I run the engine on a regular basis to keep it active. The battery
> doesn't really have any juice left to crank the engine up on its own,
> but with a jump, the motor fires right up.
>
> Here’s the problem. Upon initial start up the engine idles fine. But
> after warming up, and my first rev of the gas pedal, the engine
> sputters and usually dies unless I can manually pump pedal to keep the
> idle higher than normal. The car can drive, but again, I have to
> manually keep the idle high (at least at 2,000 rpms) to ensure it
> won’t sputter down and die. Needless to say, driving on the street
> gets pretty tricky.
>
> GT ****ing WHAT?
>
> Do you have a Maserati or something.
>
> GT stands for Grand Turismo, a joke when applied to any American turdstrer
> of the last few decades.
>
> Give us a clue, anyway, if you have one.

Whoops! It's a 1994 Ford Probe GT, manual 5-Speed. Sorry I didn't
mention that up front. Was an oversight, to be sure.

Possibly it is a 1994 Ford Probe GT?
www.ofsoundmind.com/dave/cars/probe1.html
cuhulin

"HLS" > wrote in
:

>
> "ShempBob" > wrote in message
> ..
> . Hello There,
> ...
> ... have a 94 GT 5-Speed manual



<OP's post snipped>



> GT ****ing WHAT?
>
>



<HLS's effing reply snipped>


The OP has an effing Probe GT.

YOU should get an effing clue on how to /quote/ what you're replying to
(and to effing learn how to read what you're effing replying to).

The OP's original message is now all effing mixed up with your effing
answer. Took me a bit to sort out the effing mess. The number of
"greater-than" symbols preceding each line is of effing significance,
you know.

Hey, I'm done. Rant's over. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

--
Tegger

ShempBob > wrote in
:


>
> Whoops! It's a 1994 Ford Probe GT, manual 5-Speed. Sorry I didn't
> mention that up front.


Yes you did. I caught it. Somebody else effing didn't.


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Tegger