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The car would sputter violently when pressing hard on the gas pedal or when driving on a steep uphill.
I changed everything I could, TB, gas filter, gas pump, plugs, coils, cleaned the injectors, changed the MAF and what else I don't even remember. All that during a year of trial and error. I went to a shop, they told me, it's a problem with the exhaust, you have to punch holes in the exhaust because your car has too much torque.
I want to the dealership, they told me, change the TB, it's $ 1,200! Thanks I can do that myself with the help of eBay; $ 190.
Finally by chance I found the problem; the electric cable that powers the TB had its isolation cracked open. You can't see it because the cable is heat protected with a plastic sleeve. The copper wire was naked for an inch and an half. I bought a new a TB plug for $ 12 and scrimped it to the net with these heat shrink connectors. Everything works now like new.
The car would sputter violently when pressing hard on the gas pedal or when driving on a steep uphill.
I changed everything I could, TB, gas filter, gas pump, plugs, coils, cleaned the injectors, changed the MAF and what else I don't even remember. All that during a year of trial and error. I went to a shop, they told me, it's a problem with the exhaust, you have to punch holes in the exhaust because your car has too much torque.
I want to the dealership, they told me, change the TB, it's $ 1,200! Thanks I can do that myself with the help of eBay; $ 190.
Finally by chance I found the problem; the electric cable that powers the TB had its isolation cracked open. You can't see it because the cable is heat protected with a plastic sleeve. The copper wire was naked for an inch and an half. I bought a new a TB plug for $ 12 and scrimped it to the net with these heat shrink connectors. Everything works now like new.
