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Anonymous Posted on Aug 23, 2008

Car starts fine...but dosent run

It seems as though the gas pedal dosent work...the car woulnt go over 20 rpm. i know nothing about cars. please help. like i said the car starts fine but when i put it in drive or reverse or whatever it sputters, dosent move and ventually stalls

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Ok... first question... the Tach(rpm guage) does change when you rev your engine in either P or neutral? Also.. is your check engine light on? any odd smells(burnt eggs) if your check engine light is on.. it's most likely a fualty sensor.. based on educated guess idle air control valve .. ot maybe posibly a faulty throttle position sensor.. if you have a foul smell.. similar to eggs or just nasty... could be a catalytic converter went bad... reply and lemme know if i help.. or raise new questions :D

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I THINK ITS SARVING FOR FUEL YOU CAN CHECK YOUR FUEL FILTER OR FUEL PUMP.CHECK THROTTLE CABLE WILL YOUR THERE.

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Mabe the fuel pump same thing happend the replaced it runs good

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