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89 Corsica: no power, hesitates in drive, idles

Rough placed in drive,
smooth placed in park.

replaced or tested the following

replaced, ECM, all coil packs, plugs, wires, air filter, fuel filter, O2 sensor, crank postion sensor, cleaned throttle body, vaccum lines checked and good. MAP and MAF sensors changed, changed fuel pump and sock, fuel pressure good, bleed schrader

Exhaust extermely hot (red) before and after cath converter.

still have problem

need help please, what am I missing?

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  • britchie Apr 26, 2009

    2.8 is the engine, it starts right up and idle is fine in park

  • britchie Apr 26, 2009

    fuel pressure is right at 40 psi,

  • Anonymous Apr 26, 2009

    yes checked spark, new plugs new coil packs

    what about the converter?

  • Anonymous Mar 29, 2014

    4.2 engine,replaced # coil pack, all new plugs, both O2 sensors, cleaned throttle valve. Vehicle runs good on the highway, when idling runs rough.

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Check your fuel pressure, and or injectors. You may have too much fuel getting into the engine causing it to burn rich and overheat the converters.

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What engine? Sounds like maybe timing chain jumped or it is very lean.

  • Anonymous Apr 26, 2009

    Have you checked for spark on all cylinders? Usually high exhaust temp is caused from lean mixture or incorrect cam timing. First check all cylinders for spark. Might be a bad ignition module. But my first guess would be a timing chain that has jumped a tooth or two.

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