Hi guys I’m wondering if you are able to help me with this ongoing issue with my vr6
AAA obd1
it ran perfectly fine for a while and I took it out one night and it just started bogging down and wouldn’t hold idle, so I got it home real quick before it broke down and looked at it the next day.
now it will no longer idle at all unless I hold the throttle down but even then I can feel it misfiring
i had to change my clutch at some point anyway so I thought this is a good time to do my timing and pull the engine while I do it.
so I go and change my clutch and check my timing and behold it has already been done!!! There is no slack in the chain and it all lines up
anyway I put the engine in and before getting it plugged in, I decide to clean all the big block connector terminals because I’m grasping at straws on why it doesn’t run
then I change out my temp sensor and the other yellow one
long story short it still will not idle unless I hold the throttle down
https://youtube.com/shorts/yCSc1P4ZfFY?si=ZQj5IaAlv9UZLknQ
That’s a video of it attempting to run^^
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated
I’ve slowly been changing everything on this car because everything seems to be breaking on me within a month of getting it running again
so far over the span of 2 years I have done
new coil pack
new idle control valve
new pvc filter thing
new crank sensor
new hall sensor
new fuel pump
changed ecu (apparently electrics don’t like having water on them😭😭)
new coolant sensors
new iat sensor
new tps sensor
refurbished injectors
new MAF!!!! (Old ones metal mesh thing was ripped up and I didn’t wanna risk a metal bit going into my engine)
new ht leads and spark plugs (done that like 2 months ago)
new fuel filter (literally 3 hours ago)
I knew having a 30 year old car will give me issues but come on this is ridiculous I think I’ve got a lemon😭😭
Oh and just before posting I thought i better add this
The day after I put the different ecu on the car I took it out for a spin and it just SHUT OFF on me and started leaking petrol everywhere
i had a leaky injector that overfilled so much it came out of my air box I was just lucky it didn’t catch fire I reckon
anyway the fuel tank did run DRY so I’m wondering if my new fuel pump is now slightly nackered??!
and yes I did change all the spark plugs and oil and oil filter afterwards
