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It will rev till the shift light comes on but then stop almost like a rev limiter.Has anyone had this ? Where is a good place to start looking for the problem ? Cap,rotor,fuel injectors,fuel filter ? thanks for the help.
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Nov 3 09 9:34 AM

Need more info, did you just get this car, or did you just have something done to it? Has it been in storage and just come out. Are you getting any check engine light "codes", if so, have you see what the codes are? Basicly open your air box and check that the air filter is clean and make sure that critters haven't been storing "supplies" in there. How old is the gas filter? I don't know either. If these things are ok, then I'd wonder about the timing after that. If the timing belt is shot, or it's been replaced but incorrectly, generaly the car can still run, but run badly. Setting the idle and things like the timing have certain procedures associated with doing them correctly that a lot of people aren't familier with. Tell us a little more about this car, a brief history of your ownership or what you know of it, and what mechanical skill level's or tools you posess. That will help us tell you how/what to do or who to recommend to you in the event repairs or explosives are needed.
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Nov 3 09 10:06 AM

I just got it. It only has 85,000 miles on it. I know it was sitting for awhile because of the dry rot on the tires .But Ive had festiva's for over 15 years. and know them inside out,which is why i got this (same basic drive train).Anyhow I have another distributor which i going to try.And I've only driven it once and the cat was glowing red which makes me think its not burning the fuel completly(weak spark/stuck injector ?) .And its going to get a complete tune up(Cap,rotor,plugs,plugwires,fuel,air filters).But just wanted to see if there was anything else i should be looking for . Thanks Dave

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Nov 3 09 10:32 AM

Or too lean or more than likely, the cat is clogged very badly. What state are you in, you may be able to just junk that cat out. Believe me, if it's been stored for a while, you need to check the air box right away. Hopefully you didn't suck anything into the engine. If you've got a spare distrib, that's a good start, it gives you a spare ignition module right off the bat. You might want to pull the plugs and take a look at what they're telling you, and I can pretty much guarantee the back brakes will need going over in order to get the parking brakes to work. Cause after all, it will have all the same flaws as the festy, but you know that. Post some pics, post pics of your festy's too.

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Nov 3 09 11:22 AM

Damn i did that once and nearly blew myself to pieces..There's a reason why there's a limiter..Must be all different but?I found that my spire's capable of hitting 6.5k revs before exploding. Shouldnt rev the poor little thing too much.

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Nov 3 09 12:25 PM

The only reason i haven't driven it i just got new exhuast (some one cut the cat out).so i put a brand new cat ,pipe etc.I just want to get inspected,then start the tune up.All the plugs where black (soot)exept #4 it looked good.Again i've only worked on it for a day so far.Thanks for the help....


Festiva is a 93 i got this one 8 years ago with 299,000 miles made it till 310,000 before i had to remove the original clutch.so replace everything with another motor tranny that had a new clutch in it and put anther 150k on it since then. Hate to see it go but rust is catching up to it.

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Nov 3 09 1:27 PM

with plugs, i dunno if you know but, what i do is, Get some sandpaper and paper the contact points inside and out top and inside, Clears away all the crap allows for a better spark.

I cleaned out the old plugs i used to have in my spire and put them into the missus's car. With some luck, i screwed them back in and started her. It turned over straight away and fired. Took it down the road and woah.. What a difference it makes! All i can say really is get bigger sparkleads and better plugs. Are you much into intake modding i wonder?

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