unclehowie

i parked the car on an empty tank. today i try to drive and the weirdest thing happend. i put the car in R and everything seemed fine. then i put the car in d and it just barely moved, so i thought the E brake was on sometimes i forget. and it was off? when i gave it gas the rpms went up but it barely moved forward. maybe a vacume pump malfunction? later today i put it in D i could feel the pull right away, drives fine now? i went and got gas and tried again and everythings fine?


my question is does anyone know or heard of this? what could it be? im planning a road trip and now and am nervous it will act up again? please offer any suggestions, low miles, first time this has happend?..

unclehowie

70,000 miles

UncleRay

iTrader: (2)

That's the problem right there. No gas :P When you're low on gas with this car, it'll be sluggish until you turn it off and then back on.

You might want to do a fuel injection as well. There may be sludge build up within your tank.

unclehowie

i hope you are right, it reversed fine, but in drive was like it was in neutral almost...thanx any other suggestions out there feel free?

TRD911

So are you saying it goes into a limp mode? How does it know it is out of gas? Shouldn't it set the CEL?

It cant trust the level sensor in the tank as that could fail at anytime.

BP

Hectorm

Could be one of the brake calipers are stuck. Next time, if you get time, jack up the car and try to rotate the wheels to find out which one is getting stuck.

unclehowie

so what can i do to make sure it doesnt stick? get the rotor resurfaced? thats exactly what it felt like it was either the right or left front brakes??

Saiji

It could be. It happened to me just a couple of weeks ago. My calipers got stuck on the right front side. I guess the pistons in the caliper went out on me. A shop can fix it for 40$, or maybe this is an excuse for you to get BBK? =)

Hectorm

I think caliper needs to be cleaned. If the pistons are ok just dismantle the pads assembly and lubricate a bolt that its rubber covered. clean all very wheel and be careful not contaminate the pads or the rotor with grease. ( use high temp grease in that little axle bolt)

unclehowie

would i need new rims for a bbk? i have 45 offset 18x9