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Old 03-23-16, 11:35 AM
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Default Wheels breaking traction easy ?

Hello everyone I'm having a weird problem. When I first start car and let it warm up if I put in drive and accelerate a little too hard the wheels spin. Doing a little burnout so I have to slowly throttle it. This isn't me flooring it, this is just me taking off. He happens mostly when I first drive the car then it kinda goes away. Could this be my torque converter going ? I had new fluid put in last year when I replaced one of the tranny solenoids. I feel like I'm driving a 600hp car that just breaks loose when I accelerate, I wouldn't mind if I actually had that ! Lol
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Need some more info, Gs300 GS400 GS430? Whats tires? What Air pressure.
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Originally Posted by EITELS123
Need some more info, Gs300 GS400 GS430? Whats tires? What Air pressure.
Gs400 tires are nanking and 35psi
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maybe you accidentally got race gas mixed in with your regular fuel at the gas station. not likely but it's a possibility.
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If the trans temp is cold like below 70 degrees on the trans it does shift harder from what I have experienced. If you talking about acceleration from stop. There could be a few things. most likely being sticking throttle cable/throttle body. I recommend cleaning the throttle body and maybe lubrication of the cable to the throttle body. If the throttle cable/body is sticking your pressing on the peddle and nothing is happening until it breaks free and that position is if a lot more throttle than you intended.
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Originally Posted by EITELS123
If the trans temp is cold like below 70 degrees on the trans it does shift harder from what I have experienced. If you talking about acceleration from stop. There could be a few things. most likely being sticking throttle cable/throttle body. I recommend cleaning the throttle body and maybe lubrication of the cable to the throttle body. If the throttle cable/body is sticking your pressing on the peddle and nothing is happening until it breaks free and that position is if a lot more throttle than you intended.
Well it happens even after I let car warm up to operating temp. And there are no hard shifts it's just the acceleration is enough to have to "throttle" gas when taking off. I will try cleaning throttle body and lubricating.
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Can it be a TPS issue? Perhaps it is malfunctioning where it skips over light throttle response. If you have s live scanner see what the TPS reading is at idle and during initial acceleration.
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I would also clean your mass air flow sensor while your there.
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How old are your tires?
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Originally Posted by DaveGS4
How old are your tires?
I'm going to put new tires on just incase.
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