Dr_Deathweed
Well-Known Member
Ok, update:
It was never a huge billowing cloud of smoke coming out, sorry if I misled there. When I checked the flow coming out of the tail pipe, within 30 sec or so my hand was covered with thick black soot.
Got home and fooled around for a while, turns out that it is a coil pack on my car not a distributor (must of been thinking of the wifes car for some reason... I feel like an idget...) I started it up and drove around the block a few times, and noticed it seemed to miss/vibrate more when I would cruise than when I accelerated.
I tried looking for my voltmeter, but realized I lent it to my BIL. Instead, being the patient soul that I am, I disconnected the TPS and started it up, and it seemed to idle very high. I killed the engine, reconnected the sensor, and now the engine will not stay running without pressing on the gas. It would make sense to me that this would mean the TPS is the problem, so unless someone tells me otherwise in the next hour or so I will run to the parts store and try and find a new TPS. I am getting an engine light now, so I will try to borrow a scanner and get the OBD code.
I feel like an incredible doof with this whole situation, perhaps I should just stick with working on living things..... So for the complete car noob here, "Did I ruin my ride?"
It was never a huge billowing cloud of smoke coming out, sorry if I misled there. When I checked the flow coming out of the tail pipe, within 30 sec or so my hand was covered with thick black soot.
Got home and fooled around for a while, turns out that it is a coil pack on my car not a distributor (must of been thinking of the wifes car for some reason... I feel like an idget...) I started it up and drove around the block a few times, and noticed it seemed to miss/vibrate more when I would cruise than when I accelerated.
I tried looking for my voltmeter, but realized I lent it to my BIL. Instead, being the patient soul that I am, I disconnected the TPS and started it up, and it seemed to idle very high. I killed the engine, reconnected the sensor, and now the engine will not stay running without pressing on the gas. It would make sense to me that this would mean the TPS is the problem, so unless someone tells me otherwise in the next hour or so I will run to the parts store and try and find a new TPS. I am getting an engine light now, so I will try to borrow a scanner and get the OBD code.
I feel like an incredible doof with this whole situation, perhaps I should just stick with working on living things..... So for the complete car noob here, "Did I ruin my ride?"