My GC ES when idling has the "hiccups"!!!
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My GC ES when idling has the "hiccups"!!!
Sorry if I am posting this wrong~ sorta new to this, definitely new to the board!
We just got a 99 Dodge Grand Caravan ES with 220K on it and have slooowwllyyy been doing things to get it better. We replaced the breaks,changed the oil,airfilter, got 2 new front tires... we still have a boatload of things to do, but not the money to do them... My question is when we are idling (at a red light etc) the car sounds and feels like it has the hiccups, (I can feel it under the body of the car) it goes away when I accelerate. We plan on getting a tranny flush next, since it lurches when we are going between 50-65 MPH and I dont know if that is related to this problem.
Any help with this would be sooo greatly appreciated
We just got a 99 Dodge Grand Caravan ES with 220K on it and have slooowwllyyy been doing things to get it better. We replaced the breaks,changed the oil,airfilter, got 2 new front tires... we still have a boatload of things to do, but not the money to do them... My question is when we are idling (at a red light etc) the car sounds and feels like it has the hiccups, (I can feel it under the body of the car) it goes away when I accelerate. We plan on getting a tranny flush next, since it lurches when we are going between 50-65 MPH and I dont know if that is related to this problem.
Any help with this would be sooo greatly appreciated
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RE: My GC ES when idling has the "hiccups"!!!
a cheep fix is a can of carb cleaner take off the hose at the throddle body and spray it down with the plate open make sure to get plenty in the port going to the idlemotor do this with the motor off and coldand let it dry up before starting it so it does not catch fire. Check the dis cap if itis not a brass towers you need a new cap. I have fixed many of these vans with just a cap. and a can of carb cleaner. If this does not work onplug the egr electric connector if it idles better that is it.
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one other thing about the lurches at 55-60 if it was a GM I would say you need plug wires but I just don't know Dodge that well. On the GM they just leak and have a week spark with old wires on cars with overdrives it is the most noticeableand I kind of figure Dodge would be about the same way the wires just break down from the heat under the hood.
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RE: My GC ES when idling has the "hiccups"!!!
Hi All,
We have not given her a tuneup yet, we have the spark plugs, but my brother said since 3 of them are on the back that we dont have time for it yet, we dont have the tools at this time. We changed a very very nasty air filter, but thats about it. I am not sure when the last tune upwas,was not one of the things that the previous owner told us.we have no check engine lights on at this time, when I first start it the oil light comes on, but it goes off, and I check the oil religiously (blew up 2 cars already with NO oil in them) It has a 99 3.3L V6 engine in it. I will check the wires, I know that they are usually replaced when you change the plugs.
Thanks so much for the help!
We have not given her a tuneup yet, we have the spark plugs, but my brother said since 3 of them are on the back that we dont have time for it yet, we dont have the tools at this time. We changed a very very nasty air filter, but thats about it. I am not sure when the last tune upwas,was not one of the things that the previous owner told us.we have no check engine lights on at this time, when I first start it the oil light comes on, but it goes off, and I check the oil religiously (blew up 2 cars already with NO oil in them) It has a 99 3.3L V6 engine in it. I will check the wires, I know that they are usually replaced when you change the plugs.
Thanks so much for the help!