Peedster

Good morning!

Today on my way home from work the car didn't run as usual.

A friend from work came up besides me and I floored it but the engine just choked, it just ceesed to load. If I let of gas it ran fine but as soon as I floored the pedal it died again.
Is there anything as a fullthrottleswitch that can cause this?

Thanks for help!

Best regards
/Peter

Sami951

Can you get any boost at all? At one time when I blew off an intercooler hose (-> major vac leak!) it did just that...

Danno

There is no full- throttle switch. The choking/stumbling you have when getting on boost is most likely a leaky intake-hose. Check the hose-clamps on the big rubber hose coming out of the turbo. ALso feel around the back side of those to make sure it's not split open. Check the hoses all the way through the intake-tract. The little rubber sections on the intercooler likes to split underneat the hose-clamp. Then the conical hose going into the throttle-body likes to slip off as well because there's very little clamping area there.

roadrunner

I also had this happen with deposit laden spark plugs and old ignition wires...