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starts and shakes, but won't go 200 1990

posted by  adbarrett on  Wed Apr 23 03:15 CST 2003
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this morning i was supposed to get my windshield replaced, but i started my wagon and it was shaking like crazy . . . chug, chug, chug, shake, shake, shake. i gave it some gas while in neutral and the engine sped up, stopped shaking but was still chuggy. when i tried to pull out of the parking spot, in reverse, stepped on the gas pedal and there was no power and the ghugging slowed and then engine stalled.

the exhaust has been smelling really rich for the past 2 weeks and the check engine light came on on sunday. i got a 2-3-2 code from the OBD and was told to look for vacume leaks (haven't found any yet) or maybe the oxygen sensor was bad. the car was running though.
that sunday i took off one of the wires from the distributor cap to check the connection, and took off the cap to look at the rotor. put it all back. was running ok the rest of that day, it was sunny out. today was the first time i tried to drive it since (and it's rainy - i was having a problem on another car when it rained, had to do with the dist. cap)
anyone have any ideas on how to get her to move?






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