jester
Well-known member
I am having an inteminttent problem with my 1988 L98 Corvette.
Sometimes the car starts right up and runs fine immediately.
Other times it doesn't start right away, but when I let off on the starter, the car will actually be running at about 300 to 400 RPMs. In a few seconds it will gradually come up to normal idle speed and then runs/idles fine until the next restart. It doesn't seem to matter if the car is cold or hot. Occassionally it will stall before it gets up to normal idle and needs to be restarted.
The car is a totally stock automatic with 34,000 miles on it. It started doing this occassionally last year and has slowly gotten worse.
It has had a tuneup at a GM Corvette shop and they didn't find anything. (Of course they always work fine when in the shop.) I have also replaced the Engine coolant temperature sensor.
I have looked at most of the starting issues in the forums, but haven't seen one quite like this.
Anyone have any ideas?
Sometimes the car starts right up and runs fine immediately.
Other times it doesn't start right away, but when I let off on the starter, the car will actually be running at about 300 to 400 RPMs. In a few seconds it will gradually come up to normal idle speed and then runs/idles fine until the next restart. It doesn't seem to matter if the car is cold or hot. Occassionally it will stall before it gets up to normal idle and needs to be restarted.
The car is a totally stock automatic with 34,000 miles on it. It started doing this occassionally last year and has slowly gotten worse.
It has had a tuneup at a GM Corvette shop and they didn't find anything. (Of course they always work fine when in the shop.) I have also replaced the Engine coolant temperature sensor.
I have looked at most of the starting issues in the forums, but haven't seen one quite like this.
Anyone have any ideas?