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| wyatt_earp | Feb 2 2013, 01:47 PM Post #1 |
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I am new to the forum, so if I am in the wrong place to post this or etc., please forgive and kindly nudge me to the right place. I have a 1993 Geo Metro 3/5. 82,000 original miles, purchased from the original owner in December. There was a growl from the transmission, would go away when you put your foot on the clutch. Absolutely no problem on the highway shifting or etc. Was told a new clutch had been installed. I was told it was the throw out bearing, and it sounded reasonable. The noise was horrendous at times. Things I should have done, but due to my not being able to move around as easily as I used to, and some inclement weather, and our company laying off our division last Friday a week ago, I decided to take it to the shop and have a whole new clutch kit installed before I started my job search, so I knew my car would be problem free for another year or so of commuting. So, I am getting over 40 mpg on a 20 mile commute, at speeds around 65 on the toll road. New tires just installed, new synthetic oil, new Iridium spark plugs(really can't see much difference, but beefier performance). Love my car and have owned several, so I know what they can do. Has factory air. Don't use it much. So I get a call from the shop and they tell me the transmission is bad, throw out bearing is great. I go over to inspect and find out the clutch is in fact new looking. Throw out bearing spins like a top on Christmas morn. Cable is great. They tell me my transmission is dry, and no fluid means no good. Trash. Junk. Crap, etc. I asked them to just fill it with fluid and put it back together and I'll face the consequences. Can't do it. They don't work like that. I need to install another one before they'll let it leave the shop. Well, parts all over the shop floor, and I don't know how to put it back together, nor can I move around enough to do it on my own. So I get on ebay, I find a tranny, have it shipped to the shop, and they install it, and all is well on planet earth. Until I drive it away in a rush to get to my first interview over an hour and a half away. I notice on the drive when i came to a stop, the engine seemed to idle fast, then down, and fast again. I was able to make it home safely. I parked it and popped the hood and tried to detect what caused the problem. Was'up man? I find a old vacuum line from a box with a white plastic screw on or near the firewall going to the bottom of the air filter housing, it is cracked and off of the air filter housing. It wasn't like that when I took it in as I had just replaced the air filter a week before. I found a new hose and installed it. No change. Now, I noticed on the firewall behind the air filter housing a small metal tube with an upward bend has no hose on it. I don't now where that would go, but maybe the culprit? Vehicle runs ok while at speeds, but idles fast when at a stop. Please help an old geezer out. |
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| Memphis metro | Feb 2 2013, 02:19 PM Post #2 |
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Some of those tubes on the firewall do not need a hose. Is your temp gauge going up to normal operating temp for the engine? If you carried your car to the shop for a clutch then the clutch is all you should have got if thats all you wanted. They should have put your car back together as you asked with a new clutch in it. Granted, it was probably best to go ahead and replace the trans but thats not what you asked. You never told them to work on your trans, just the clutch. Sorry your having troubles but welcome to the forum. |
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| wyatt_earp | Feb 2 2013, 07:15 PM Post #3 |
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I thank you for your reply. Engine temperature seems to be in line as it was before the transmission and clutch swap. I sprayed B12 around all the TBI and hoses I could find, and no change in idle. So this may be that the "technician" accidently moved the distributor or? Where would you go now to idle it down? SOunds like it is doing maybe 1200 rpm. Runs smooth, but idles high. Please help. |
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| Memphis metro | Feb 2 2013, 07:28 PM Post #4 |
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You can try adjusting the idle screw on the drivers side of the throttle body. Screwing it out decreases idle. Just keep up from where you start so you can put it back where it is now should you need too.
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