03 Bonneville

Zthirty4NISMO · 05-21-2019, 01:34 PM

Mother in law has an 03 Pontiac Bonneville with the naturally aspirated 3.8l. Car has a condition where it does not idle well in park and will sometimes stall. I diagnosed bad MAP and MAF sensors and replaced both of those. The problem still exists but seems better. I also did the idle air control motor for the heck of it but still nothing. The car seems fine during normal driving and also idles good when at a stop in drive. Shifting from any gear to park is the worst. When going into park the rpms will surge and dip very low to the point where most of the time it stalls. Before replacing some of those parts I had to worry about it stalling in stop and go traffic but I haven't had that happen yet again.

Does anyone have ideas? It has about 165k miles and do not know the tune up history or any repair details. Thanks

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ImportConvert · 06-11-2019, 12:41 PM

Transmission issue? I had a car once (several) that had some funny issues when the tq converters were going.

SouthArk370Z · 06-11-2019, 02:51 PM

Might be an air leak in the intake piping.

Zthirty4NISMO · 06-13-2019, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Transmission issue? I had a car once (several) that had some funny issues when the tq converters were going.

That's kinda what I've been thinking lately

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Zthirty4NISMO · 06-30-2019, 02:30 PM

Fuel pressure regulator had failed. Thanks for responses.

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05-21-2019, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zthirty4NISMO Base Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: South Dakota Posts: 220 Drives: DRKNITE Rep Power: 11	03 Bonneville Mother in law has an 03 Pontiac Bonneville with the naturally aspirated 3.8l. Car has a condition where it does not idle well in park and will sometimes stall. I diagnosed bad MAP and MAF sensors and replaced both of those. The problem still exists but seems better. I also did the idle air control motor for the heck of it but still nothing. The car seems fine during normal driving and also idles good when at a stop in drive. Shifting from any gear to park is the worst. When going into park the rpms will surge and dip very low to the point where most of the time it stalls. Before replacing some of those parts I had to worry about it stalling in stop and go traffic but I haven't had that happen yet again. Does anyone have ideas? It has about 165k miles and do not know the tune up history or any repair details. Thanks Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk __________________ 2014 370Z NISMO #0543 - Magnetic Black on Black on Black Always Dry \|\| AROSPEED \|\| Covercraft \|\| CoverKing \|\| EVO-R \|\| Fast Intentions \|\| FilterMag \|\| NISMO \|\| ONEighty \|\| Prismatic Powders \|\| RJM Performance \|\| The370Z.com \|\| Trackspec \|\| ZSPEC Design \|\| ZSPEED Performance \|\| Z1 Motorsports \|\| Panaflex Carbon Ceramic Tint

06-11-2019, 02:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
SouthArk370Z Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 8,435 Drives: 2014 Challenger Rep Power: 324198	Might be an air leak in the intake piping. __________________ Steering Lock Links - Search The370Z Bookmarklet - FSM @ NICOclub Mankind has progressed past the need for war but we haven't evolved that far. - NachoMahma

06-30-2019, 02:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Zthirty4NISMO Base Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: South Dakota Posts: 220 Drives: DRKNITE Rep Power: 11	Fuel pressure regulator had failed. Thanks for responses. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk __________________ 2014 370Z NISMO #0543 - Magnetic Black on Black on Black Always Dry \|\| AROSPEED \|\| Covercraft \|\| CoverKing \|\| EVO-R \|\| Fast Intentions \|\| FilterMag \|\| NISMO \|\| ONEighty \|\| Prismatic Powders \|\| RJM Performance \|\| The370Z.com \|\| Trackspec \|\| ZSPEC Design \|\| ZSPEED Performance \|\| Z1 Motorsports \|\| Panaflex Carbon Ceramic Tint

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