New Owner of a 2003 Spyder - Page 2

lol idk what to tell you man.. i use my car as a daily too and its my only car for now.. just borrow your girlfriend wifes car? lol

Ok less than a month I have had the vehicle .... got in my car to come home from work and it will not idle. When I get it into drive is seems to be fine but when I stop the vehicle will die so I have to put it into neutral and keep giving it gas. It happened the second day I bought it but it went away after the car warmed up but this time it was still the same even after I got home .... any ideas?
 

your battery terms are loose meaning your ecu resets and it will cause that idle problem beacuse the comp is trying to learn a/f again. tighten them up and it should be it.

I will go downstairs now and take a look at the terminals ......  and as a side note I would like to thank you WPSpyderGT01 as I have noticed how much you have been helping everyone on this site with their problems in the month I have been around

Happy Holidays

It looks pretty tight to me, I will take it to a mechanic tomorrow to see if maybe the battery is giving out a good enough charge but the lights dont seem dim and has no problem starting
 

buy a red top battery lol that wont do you wrong and you have a 3 year free replacement. it also could be one of your battery cables i noticed on mine it was cut and i had to get a new one. let me know what you get.

and no problem man thats why we are here to help you out so you dong go through the same pain and hassle we did when we didnt know ish either lol =D

Ok took it to my brothers and he says he thinks there is a valcum leak somewere but he cant find it but he can hear one he thinks. Anyway of finding it do you  know of?  The exhaust smells funny now maybe burning too rich?
 

make sure air filter is on tight.. with the TB and from there check your vac lines..

Spoke to a mechanic now and he thinks it is the oxygen sensor but not sure if it would be the front or back one. Could be that is why my milage has been so poor since I bought it 250 miles to the tank.
 

Going to pick up some oil for the oil change and anti freeze .... anything special I need to know that it takes?  What weight oil should I use? He also asked me what type of anti freeze (I didnt know there were different types)
 
Was told to use 5w20 oil and green anti freeze, took the vehicle down to Mits dealership and the MAF sensor was disconnected. Took them only about half an hour to fix it and they siad looked like someone was playing with the idle screw.  Anyways the good news is that my vehicle is running again properly for under 100.00.
 

WPS, I wouldnt suggest the REDtops... Ive went through like 3 of those in my 3G stone dead... I prefer the Stinger ones.

had mine for about 4 years now eh? well its whatever you prefer. i use it because i like it and russ suggested it to me. w10 - 30 full syn. anti freeze use the kind you already have in there most likely its 50/50 (yellow/greenish kind)

I will probably get a Optima Yellow Top if they make one that fits my vehicle. We use these AGM Batteries at work and I get a good deal on them.

i have a miata bat lol

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umm something is wrong here.. if your only getting 250 per tank.... i get 225-250 per tank and im boosted.. and i hit it often... so soemthing is wrong you should be getting around 300-325-350 per tank if your stock.. thats what i got around thats when i like 25 miles per gallon at 14 gallons. change your oil to syn 10-w30? change your air filter.. make sure your tires are inflated to the psi... i noticed but i cant prove it.. fill your tank at half way.. its better and i got a couple more mph out of it.. idk why but thats what I noticed on my car.

 
Got the it all fixed up and now get 275 miles to the tank. I am guessing that is average but thought I would be getting about 300 when I bought it since I do so much hwy driving to work.
 
I put in syn oil, change my air filter and check my tires 28 and 32 psi like the manual. Guess that is all I can do I just have to live with what I get now.
 

Ok stopped for gas tonight and when I got in and started the car up it wouldn't idle again. Damn car anyways so when I got home I remembered what people siad about the gas cap. I got out put the gas cap back on and it seems to run fine again. No check engine light or any light came on either? I dont understand because when I put the cap on everytime I make sure it locks and spins freely before I drive away.
 

Ok this car is really getting me mad. Went for lunch today and when I went to come back to work it would not idle again. I did not get gas but I checked that anyways and still doesn't idle.
 
I just got the thing tuned up last week and when it came back it idled high for about 2 - 3 minutes before coming down to normal. What do you guys think?
 

VAC leak or something maybe.  is the check engine light on

Ok a screw fell off that held on on something on the throttlebody. I think it was a sensor or something but how does a screw just fall off anyways?  Ok I asked someone here at work and they told me it was the Base Idle Adjustment Screw that fell off.
 
I checked the repair manual I downloaded from here but can not find it so if someone knows where it is please let me know and I will double check.