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Hi folks. Thank you for this forum! I just bought an 88 Celebrity wagon and I am happy with it except for the fact that it dies if I put the brakes on hard >< If I creep up to a stoplight slowly applying the brakes it will just barely stay running but if I put to much preasure on it dies every time. Any advice would be greatly appriciated.
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I had a 89 celeb and when I hit the breaks or soft whatever it would die as well. Come to find out is was the solinoid sticking in the torq convertor when down shifting. I ended up selling the car for 100 bucks and buying a s-10 4.3L vs truck. But I think thats was going on with yours..
I had a 89 celeb and when I hit the breaks or soft whatever it would die as well. Come to find out is was the solinoid sticking in the torq convertor when down shifting. I ended up selling the car for 100 bucks and buying a s-10 4.3L vs truck. But I think thats was going on with yours..
Same thing happened with my dad's '85.
Quick solution for a busted Torque Converter Lockout Solenoid:
Find it, and unplug it. It'll drop your highway mileage a bit, but not enough to make your jaw drop.
Proper solution:
Scour the 'net or the junkyards until you find one cheap enough, and replace it. Problem solved.
I had a 89 celeb and when I hit the breaks or soft whatever it would die as well. Come to find out is was the solinoid sticking in the torq convertor when down shifting. I ended up selling the car for 100 bucks and buying a s-10 4.3L vs truck. But I think thats was going on with yours..
Same thing happened with my dad's '85.
Quick solution for a busted Torque Converter Lockout Solenoid:
Find it, and unplug it. It'll drop your highway mileage a bit, but not enough to make your jaw drop.
Proper solution:
Scour the 'net or the junkyards until you find one cheap enough, and replace it. Problem solved.
I concur, as the same thing happened with the 85 my parents had. The car sat for about 6 months & I needed a car so I drove it for it to stall. I unplugged the torque convertor solenoid & all was well. I couldn't notice a fuel mileage difference in it at all.
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2004 Impala- Dad's car
2004 Malibu Maxx LT- My car.. Recently named Blackie
i am having this same problem with my 1995 cheve lumina... it runs and stops fine for the first 30 minutes but then has troubles when stopping at a stop sign or even braking going around corners. but usually starts right back up after this happens. does anybody have the correct explaination for this?
Car dies when brakes are applied
