Jump to content
CaddyInfo Cadillac Forum

Lousy idle, hard miss on cold start


Recommended Posts

The motor in my ETC, with 93k miles, has finally started misbehaving.

The idle speed varies a small bit - noticeable only on the tach - by perhaps 50rpm or so. That has been going on for a few months.

But in the last few days, on cold start in the morning, I get a hard miss that clears up in perhaps 20-30 seconds - and then the car runs great, as usual. It feels like an electric, rather than mechanical miss (hooray).

It does start immediately, and gets relatively good gas mileage - 16 in the city, and I'm a fast driver. It does use oil at the rate of about 1 quart per 1000 miles.

Codes are: PCM P0463 history

Any ideas?

The obvious first hit in my mind would be plugs and/or plug wires - but wouldn't this show up as a different code?

THANKS

Link to comment
Share on other sites


If it hasn't been replaced yet, check the fuel pressure regulator. There's a thread on the forum for checking it, really simple. A new one is $40 from www.rockauto.com.

Scott

1996 El Dorado

2006 STS

2000 Corvette

Link to comment
Share on other sites

P0463 - Fuel Level Sensor Circuit High Voltage

That should not cause a misfire though. Misfires that clear up after the engine has warmed up always bother me. Is your coolant level holding steady? Have the plugs & wires been changed?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...