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Replaced Fuel Pressure Regulator-Worse than before


MAD King
10-11-2011, 02:51 PM
Hello experts,

The engine of my 1998 Lumina 3.1 was idling rough. I found out it was a bad Fuel Pressure Regulator. After I replaced it, the engine runs worse than before. It even runs when I just put a gear in without accelerating. I also have no power brake in idle. I did not unplug any major wires and I put everything back where it was before. Battery was off the whole time.

Thank you for any help.

UPDATE: I thought, what the heck, it can go worse, and drove around, shiftin all gears. Now the brakes are back again and I can shift very well, but the idle is very high in park and stop. May someone can explain me this?

Tech II
10-11-2011, 09:34 PM
Did you replace the regulator because there was fuel in the vac line?

Have you checked for a vac leak?

MAD King
10-12-2011, 07:10 AM
Yes I did checked for a vac leak. There is no leak anymore.

maxwedge
10-12-2011, 08:25 AM
If you lost the power brake you have a vac leak somewhere or the engine is running so poorly there is low vacuum, keep looking for both issues.

jeffcoslacker
10-17-2011, 10:16 PM
Yeah sure sounds like its sucking air someplace....

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