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1993 Oldsmobile Ciera Repair Question


Topics covered: Hesitate, Noise, Alternator.
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Asked on November 25, 2012

Oldsmobile Ciera Hesitate Problem

My car idles extremely high (by that, I mean the sound it makes. It races when I start it. As long as it's in park the engine races, when I shift out of park, it stops). Recently it has also started acting up when I'm taking off from being stopped. It hesitates alot as I accelerate, revs up, and finally shifts. It doesn't really jerk when it shifts, but it does hesitate quite alot and it worries me. What could it be? I've checked the transmission fluid already.
Avatar Asked by jason_6995

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Replied on November 25, 2012

have a trans guy see if there are codes for it or maybe a slipping clutch inside. cleant throttle plate on both sides with choke cleaner and iac hole.

Tiny Answered by hmac300 (expert)
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Replied on November 27, 2012

It's an automatic, not a manual. Also it makes a whirring noise when it's struggling to accelerate, from under the hood

Tiny Response from jason_6995
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Replied on November 27, 2012

the whining noise could be the alternator do as i've suggested above

Tiny Answered by hmac300 (expert)
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