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NIMMITZ
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1992 V8 Chevrolet Camaro TBI 138000miles.
This problem suddenly happened, I have never noticed this problem before at all. If I give my car gas it will run and then no matter how much i press the gas petal the car will slowly lose power, if i continue to hold the gas petal down the car dies. if i let off the gas the car doesnt die. i cant go over 20mph. it also idles really rough sometimes.
I was getting an error code 32 for my egr so i replaced that last night, but the car is still giving me problems. i checked on it again tonight and the speedometer was not moving in idle when i revved my engine.
Oct 2, 2007 at 6:29 PM
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[quote:62cb0a635e="nimmitz"]1992 V8 Chevrolet Camaro TBI 138000miles.
This problem suddenly happened, I have never noticed this problem before at all. If I give my car gas it will run and then no matter how much i press the gas petal the car will slowly lose power, if i continue to hold the gas petal down the car dies. if i let off the gas the car doesnt die. i cant go over 20mph. it also idles really rough sometimes.
I was getting an error code 32 for my egr so i replaced that last night, but the car is still giving me problems. i checked on it again tonight and the speedometer was not moving in idle when i revved my engine.[/quote:62cb0a635e]

You tried the EGR didn't work-lets try checking for a backpressure on the exhaust-remove the oxygen sensor and hook up a pressure gauge-for me 2lbs and over I'll inspect it thoroughly-Muffler/Cat. could be clogged up.

Before we get into some serious TS on the electronics control. You can try the throttle position sensor for a start, check its voltages as per the manual open and close voltages.
Oct 2, 2007 at 7:40 PM
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