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I have a 1990 Geo Metro 1 Liter 3 cylinder, Throttle Body ...
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I have a 1990 Geo Metro 1 Liter 3 cylinder, Throttle Body Injection, automatic trans.
It won't start unless you push on the gas pedal. Somtimes it just floods. When it does
start it stalls when you put it in gear. Even when it is warmed up to operating temp. If
you drive it, it stalls when you stop. Your help would greatly be appreciated.

 

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1990 General Motors Metro 1L.3cyl. T.B.I.

Already Tried:
I replaced Throttle Body, Injector, Fuel pump, Idle Speed control Valve, Computer,Fuel Filter, Spark Plugs, Wires,Cap,Rotor

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April 10 9:32 PM (29 minutes and 49 seconds later)
         
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FIRST OFF IS THE CHK ENGINE ON? HAS THE COMPUTER BEEN SCANNED FOR CODES?
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October 15 7:53 PM (187 days and 22 hours later)
         
Reply to RIP's Post: No,The check engine light is not on.
It has a block in the fuse box, you put in a fuse it flashes the OK code.
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October 19 12:07 PM (15 hours and 36 minutes and 24 seconds later)
         
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Hi, welcome back, sorry for the delay. Have you thoroughly checked for any vacumme leaks? Often a large vacumme leak (possibly from the intake manifold) will not allow the engine to idle. Let me know the outcome.

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November 4 12:54 PM (16 days later)
         
Reply to RIP's Post: Yes,I checked for vaccume leaks.I had the engine apart and rebuilt it. head was milled and checked for cracks. Had this problem before I took engine apart. Replaced all gassket on re assembly
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November 5 9:10 AM (20 hours and 15 minutes and 54 seconds later)
         
I also replaced the evap canister
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November 8 8:10 PM (1 hour and 20 minutes and 18 seconds later)
         
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Try disabling the fuel pump so that no fuel reaches the engine, and use carburator cleaner to run the engine by spraying it into the intake. If the engine seems to run better, or not want to stall, it's possible the injector is spraying too much fuel into the TBI. These injector(s) and controls were common failures. You should be able to disable the fuel by either removing the fuel feed line and caping it off, or removing the fuel pump relay and letting the engine stall.

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Reply to RIP's Post: I have already replaced the injector.
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