Idles rough just sitting there when taking off smooth acceleration
Check your vacuum lines and be sure your throttle body is tightened down. Carb cleaner spray can be used to find the leak. Spray it around the lines and gaskets (while the engine is running). If the idle speeds up, you found the area of the vacuum leak and the solution to your problem, possibly.
SOURCE: Rough idle at start up
My 1997 lesabre has developed the same problem. I replaced plugs,wires,pcv valve and O2 sensor to no avail. Also tried several tanks of high octane. Yesterday I left the store and it wouldn't start at all. Had the car towed to a good local shop. Today they said it starts fine and has been all day! They checked everything they could think of and can find nothing wrong. The head mechanic suspects the crank sensor but said it should give a check engine lite if it was having a problem. Of course the third time I started it after picking it up the damn thing barely ran for a minute or so before finally smoothing out. No check eng lite. This is becoming very frustrating!
SOURCE: 1997 skylark tries to stall on take off & idles rough, & misfire
Waited for engine to cool and checked all vacuum hoses and sensors, according to vacuum diagram and found a couple of dry rotted hoses. I replaced them and troubles went away.
SOURCE: rough idle and hi idle
check for vacuum leak. Has someone changed the pcv? If so they may have left off the o-ring seal off the bottom of it.
SOURCE: 2000 LeSabre starts but runs very rough and stalls. After
My 2002 Lesabre (app 115000 miles) started something like this. Also the loose gas cap had been coming on for quite a while. I replaced the vacuum line from the air intake to the fuel sensor. It is under the engine cover (twist off the oil filler to remove the cover). There are two hoses together that come of the air intake. The small one goes to the top of the engine. The other goes across the front and makes a 180 turn back to the sensor. Chances are the 180 piece is cracked. It all comes from the dealer as one unit. $25
Seems to have fixed my problems. So if your car is running a little rough. Shutters under load. If the gas cap loose is coming on or probably a number of symptoms this might be the answer. I would replace this item. A cheap try.
SOURCE: 97 buick lesabre 3.8 Idles rough and stalls out.
Fuel injectors go bad on these engines, you can find re manned ones for 30 bucks. If you have an engine light on get that read. Change your coil/wires/plugs also. Is the lower intake manifold gasket leaking coolant yet? You may want to get that replaced also. Check the TPS too (throttle positioning sensor) those will also cause your engine to act up
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