my moms 01 GV died in the driveway..first it wouldnt start at all then when i went to leave it died when i put it in drive...got out re tightend the pos terminal and put it in neutral..the RPMS fluxed from 1k -2k and the check engine light is on..i need help on this one asap

new info..if i start it leave in in park dont hit the gas or anyhting it idles at 1k...if i hit the gas itl rev up and wont come down

wtf is wrong? if this car is dead i seriously dont know waht we are going to do...i am totaly lost as to what is going on

when the car was running i giggled the pos cable and it poped off...could that have done anything? this battery is brand since the last one(stock one died a week ago)

ok tried it again...what i did was hold a tinny bit of throttle then put it into reverse and the car did move backwards..but now it wont start like the batt is dead again

my moms car has had a TON of corrosion on the pos end of the batt..i have been told that is a grounding problem..so could this be a grounding problem??

the check engine light came on the first time..but will not come back on

could it be bad gas??

sry guys im just freaking out..becuase this is my faimlys luck just as i get a job a car dies...

no one has any ideas?? really cant afford to take it to someone w.o having any ideas..they probably will just screw us into the ground again..

ok i checked my haynes for my 91 to see if there was someone close and there wassent... i know osmething probably just feel off or something but i dont know what and it is making me go insanie...

sigh

ok while i was at kragen pricing stuff for my clutch the guy said he thinks it may be a vacume leak..so i checked doesnt seem to be any thing losse but i do not have a manuel for this car

so im still in need of help

a pearson on the explorer web site thinks it may be the TPS or IAC..so im going to search for that right now

ok i tried searching for IAC and got pontIAC and manIAC..wth am i doing wrong???

ahh..the whore is still under the 100k mile warrenty =) good good good

Clean the terminals really good with a wire brush and a little baking soda in water. Dry and rehook the cables, positive first.  

After your hooked up again, Turn the key ON but DON'T start it.
Smoothly push the accelerator pedal to the floor and let it up just as steady.
Now start the truck and it should idle and drive fine.

cars fixed was the battery terminal...the way the idiot hooked it up when my rents took it for new batt he just clipped the old stock one off but left the very end of it on to make his job easier by not having to strip any wires...my dad came home cut that off charged the batt and it runs fine


i just didnt think it was the batt because i thought once the car was running it didnt need the batt..u live u learn i guess sigh lol

i have new terminals on order from a car audio place..much much nicer terminals

thanks for the help though =) u have been really really patient with me lately i appriciate it =)

Be very careful when playing with the Battery
terminals on a running car, if one pops off it
could over volt some of the electronic ignition
or worse and ruin it.  been there, done that on
a friends Toyota, ya I know it was a Toyota but
still, you don't want that problem.

Wild

been there, done that on
a friends Toyota, ya I know it was a Toyota but
still, you don't want that problem.

LOL...

Hey there Mhn3773, I'm glad everything is cool again with your parents GV.  I was reading this thread but wasn't sure on how to help.  

its cool i figured not alot of people were gunna know just what was wrong..once i thought level headidly(word?) it seemed right that the batt was the problem

i just couldnt wrap my head around the car running but the batt making it stal..since my batt blew in my car and i drover over 2hrs home on the alt lol (good ole 8v tank =))

and yah my dad warned me about poping the terminals off..so i wont be doing that anymore =). i swear to god if that car has one more battery problem its becoming a trail rig and my rents are getting something else