huntingman2706217

My buddy just called... Has a I6 zj... Says the battery died when it got cold... Replaced it and now itll obly start if he holds down the gas... Itll stay running long as hes hard on the gas... If he lets off it wont start... Trys to start with no gas pedal and it never will... Not there to help so was gonna get thoughts and ideas before i get with him in the next couple days... Thanks guys..

Bustedback

Normal, the PCM has to go through a relearn and it should idle and run fine after a few minutes. Just give it some throttle until it starts to idle on its own.

huntingman2706217

Thats what i said but he says it doesnt matter how long hes held it running... It always shuts off... Never wants to run on its own...

Bustedback

The idle air control motor may be bad.

dwcupcakes

I had a similar problem and thought the battery was going. turned out there was massive corrosion on my negative terminal. the corrosion was cutting the connection. cleaned the connection and no problems since.

huntingman2706217

guess i could have updated... he finally let it run long enough i guess... i told him but guess he didnt let it run as long as he thought... or he said he did cause he didnt think that it would fix itself (relearn the computer of a dead battery)... but its good now! Thanks for the help a few months back!