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<blockquote data-quote="streetsports" data-source="post: 22698" data-attributes="member: 8436">Hello, new guy here. I'm not the actual owner. Just helping a coworker that just got scammed by a shop for $1,100.Symptoms are.While driving, randomly, the Rpm's will climb but the car wont accelerate. My guess was the transmission. Either TCM, low fluid, rings, plates etc. The weird thing is that sometimes it also had a rough idle and dies while sitting still. The shop replaced the throttlebody with another used one (I would have started with the Idle air control valve over the throttlebody) and also replaced the intake manifold with a used one. They were probably assuming some sort of leak but instead of testing it by spraying starter fluid around the mating surface, they just swapped it.They had his car for a week, didnt fix it and then charged him $1,100He has a whole gaggle of kids and cant afford to try another shop at this point, so I offered to help if I can.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="streetsports, post: 22698, member: 8436"] Hello, new guy here. I'm not the actual owner. Just helping a coworker that just got scammed by a shop for $1,100. Symptoms are. While driving, randomly, the Rpm's will climb but the car wont accelerate. My guess was the transmission. Either TCM, low fluid, rings, plates etc. The weird thing is that sometimes it also had a rough idle and dies while sitting still. The shop replaced the throttlebody with another used one (I would have started with the Idle air control valve over the throttlebody) and also replaced the intake manifold with a used one. They were probably assuming some sort of leak but instead of testing it by spraying starter fluid around the mating surface, they just swapped it. They had his car for a week, didnt fix it and then charged him $1,100 He has a whole gaggle of kids and cant afford to try another shop at this point, so I offered to help if I can. [/QUOTE]

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