My eta wont rev past 3k. need help, soon

[call me jack]

i'm not quite sure where to start. i test my coil, and tps and they both turned up good. i need some ideas though. i have a video on my phone that i will post when i got home, at about 330-4.

I'm supposed to be selling this car, tonight, so this is kinda clutch!

Edit: tested my AFM, as well for, continuty, and my fuel pump for current. tested o2 sensor. got no voltage response, at all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BzQMZz7wLM

[blunttech]

I have a spare afm to test if you want

[call me jack]

i had good continuty in the the AFM as well... for got to mention that.

[CorvallisBMW]

reference sensors? sticky throttle? cable out of adjustment?

[call me jack]

reference sensors? sticky throttle? cable out of adjustment?

i don't think its in the throttle... when it revs up that high the car starts to miss fire. based on a smoking rubber piece at the end of my tail pipe, i would say i have a hot exhaust, as well.

[call me jack]

heres the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BzQMZz7wLM

[lennon]

did the problem just start out of nowhere?

[spdracrm3]

plugged cat or exhaust system ? easy enough to drop header pipes to diagnose

[daniel]

if you have an aftermarket chip that increases the rev limit to 7k, make sure you didn't put it in backwards. it can have the reverse effect and drop the redline down to 3k.

(i am kidding... please don't open up your ECU)

[McGyver]

^so if i piggyback them i can get to 11k?

[///digitalme]

is it in limp mode?
i say check your ecu...plugs, timing? crank position sensor?

[call me jack]

did the problem just start out of nowhere?

yes. but i did replace my alternator the day before if it's of any consolation

plugged cat or exhaust system ? easy enough to drop header pipes to diagnose

could that really hinder performance that radically? i get 27mpg

is it in limp mode?
i say check your ecu...plugs, timing? crank position sensor?

today the rpm level dropped to 2k before it started doing this, so it doesn't sound like a limp mode. does this car even have a limp mode?

i did a load test on the fuel pump. 3.34 amps. thats well with in spec.

[call me jack]

is there any way to test for a reference sensor?

[delatlanta1281]

Make sure you plugged your AFM in all the way.

[call me jack]

Make sure you plugged your AFM in all the way.

i just double checked. yeah, it's all the way in. i don't even know where to start at this point!