Car only starts if revved and dies randomly
Bought a 99 corolla terra. After a week it randonly
died. Wouod start but kept dyibg while driving.
Pulled over mechanic came. Seemed that the
radiator was out of fluid brokeb cap. He added
water and new cap. Solved for a bit. Now when
dies i add abput a cup of water and its alright for a
few hours. Day after he cleaned the throttle body.
Car still wont turn over if its been sitting for a few
hours unless its beiblng revved. If let go of the gas
it dies. After a few minutes i can disengage the
gas pedal. Car is slow to progress through gears.
Takes on avg 5 seconds from flooring the pedal to
move up a gear. Ac off significantly increases
power. Going up (steep) hills feels like it wants to
stall and usually does stall once ive reached the
top. Adding water to radiator seems to help.
Seems to use a lot of gas. Tired of dealing with
this after work. Want to bring it in to a mechanic
but also would like to know what he should look
at.
