Old Deis,

I'm currently tracking all the superb suggestions I've received from this board and if/when I see the tech, will explain the symptoms and ask how he intends on tackling the problem. If his response matches the information I have and he can justify why he's going to try a particular repair, I'll go along with him. If he gives me some off the wall nebulous answer or starts tap dancing, I'll go to another tech. However, the guy has a good reputation, has been in business 31 years, and is an authorized Bosch repair facility so that initially bodes well for me. We'll see.

However, at this time, will hold off seeing the tech until I run a few bottles of Redline through the engine, do some high RPM trips and try some other suggestions I've received. Already, increasing the glow plug warm-up time has made a major positive difference by a quicker start, no smoking, and leaving me with only a slight miss which is resolved with increasing the RPMs to about 900.


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