In a past life as a electronic maintenance tech, I always listen to my system operators who understood how to operate the systems but not a clue on how to repair them. Now that I find myself more in the operator mode than the repair mode, I will put forward two occurances as I work on my car that I find odd but maybe tell-tell signs for someone with more experience.

1. When my car finally achieves a rough idle, the "economy" meter on my insturment pannel rises significantly, 1/4 t0 1/2 of its range. When the car is warm and running at a higher rpm idle, the meter shows no rise in the needle at all.

2. When I crank the car to get it to run, as the battery gets lower and lower, the windshild wiper activates for one very labored swipe across my windshield. This with the wiper switch definitly in the "off" position.

I hope someone has some answer for these riddles.

Thanks.

Marsden