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Old 08-29-2005, 11:47 AM
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Not quite yet

Sunday I did lots of checked and fixed the below noted stuff and she ran better than ever. But she still ran junk this AM. I am closer now, though...

The harness from the ECU checked out. Every lead ohmed out ok, with no bad connectors to. There are 3 leads that go to relays or something in the right footwell that I didn't try to pull (yet.)

Used Gumout to leak test all of the injectors, proved nothing. No idle changes after spraying each base.

I put zip ties on all vacuum hoses to ensure they were not sucking by. One might have been suspect.

I did find the (not sure what it was) large 1" collar nut that holds a 1/2" metal tubing that passes down to a vacuum device on the right-front of the block below the alternator was VERY loose.

In the valley, right side aft, there was a 1/4" vacuum nipple that had a hard hose on it that was cracked. It went to some sort of check valve and then via the usual clear hard line down to something below the alternator.

The cold start valve did't spray anything on start, nothing. It was around 75F, so maybe it wasn't supposed to... I need to check furhter here when I get the specs.

Air temp sensor didn't do anything to idle when I pulled it, so am not sure it is OK.

Still pending ideas are:
Air temp sensor
engine temp sensors (2 that I saw, one aft and one fwd)
fuel accumulator
fuel pressure reg
cold start vave (even though it looks brand new)
cap and rotor (many comments here to just change them - they lool new though)
plug wires (same story)

So my parts bill is going to increse, but I am not giving her to the shop until I have all these "nickle and dime" repair items that could be contributing, verified ok or changed and verified ok.

S
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