Hi List: Haven't posted in a long while, but I'm having a perplexing problem with Geordi, my 1990 Vanagom Carat. Up until this winter, after resolving many of Geordi's other issues (he's got just about new everything except an engine) and now approaching 189,000 miles, I think I'm at the point where I either need to replace/rebuild the engine, or give up. Geordi's mechanic just gave him a tune-up (he did the last one too) and reported that one of the spark plugs was jammed in there too tight for him to get out and replace. he said he was afraid of damaging the engine. Geordi's current symptoms are poor idling, excessive backfiring at startup and while driving, and spotty accelaration. The engine is also smelling hot. Coolant's okay, oil seems to be okay (it was just changed). But the performance is unacceptable, and not at all how's its been. Issue #1 is deciding whether I'm going to jump on this mechanic to fix the problem he may have reated...but I wanted to see if I could get some thoughts from the list on what might be going on first. Thanks. Suzanne ***************************************** Suzanne Hackett Goldwell Open Air Museum Rhyolite, Nevada http://www.fundraiserx.com/goldwell.html goldwell@fundraiserx.com **************************************** |
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