>I just drove my 87' Syncro from Wisconsin to LA California, My vans engine >will run perfect and smooth, until 60 sec. or so later it loses power, >black smoke comes from the tail pipe and it sounds like it's missing bad. >Things tested and replaced: Head (burned valve), both coolant sensors, >"Flapper box", plugs, wires, cap, rotor, ground connections,O2 sensor, Cat. >Timing and CO where set by a local shop in Illinois. Heres thr kicker, if I >quickly turn the ignition switch off then on while this is happening, >everything goes back to normal for 60 sec. or so then it does it again, >flip the switch etc....HELP! >Rex
Hi Rex, Could possibly be the ECU. Try swapping it out with a friend's ECU & see if it fixes it. Check the ground straps as well as the usual ground connectors. Maybe buzz out the wiring back to the ECU. This would be an ideal candidate for the Digitool .... Pete C -- Pete Cassidy, pcassidy@apple.com Cork, Ireland http://www.iol.ie/~pcassidy '88 Wolfsburg, '71 Westy, '73 Devon *not speaking for Apple* |
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