Date:         Mon, 6 Aug 2001 12:08:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: off to Yellowstone! And we're back...
Comments: To: Joel Walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net>
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> billowing smoke!!???? what color smoke?
> details, man, details!!!!! Enquiring Minds Wants to Know!!!  :)

Black billowing smoke... which led to think i was running rich, very rich.
Running rich can be caused by: temp2, oxy, fuel pressure regulator or
busted injector.  The FPR was 500 miles old.  The temp2 connector (the
wiring harness side) has a cracked connector so i immediatly assumed it
finially wiggled it's way off so i ducttaped it back in place.  The
problem was solved for about 3 hrs.  Then it happend again. Hmmm, the
connector wiggled off again?? More duct tape.  Fixed for 90 minutes.  Each
successive stop-and-fix got closer and closer till i decided it was NOT
the temp 2.  So it dawned on me to cut the oxygen sensor (i soldered the
connector so i had to cut the wire).  Ahhh, fixed.  And out of my
scientific mind i decided to reconnect the wire and reproduce the
situation of running rich which it did!  I never tested the fuel pressure,
injectors or anything else.

I brough w/ me all the tools i could muster and Bentley. Inside cover of
bently is Ken Wilfey's #, Bus Depot #'s and Cammelback VW's #. I figured i
could have just done the shotgun approach and ordered all POSSIBLE
problem-parts and have them deliverd general delivery, Yellowstone.

Next time i'm goign to bring a laptop computer and a nation wide ISP
connection so i can just email the list and see what consensus says.

Now back to, well, nothing.
M

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356



On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Joel Walker wrote:

> > all power and was billowing smoke on some backroad in the middle of
> > nowhere Montana... To make a 200 mile story short, once i cut the
> oxygen
> > sensor wire, it ran pretty good (18 mpg). After 500 miles of driving
> like
>