At 10:06 AM 8/29/2003, you wrote: >[snip] >And here's my final curveball: The muffler is looser than it's ever been, it >seems to have broken between the converter and the muffler body, so the >whole cylinder can rotate downward (so the tailpipe points toward the ground >and not toward the people losing their minds in the cars behind us). I don't >know if this could cause such dramatic problems, but thought I'd mention it. I'm not real familiar with 80... Is there an O2 sensor on the part of the exhaust that's loose? If so, I would suggest that it's not grounded properly (since the exhaust is so loose) and the intermitant connection to the O2 sensor is freaking out the ECU. Try using a piece of wire to ground the O2 sensor to the engine and see if it helps. If'n you ain't got a O2 sensor on the dangly part, then never mind... Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" |
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