1.) put the Clymer on a nail in the outhouse. 2.) get a Bentley 3.) clean the ground wires attached to the left cylinder head. 4.) lay down in front of the driver's side front wheel, look up near the windshield washer bottle. Find the box about 2x3 with speedo cables going in and out of it. Find the button on the box. Press button until you hear the zooop sound of it resetting. No more O2 light. 5.) water pump change? See item 2. Jim Andy Morse wrote: >86 syncro, > Symptoms I drive a few 100 feet down the road everything is fine and then >it starts losing power, regains it, loses it, back fires, a bit of black >smoke, I have to pull over, shut it off, starts fine and the cycle repeats itself. >Plugs, wires are fine > >The light for the OXYGEN sensor had been on since day 1, but ran fine while >my friend owned it. > >The water pump has a leak, the Clymer manual makes zero reference on how to >change it, man is it tight in there to get it out, I'mlooking for the best way >to drain fluid and get it out of there. TIA. > > |
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