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Date:         Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:07:24 -0400
Reply-To:     Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Intermittent power loss
Comments: To: Robert Rountree <syncro87@hotmail.com>
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No the tach did not drop all the way to zero it went from 4000 to 3200 or sometimes 2800 but never zero. Ocassionally in the city I would get stalling. It backfires from time to time (not often but backfiring at all is bad) and there appears to be an oily residue on the back hatch and back bumper.

Chris

On 8/4/05, Robert Rountree <syncro87@hotmail.com> wrote: > >Original message (chopped and channeled) > >Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:33:38 -0400 > >From: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM> > >Subject: Intermittent power loss > > >I had a great trip out to Lake Superior this weekend, but .....my van > >bucking on the way home. .... > and the van lurched as it lost power. > > did your tach drop to...0...? then bounce back? > > >>but could this be a ground issue? > > anything's possible... this problem drove me crazy (a very short run in my > case;^) > I did it all... AFM wiper-then new AFM , capacitor fix, extra grounds... I > was ready to go as far as wearing aluminum foil hats to stop the gamma rays > from mars....plus those hats look smart when I play my Devo CD's......... > THEN I took out my main ECU... took it apart... and inside were some large > red resistors.. which had solder joints that had become partially undone. it > takes a good 8X loupe or magnifier glass to see... I marked all these cold > joints I could find, plugged in the soldering iron and carefully reset them > all with a little extra silver. End of problem for 5k... then at some great > river mouth in Oregon one morning it happened again... this time I was > ready... resolder again and that's lasted 15k+ and still running and > leaking... my theory on this is....after a long run feel your ECU... Hot > Eh?....Stop packing stuff all around it... give it some air...that's why > they built that shield around it, with the heat sink fins and all... I now > carry a spare ECU. & ICU. > > Tomorrow we have a memorial service for my old close friend and Mentor Ron > Lockhart... we worked at Ogilvy & Mather Toronto, together for a long > time... in fact he's the only Art Director I know who got a pension. After > that I'm going up to the cabin on Lake Superior, if you see my silver Syncro > westy...near Montreal river harbour.... at least honk... I don't bite...I > just bark and howl at the moon. > > RR > > >


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