Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:03:34 -0500
Reply-To: Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Baffled
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seafoam!!!! :D
i run a bottle of it through my gas, and a bottle of it through a
restricted manifold vacuum source (so as to not hydrolock the engine)
before oil changes.
sudhir
On 1/4/07, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> While I had my oxygen sensor replaced at a local
> shop here in Mesa, AZ (Total German Auto. Svc.) The
> mechanic there (Perry) said that most of the time
> this kind of behavior indicates clogged injectors
> and his fix is to have them cleaned using a heavy
> duty injector cleaner. I don't recall the specific
> injector cleaner but I'm sure you could find a
> brand that would be able to do the job. If the
> issue is not bad grounds or anything else Jon listed,
> I'd go for cleaning the injectors.
>
> In my case, it was the oxygen sensor and I've not
> had any stalling problems since it was replaced.
> But I new the history of the vehicle and was pretty
> sure that the oxy sensor was what needed replacing.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Steven
> --- Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> > Happy New Year to all. And when I say guys, I mean
> > the gals too.
> > For the new year, I have a puzzle to fix. I am
> > baffled. A friend of mine asked me to help him fix
> > his trouble. I took it on, but I wish, I did not.
> > It starts fine, idles well for awhile, then
> > vacillates, hesitates, it dies while driving or
> > while standing at the light, or whatever, until it
> > warms up. Once it warm, it is fine.
> > Now, I changed the temp II sensor, the Oxygen
> > sensor, looked at the vacuum lines (although did not
> > check vacuum with gauge), changed the idle unit
> > that's on the top of the engine.
> >
> > I have also hooked up, using it the first time, a
> > Digitool. I get all kind of readings that don't
> > tell me anything, of course. I don't even know if
> > they are voltages or what. For example, while I'm
> > getting good reading from the O2 sensor at the
> > sensor, it gives me from 1.2 - 2.2 reading. About
> > 1.00 more than I would expect. Or the reading for
> > the O2 sensor ground, which is just over 1.00, up to
> > 1.35. I guess, it should be 0.00. But who knows.
> > Anyway, is there one online who would know where to
> > look for the fixing?
> > I would appreciate it. Reading the archives did not
> > help.
> > Zoltan
> >
>
>
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