Date:         Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:24:51 -0400
Reply-To:     Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
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From:         Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject:      Re: 88 Westy stumbles for awhile after startup
Comments: To: theklube@GMAIL.COM

Hi, check/change the "Temp2" sender, the blue one, left side on the T-housing.

Also have a fuel pressure test done.

Unplug OS sender.

Ben


On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 21:02:04 -0400, John Graham <theklube@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>After a number of car maintenance activities that included recharging the
>a/c system and putting a quieter fan on the Dometic, everything was fine
>this morning.
>
>This afternoon when I started it up to come home, the engine started up and
>sounded  normal at idle, but as I pulled out of the parking space, it seemed
>to miss and generally just have no power at all.  This lasted for about
>60-90 seconds max and bingo, it all straightened out and ran fine.  I
>stopped 3 times on the way home, leaving the van for just a few minutes each
>time and each time when I restarted, there was this period of 60-90 seconds
>where it just would hardly go and then it magically got better (back to
>normal).  By the time I got to my 3 stops, the engine was up to operating
>temp and didn't cool down much on my stops.
>
>I suspect something to do with the startup logic of the engine computer, but
>that's as far as I can guess.  Do any of the experts out there have any
>ideas based on what I've told you about?
>
>TIA
>
>John Graham
>88 Westy - Charlotte, NC
>
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