Date:         Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:15:14 -0800
Reply-To:     Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM>
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From:         Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM>
Subject:      1.9 low power problem
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Well, Totoro has been running great since the rebuild but now (last three
days) has developed a hesitation.  It drives fine in town but when I try to
get on it to get up to highway speed in 3rd or 4th it bogs way down and if I
don't lift seems as though it would die all they way.  If I lift my foot and
slow a bit and down shift it seems fine again until the instant I try to
speed up again.  Happening right around 4000 rpm on the tach.  Plugged cat
maybe?  I took some connections apart and cleaned them with elec. Cleaner in
a spray can.  Even unplugged the ecu and plugged it back in.  I did this all
this morning before starting the van.  When I started it and warmed it up I
took it for a test drive.  Was fine for about three miles and then started
it again.  We've had a ton of snow and slush last week so I think something
got wet.  Maybe the water causing the problem was frozen this morning (25
degrees F)  and didn't cause a problem until thawing out.  Also, am I
supposed to have and splash guards around the engine?  Seems to be hole to
mount some on both side in the wheel wells.


Brendan
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. -T.S. Eliot