Mellow Yellow went through a couple days of weirdness last week. When first started, the engine had no power for several seconds. Stepping on the gas didn't do a whole lot. Then it would catch and run fine, sort of. There was a bit of a miss, and I think less power than usual. Of course it's fixed itself now. But anyway. I have a Ken Lewis O2 meter and during the initial open-loop operation, it read normally, in the middle of the scale, even when running poorly. If the problem had been ignition-related (bad plug wire, fouled plug) I'd expect that the mixture would read rich when the ECU was running open-loop, yes? If the problem had been fuel-related (plugged injector) then the O2 meter would say that the mixture was lean when the ECU was running open loop, yes? So I'm puzzled about what could cause engine gutlessness and a slight miss (which seems to have fixed itself) w/o something reading wrong on the meter. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR |
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