> >My '87 Syncro still has the following problem: after warming up, >at low rpms, there is very little power, and under load, seems to >switch between normal (a bit of power) and low-power mode, causing >a slight bit of jerking. > OK, at the risk of being totally wrong and never to be taken seriously again, this is my *guess*: there's something wrong with the vacuum part of your distributor. At high rpm, the centrifugal advance will compensate for the problem. > >One thing that struck me odd, is that the air and coolant temp sensors >have readings that are not equal in the morning when I assume that both >should have cooled to the ambient air temperature. > temp gauges seem to always be off by a bit. Sami, dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu
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