Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 22:19:10 -0700
Reply-To: Rick Gordon <rickgo@HALCYON.COM>
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From: Rick Gordon <rickgo@HALCYON.COM>
Subject: re EV heating up (longish)
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>It's been quite a busy and frustrating summer being the owner of this 93 EV
>MV. Any ideas as to why this monster is now suddenly heating up even on short
>jaunts? 2 weeks ago my husband replaced the coolant flange - what a tight
>spot that was - fixing a coolant leak we had. He also managed to stop the
>intermittent beeping by replacing the low pressure sensor. We thought we were
>finally back to snuff - drove down and back from Delaware. When we came back
>we had two new problems:
>
>1. The engine seems to stall out at stops periodically. Almost as if we're
>not coordinating the shifting and the clutch work correctly. My husband
>thinks it might be a clutch adjustment since he checked for loose vaccuum
>hoses that may have been jiggled when he did the flange job, found nothing
>loose.
>
>2. The temp. guage needle seems to jump up to the 3/4 line shortly after we
>begin driving, especially if the air conditioner is on before we start the
>engine. There's a lot of heat emanating from below the seats and through the
>hood. But nothing seems wrong - no obvious reason why the engine should be
>running so hot. Sometimes, after we've driven for a while, the needle starts
>to drop back down to normal. Very strange. Does this seem like an AC
>connected problem? Or a radiator problem? Or (I hope not) an engine problem.
>
You might try checking out the cooling fan fuses, making sure they're not
burned out. (They're under the left headlight - you're supposed to be able
to get to them in the battery/abs compartment). I haven't had any trouble
so this is all hearsay, but several folks on the EV_Update list have
reported problems.
They're high-amp fuses, and they're pretty expensive but shouldn't be too
hard to check.
If all else fails, have you had a mechanic check the OBD system for any
error codes logged by the various engine controllers? Maybe that would
provide a clue as to why the engine is stalling out.
Rick Gordon
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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