rounin rough, again
SIMON HOLTBY
sholtby at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Apr 25 23:48:31 EDT 2001
Ron,
I'd guess that the ignition timing is wrong or that you have put the plug
leads on the wrong plugs. It wont be the latter though if it idles OK at
1000 rpm.
Simon
--- Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello list,
>
> I'v been havin a problem with the way my 87 5ksq(non
> turbo) has been runnin I posted the problems about a
> month ago goes somethin like this,
> car starts,
> idles at 1k then under 700 rpm and car starts to
> shake I'll hit the accelerator pedal and a pop,
> backfire noise comes from under the big black boot
> that covers the fuel distributor, smoothes down after
> a while then when drivin it feels like it don't have
> any power,
>
> So after more than a few people saied that my 02
> sensor was bad I replaced it even though It only had
> 35k on it and it was the 3 wire bosch oe direct
> plugin, it didn't make a difference now other things
> that have been replaced within the past 6k are,
> all hoses with good ones, cap/rotor, plugs, gas, air,
> oil filters, ignition coil, coolant sensor, thermo
> time switch(the two on the driver side front of valve
> cover) throttle switch about 35K ago, plug wires about
> 30k ago, fuel injectors & lines about 20k ago,
> everything has been replaced with eather Bosch, Mann,
> or OE,
> lets just saie the only things that haven't been
> replaced in a while or never are the fuel distributor,
> and throttle body.
> I'v looked at Scotts web site but I'm stumped what
> am I forgetin? any help would be great
> Thanks
> Ron
>
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