Three easy ones: 5kTQw

[Ti Kan]

Robert Deis writes:
> First: There's a light under the hood- which is very cool when I want to
> work in the dark; except I can't figure out how to make it come on.  Is
> there a sitch somewhere or a magic combination?

Turn on your parking light.

> Two: My multi-function problem detector frequently shows low oil pressure
> at startup. The warning goes away in a few seconds, and if I stop the
> motor and start it again it shows "OK."  Half the time it shows "OK" to
> begin with.  I haven't noticed a correlation with temp or anything, and
> the oil level if good.  I also changed the oil with a motor flush and put
> in new Mobil-1 15w50. Same thing happens. What gives?

Maybe your oil pressure sender is marginal.

> Three: Occaisionally the car starts very roughly from cold. If I work the
> throttle for 15-20 seconds to keep it running it smooths out nicely-
> sometimes it doesn't even take that long. WHich sensor do I check?

Could be one or several of a number of things...  Basic fuel mixture
setting, vacuum leaks, control pressure regulator, auxiliary air regulator,
fuel injectors...

-Ti
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