LISTER NEEDs HELP

[Brett Dikeman]

At 12:40 AM +0000 8/9/03, balakrishnan3 at comcast.net wrote:

>The wagon was fitted with a Scott Mockry modified ECU and a 1.8 bar waste gate
>spring on Friday morning (yesterday).  The car ran just fine all day yesterday
>when we drove from Chicago to Erie PA, and again this morning, easily reaching
>1.8 bar whenever I needed it.  However, after we had driven about 100 miles
>this morning, the car suddenly started to act strange.  I had the
>car on cruise
>control in 5th gear ging about 75 mph, and as I reached a hill, the car began
>to sputter, almost like it was not able to generate enough power in the 5th
>gear to get up the hill.

A good guess is that your 'michellin man' hose has split.  Classic
signs of a hose either popping off or splitting.

Remove the hose(two clamps, very easy- save yourself some aggravation
and use a 6mm socket w/driver handle if you have it) and inspect for
splits/tears.  They're especially likely to split along the bottom.

If you need the quick "no tools" check, just squeeze the hose in
various places with the engine idling.  You'll open up the split(the
splits don't leak much under vacuum, usually) and cause a massive
vacuum leak, and the engine will die/nearly die.

Brett
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