86 5kcstq 5-speed

[Kneale Brownson]

There is a deceleration valve known to stick open, causing the engine to
die during deceleration.  See Scott Mockry's helpful
website:http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/ecusys.html#decel

At 08:47 PM 2/6/2005 +0000, Keith Davidson wrote:
>Hi Listers,
>
>I have bought a 86 5kcstq and have replaced fuel filter, air filter and the 
>fuel pump relay. My problem is that when I coast up to a stop the car will 
>sometimes die on me. Not always just on occasion. If I leave it in gear it 
>will keep running but start to shake like I am playing with the clutch. So 
>if I downshift at every light or stopsign I am okay. When it does die it 
>will take three or four times getting it started. I have also noticed that 
>the BAR display will start on 2.1 and then fall off to 0.4 or 0.5 when 
>idling. I did not check before but I do not get a reading above 1.0 in the 
>first three gears, all of yesterday and today. This does seem to happen on 
>rainy days more than not. But it is Oregon and so I am curious what others 
>have experienced. I will be heading back to Vegas tomorrow  and was also 
>curious what kind of mileage I should expect. Right now it is mostly city 
>driving and I get about 15-18 mpg.
>
>
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