Some Fixes 88 90Q

[Huw Powell]

On 10/15/2010 6:58 PM, Vincent Gelinas wrote:
>    Hi, All!
>
> Thank you for the help in helping me locate my hot-start problem.  I've
> since replaced the plugs and wires and that helped a bit.  What helped a
> lot, though, which surprised me, was cleaning the coolant temp sensor.
> It had some deposits on it (time for a coolant flush maybe?) so I took a
> scotch-brite pad to it and made it nice and shiny again.  Bingo, it
> helped a lot.  (S)He didn't stall on the highway after I did that, nor
> did (s)he whilst I was getting on the highway.  She stalled when I came
> off the freeway and went to accelerate back to about 30mph in second
> gear and I felt her/him (not sure of the gender or name yet... haven't
> driven it hard enough to communicate with the car) jerk then stall.
> Good thing I was only a short distance from the shoulder!  After about
> 10 seconds I was able to start again and continue home on back roads
> without any more problems.

That's great that things are getting better already!  Did you do the cap 
and rotor as well?

> Anything I might be missing in my fix? Possibly my coil starting to get
> too hot because it's old?  Should I clean all the electrical connectors
> hooking the coil to the harness?

The coil is probably fine.  But I would recommend cleaning *all* the 
electrical connectors under the hood, and "enhancing" them and their 
weather seals with silicon dielectric gel.

(I added the year and model to the subject line, btw)

-- 
Huw Powell

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