[V8] idle, poor running, help?

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Plugged exhaust is a good call.
  Mine has been stumbling a bit lately and seems to have been cured by 
repairing a bad solder connection to the air temp sensor - located near 
the throttle valves.

Dave


On Thursday, December 2, 2004, at 04:42 PM, Ingo Rautenberg wrote:

> Unka Bart!  Good to hear from you.  A more free-flowing exhaust 
> certainly
> can't hurt ;-)
>
> -Ingo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barton Chambers" <gatorojo at earthlink.net>
> To: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [V8] idle, poor running, help?
>
>
>>> From: "Larry Schor" <lschor at westga.edu>
>>
>>> My 91 V8qm was running perfectly except for an intermittent pesky 
>>> high
>>> idle.
>>> I replaced the ISV and the O2 sensor to no avail. Last week, the car
>>> suddenly felt like it lost 100 hp, would not rev above 4000, and
>>> smelled
>>> like sulfur.
>>
>> These are classic symptoms of a seriously clogged Catalytic Converter.
>>
>> Yer kindly ol' Unka Bart
>>
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