[V8] No Officer, I don't want to race

[Andy Schor]

Oops, I've got to remember to hit "reply all".

Andy

> From: "Michael Larosa Jr"...
>
> vacuum ?  possible the 3 breather hoses ?  oil dipstick nice and tight ?
>
> v8's are sensitive to un metered air...
>
>
> From: "Buchholz, Steven"...
>
> ... read out the codes as soon as the failure recurs ... might as well
> let the engine tell you what it is complaining about!
>
>
>
> From: "Ed Kellock"...
>
> Try unplugging the throttle position sensor and see if the throttle
> on/off abruptness seems familiar.  You my have a bad tps or some water
> go in it.
>
>
> From: "Andy Schor"...
>
> I just drove over to the mechanic shop to have the codes pulled and 
> naturally the car ran fine.  He ran the codes and found none.  Does this 
> car only retain codes until the key is shut off (like 5000 TQ)?  I did 
> remove and replace the dipstick, the breather hoses seemed OK.  So I left 
> and went to the store for a few items (car ran fine).  I started up to go 
> back to the office and there's the CEL and poor running condition.  This 
> condition has only occurred (so far) on warm start-up, if that's any 
> indication.  At this point we've got thunder showers blowing through, so 
> I'm just going to park it in the warehouse and take the other V8 (Volvo) 
> home tonight.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions,
> Andy



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