Re: High miles? and another question

[shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields)]

> Has this happened to anyone?  Did I bump somthing like the wires on the
> front of the fuel injection meter that set it back right when I snapped the
> air filter cover back on?  (What are they anyways?)

It's entirely possible.  My car ran poorly for a long time until I
changed the spark plugs and it wouldn't start again.  After much
struggling I somehow had it running again and took it down to the
mechanic where they put it under the Official Bosch Tools for
diagnostics.  Eventually they found a bad ground at the intake
manifold, which is used at the metering head to let the computer
richen the fuel mixture by a variable amount depending on the OXS
output.  The car runs without it, but too lean.

Total cost in my case: a lot of stress, a lot of my time, a paid
afternoon of the shop's time, and $2 in parts.  Not counting the ISV
and OXS and other things I replaced while trying to find the problem.

That's why I always tell people to clean up and recrimp that ground.
I used an AMP PIDG mil-spec nylon terminal.  No problems since.
-- 
Shields.
['86 Coupe GT]