Re: Idle problem- 87, 5kcst

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <852566B4.006614BA.00@mail.nimo.com> kahng@nimo.com writes:

> Another weird thing........If he pulls the oil cap off while its idling, it
> stalls immediately.

That's actually a _GOOD_ sign.

> He replaced the water pump, TB and head gasket, put it all together and
> started it up, but immediately shut it down due to lack of oil pressure.
>
> After pulling the pan, he found a glob of plasticized goo about the size of
> a small cup plugging the suction strainer of the oil pump.  He cleaned it
> out, buttoned it up and the car still runs pretty good exept for this idle
> roughness.
> Any ideas about the idle problem or what the heak he could have melted into
> the oil pan?

The idle problem could be a leaky hose that's intermittently opening
and closing, one of the sensors not connected or (odd, this) the
injector cooling fan thermoswitch.

The melted plastic object could be either a plug from the back of the
cam cover (found one in my Passat's engine) or just a dislodged and
cooked lump of black sludge.

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 Phil Payne
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