Re: "Ok, (peering around the cabin) who was it?"

["Remi Kwan" <Remi.Kwan.kwanremi@nt.com>]

My '94 90q did exactly this when I first bought the car (idled fine,
stumbled, recovered, ran fine).  I also have not been able
to determine the problem.   Curiously, after adding some gasline
antifreeze before a long highway trip it went away.  No idea why???

As for the stinky cat, I was told that this is normal for new cats
after my left side cat was changed.  Some fast highway driving and no
problems since.  Don't ask me why, but my car behaves much better
after being driven "enthusiastically". YMMV.

Remi
94 90q

Chris Newbold wrote:

>> I have another problem, though, that I thought might be related. When the
>> engine is cold, it has a misfire. Only for a couple of minutes. Once the
>> engine has run 2-3 min, there's no problem and it runs great. It starts and
>> idles just fine, but any application of the throttle drops the RPM, which
>
>I've been having some cold-start issues with my '93 90 lately, though not
>anywhere near this bad. It stumbles as soon as it fires, but then recovers
>within 5-10 seconds and runs fine...
>
>At one point in the past, a tec told me that it was probably carbon buildup
>on the intake valves. I dismissed this as a typical blow-off response, but
>have been unable to find any other faults so far...