Re: 89 200tqa wont restart

[Jim Calore <jcalore@yahoo.com>]

> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:18:24 -0400
> From: Samir Shah <gofast1@home.com>

> After short drives, such that the car is >
probably not fully warmed up, sometimes the car >
wont restart right away. You can keep on >
cranking. If you wait 5 mins, it'll restart. I >
had this happen last night, whereupon my wife >
informed me that it had happened to her a couple
> of times too. (How do women expect cars to be >
reliable if they wont report problems?
> Sheesh! :-)

Samir, this sounds like it could be a bad vacuum
hose to me. The 200TQ's are known to be very
sensitive to vacuum leaks, and as a fellow owner
of an '89 I can tell you this from experience 
:-( Has it ever stalled at idle, and not
restarted?

I had this stalling problem just a few weeks ago,
and as soon as I explained it to my dealer he
knew what it was. 2 hoses and about $60 later I
was good to go, and that included him resetting
my computer due to some codes that were spawned
by this.

These leaking hoses are not always easy to detect
from a visual examination, cause I looked, and
they only get worse!

> BTW, I got my strut bar. Works very nicely. 5 
> minute install, fits perfectly, very well made
> with very robust welds. Makes the steering >
*much* lighter and more direct - less lag upon >
turn in.

I'm pretty new to the List, what is this Strut
Bar?

- Jim
'89 200TQ 



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