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Subject:High altitude power loss
From:Tim Wise
Date:Sun, 23 Jul 2000 11:01:49 -0500

I just completed a trip to Yellowstone and back, driving lots through
the mountains. I had a funny power loss problem two times.

After driving a long downhill, where the engine was not really doing
much but idling, then starting up a climb, then engine would have a
serious power loss, to where I had to pull over to the side of the road.
Revving the engine, it sounded like it was missing, not running on all
cylinders, or just not getting the right fuel/air mixture.

In both cases, turning off the engine and restarting it cured the
problem. Seems like the ECU got out of wack and restarting it caused it
to reset and function correctly.

Does anybody know what might be happening? Do I need to do something
about it or is restarting enough? I searched the archives and saw a
technote on a malfunctioning wiring harness (Digifant harness & Bucking
Technote). Could this be the problem?

Thanks.
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Tim Wise
'87 WWW, Windrider

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