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Subject:Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
From:John Rodgers
Date:Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:38:04 -0600

Disconnected the O2 sensor???

What was the real effect of that on the ECU? And the lean/rich situation?

My engine bucks and jumps when the Idle Stabilizer Valve is connected so
I run without it. But having the ECU disconnected??

Just wondering.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Bob Stevens wrote:

>Different engine, but very similar symptoms on mine one time on a long hiway
>trip. I stopped, disconnected the O2 sensor, and it ran just fine from there
>on. I reconnected it a week later and it's operated just fine since, but
>that was the variable that made the difference when I lost power at speed,
>and the more I pressed the accelerator, the slower it wanted to go, until
>the O2 disconnect.
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>bob
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