Do you think it is the O2 because of the oily residue?

Chris

On 8/4/05, Robert Rountree <syncro87@hotmail.com> wrote:
> sounds like the O2 ....I guess
> 
> 
> >From: Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com>
> >To: Robert Rountree <syncro87@hotmail.com>
> >CC: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> >Subject: Re: Intermittent power loss
> >Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:07:24 -0400
> >
> >No the tach did not drop all the way to zero it went from 4000 to 3200
> >or sometimes 2800 but never zero. Ocassionally in the city I would get
> >stalling. It backfires from time to time (not often but backfiring at
> >all is bad) and there appears to be an oily residue on the back hatch
> >and back bumper.
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >On 8/4/05, Robert Rountree <syncro87@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > >Original message (chopped and channeled)
> > > >Date:    Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:33:38 -0400
> > > >From:    Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
> > > >Subject: Intermittent power loss
> > >
> > > >I had a great trip out to Lake Superior this weekend, but .....my van
> > > >bucking on the way home. ....
> > > and the van lurched as it lost power.
> > >
> > > did your tach drop to...0...?     then bounce back?
> > >
> > > >>but could this be a ground issue?
> > >
> > > anything's possible... this problem drove me crazy (a very short run in
> >my
> > > case;^)
> > > I did it all... AFM wiper-then new AFM , capacitor fix, extra grounds...
> >I
> > > was ready to go as far as wearing aluminum foil hats to stop the gamma
> >rays
> > > from mars....plus those hats look smart when I play my Devo
> >CD's.........
> > > THEN I took out my main ECU... took it apart... and inside were some
> >large
> > > red resistors.. which had solder joints that had become partially
> >undone. it
> > > takes a good 8X loupe or magnifier glass to see... I marked all these
> >cold
> > > joints I could find, plugged in the soldering iron and carefully reset
> >them
> > > all with a little extra silver. End of problem for 5k... then at some
> >great
> > > river mouth in Oregon one morning it happened again... this time I was
> > > ready... resolder again and that's lasted 15k+ and still running and
> > > leaking... my theory on this is....after a long run feel your ECU... Hot
> > > Eh?....Stop packing stuff all around it... give it some air...that's why
> > > they built that shield around it, with the heat sink  fins and all... I
> >now
> > > carry a spare ECU. & ICU.
> > >
> > > Tomorrow we have a memorial service for my old close friend and Mentor
> >Ron
> > > Lockhart... we worked at Ogilvy & Mather Toronto, together for a long
> > > time... in fact he's the only Art Director I know who got a pension.
> >After
> > > that I'm going up to the cabin on Lake Superior, if you see my silver
> >Syncro
> > > westy...near Montreal river harbour.... at least honk... I don't
> >bite...I
> > > just bark and howl at the moon.
> > >
> > > RR
> > >
> > >
> > >
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