Lauren,

What you described below and your temporary solution is exactly what my 88
auto had a month ago.

Based on what the list had recommended I had the repair shop splice in a
Bosch O2 Sensor and the problem went away.

--
Rob
NYC/Long Beach, NY
88 Wolfsburg, Silver

on 4/20/06 7:43 PM, Loren Busch at starwagen@GMAIL.COM wrote:

> Thanks to all that responded to my previous post.  I did a poor job of
> describing things and sent confusing info.  Here is a better description:
> When cold, starts and runs fine.  After two or three minutes of running
> (heating up) I have rough idle.  When stepping on the gas to move the engine
> stumbles and slowly gains speed.  It feels like a miss.  After about 2000
> rpm it seems to smooth out and runs fine.  Runs fine at highway speed.  If I
> disconnect the O2 sensor, problem goes away except for slightly rough idle,
> but has plenty of power to pull from a stop, etc.  But (as expected) you can
> smell gas in the exhaust, running rich with the O2 sensor disconnected.
> Work done about 120 miles before the problem started:  Rebuilt injectors
> installed and idle tweaked up a little.  Work done by a very competent and
> experienced mechanic.
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Loren Busch
> "I ordered a feast in the hope that you would come."
> "I came in the hope there would be a feast."
> (From "Monument" by Lloyd Biggle Jr.)