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Subject:88 Westy stumbles for awhile after startup
From:John Graham
Date:Mon, 2 Jul 2007 21:02:04 -0400

After a number of car maintenance activities that included recharging the
a/c system and putting a quieter fan on the Dometic, everything was fine
this morning.

This afternoon when I started it up to come home, the engine started up and
sounded  normal at idle, but as I pulled out of the parking space, it seemed
to miss and generally just have no power at all.  This lasted for about
60-90 seconds max and bingo, it all straightened out and ran fine.  I
stopped 3 times on the way home, leaving the van for just a few minutes each
time and each time when I restarted, there was this period of 60-90 seconds
where it just would hardly go and then it magically got better (back to
normal).  By the time I got to my 3 stops, the engine was up to operating
temp and didn't cool down much on my stops.

I suspect something to do with the startup logic of the engine computer, but
that's as far as I can guess.  Do any of the experts out there have any
ideas based on what I've told you about?

TIA

John Graham
88 Westy - Charlotte, NC

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