Oh, and the temperature stays about the same no matter what the heater
blower motor is doing.

FWIW, once I'm underway, I shut the heater blower off as ram air
supplies plenty of cabin heat.  The blower is only necessary when going
really slow or stopped.

Mike
Houlton, Maine

Mike Collum wrote:
> My first question is, "What was your temperature gauge doing"?
>
> When I first got my '85, it had a bad thermostat and was running way too
> cool so I had to cover about 3/4 of the radiator with cardboard, that
> first winter, just so the engine would run right and I could have heat
> inside.  That spring, I put a new 87� thermostat in and I've not had
> that problem since.  It runs at about the same place on the gauge
> (needle not quite touching the LED and on the cool side) in winter and
> summer.
>
> Mike
> Houlton, Maine
>
>
>
> Matt Sutton wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> Last Monday, after driving on the highway for a 1/2 hr in cold weather, I
>> had a sudden loss of power accompanied by the unmistakable smell of a
>> rich
>> running engine. I'd had the front and rear heater blowers going, and for
>> lack of anything else to try I turned them off. The engine's power
>> returned
>> almost immediately.
>>
>> Things have been fine since, but I haven't  had the occasion to run
>> the heat
>> full blast either. I've been wondering what happened and came up with a
>> couple ideas:
>>
>> #1: I'd overcooled the engine somehow, throwing off the air/fuel mixture.
>>
>> #2: Since everything (wiring, blower motors, etc) is old, running the
>> blowers caused a voltage drop across the whole electrical system. With
>> all
>> the FI sensors giving info to the ECU by resistance to a specific
>> voltage,
>> perhaps the voltage drop creates misinformation. Or even effects the
>> ECU's
>> functioning.
>>
>> No crisis, but anything that helps with understanding how these things
>> work
>> is good for me.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Matt Sutton
>> 88 GL 4sp
>> Brooklyn NY
>>
>