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Subject:Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues
From:Benoit
Date:Sun, 9 Mar 2008 09:13:53 +0100

1.9. ok
http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/rouge111.jpg

The blue one.

You won't loose coolant (just a bit), unscrew and put a new one.

Ben

BJ Feddish wrote:

>>>Ok, what you have is a kind of a "Flooding" feelling at low rpm, no
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>acceleration,  i'm i right? <<
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>Exactly.
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>>>You swap the AFM with still the same problem, ok, let's eliminate this
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>one (assuming that the connection to this one is good!!! yea, wiring harness
>problem, very common!). <<
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>Remember that the second one is an old one not known to be good either so I
>can't discount that 100%.
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>>>It's NOT the cat... you would NOT reach cruising speed! <<
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>The cat is 6 months old, I took that out of the equation already.
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>>>It's located on the thermostat housing, 1.9 and 2.1. I don't remember
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>your engine. If 2.1L, it's on the far left/front (on the head - left side of
>the TH), on 1.9L, it's on the left rear, near the engine temp sender. It's
>also blue. <<
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>I have a 1.9. It's an 83.5.
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>Thanks,
>Bryan
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