

| Subject: | Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair |
| From: | Jim Felder |
| Date: | Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:16:18 -0600 |
I can't find it. Have the Bentley in my lap right now. Where is it? Jim On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > it's in the Bentley book. > the weirdest thing that can happen doing this test is converting C to > Farenheit temps .. > and that's easy with an online temp converter . > 2,200 ohms cold is in my mind .. > but look it up to be sure. > > scott > On 11/13/2012 1:02 PM, Jim Felder wrote: > > I swapped out the AFM, made no difference at all (I had a real nice > low-miles one to try). What should the temp II resistance be, if you recall? > > Jim > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > > for an easy first test I'd check the resistance of Temp Sensor II .. > especially warm. > > is the throttle switch making contact at idle ? > > scott > turbovans > On 11/13/2012 6:38 AM, Jim Felder wrote: > > Not that anyone has been following this, but my daughter let the engine get > overheated on my 91 2.1 when the Temp II sensor retaining clip broke and > immediately emptied coolant. The head gaskets leaked and the thermostat > housing was warped, primarily, but I had some other troubles along the way > like a cylinder frozen to one of the heads. > > Anyway, I made a mistake by letting a wire get caught under the driver side > rubber gasket, which cases coolant to pool on top of the cylinder. I can > take care of that. The engine, though, is exhibiting symptoms that I > thought I would ask about. > > It was doing the same things before the overheating and gasket issues, so I > anticipate some troubleshooting will be in order when I get the gasket leak > repaired. Before I found the head gasket leak, I was able to run it to warm > and then drive it for three or four miles, so I can observe that the post > op problems are the same as the pre-op problems with the exception that the > effects of the leaks, except for the mistake on the DS rubber gasket, are > fixed. > > Here's what's going on: when I start the car, it runs great. It just purrs > strongly and steadily, until it gets warmish and then it begins stumbling > and issuing some black exhaust like it's running rich. If you let it idle, > especially with it in drive and there's that little bit of extra drag, it > will stall. It does the same thing with the O2 sensor plugged in or > unplugged. > > Any ideas? > > Jim > > > > > > >
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