Hi all,

My van is back home from the shop again!!! And finally I have some
good news to report! For those who have been following my saga, I had
to have my engine rebuilt and it was not running right during the
500-mile break-in period. It was running rich, sometimes when I would
downshift on the highway to pass (auto), a bunch of smoke would go
billowing out the back, and when I would come off the highway, any
time the RPMs dropped below 2500, the oil buzzer would come on. The
builder had already verified that the engine had good oil pressure.

I took the van in for its 500-mile post-break-in adjustments. He
replaced the oil pressure sender with one from the dealer. That
problem was solved, but it still wasn't running right. Long story
short, he swapped in a known good ECU and a known good AFM and
replaced the Temp II sensor and the engine's running like new!

While it was there, I had him replace the shocks and upper control arm
bushings too and it's handling a lot differently now. That's going to
take some getting used to. It's funny how you adapt to a particular
way of handling over time and when your vehicle gets fixed and handles
correctly, it's like you have to learn how to drive it properly all
over again. Who knew my van was actually capable of turn-in?!?

They did set the Koni shocks to a pretty soft setting and I think I
want to firm that up. Anybody know how to do that?

I did make a shocking discovery about the speedo, but I'll cover that
in a separate post.

Just overjoyed to have my van back home now!
Marc