

| Subject: | Re: intermittent running rich issue |
| From: | Pat Spragge |
| Date: | Wed, 7 Dec 2016 09:46:30 -0800 |
John Is yours an auto trans? I'm wondering if this behavior is limited to the AT vans Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 7, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Water in the gas tank? Just did that... the expansion tank rubber > grommets on my 84 were useless, and those expansion tanks are perfectly > positioned in the wheel wells to collect water on their flat tops, with > tubes to take that collected water back into the main tank. > I surmised that as long as you're moving and the engine is running, the > water in the gas is all mixed up and doesn't hurt the running but when you > shut down for a while, the water that was in solution with the gas settles > out, then when you start again, you get mostly water to run the motor.. > I don't know if mine "seemed" to "show" rich symptoms, but bad gas and > rich are similar in manifested symptoms... > >> On Dec 7, 2016 8:51 AM, "John Goubeaux" <john@ucsb.edu> wrote: >> >> In my case I've already replaced both the AFM and TB with rebuilt ones >> and had them adjusted, so I'm gonna rule them out BUT know they can add >> to bad running issues. >> >> -john >> >> >>> On 12/7/16 8:46 AM, Dan N wrote: >>> >>> also...it could be a worn throttle body or a faulty throttle body switch >>> >>
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