

| Subject: | no power: running lean (i think) |
| From: | Fred Porter |
| Date: | Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:47:24 -0600 |
Within the past week, my 87 syncro has suffered a dramatic loss in power. With the following symptoms, does my diagnosis of running lean sound correct? -no clouds of black or blue smoke coming out of the tail pipe (not running rich or burning oil--burning oil would indicate a loss of compression through the rings) -it still idles and revs smoothly, just no power. -the temp needle is running unusually high. -fairly good gas mileage. -It seems to run ok when i first start it cold in the morning, but as it warms up and the temp needle goes past the LED power degrades. BTW, the blinking LED has NOT come on. if it is running lean, my first suspect is the AFM--slow response or limited travel of the vane. What would be other sources of the problem? I would question clogged fuel injectors since it is still running smoothly--all 4 injectors would have to be clogged equally. recent maintenance: new cap and rotor, 15w50 oil and filter, new air filter, new ignition switch less recent maintenance: new OXS, new plugs when i drop it at the dealer tomorrow, i'm going to have the following checked: ignition system, fuel injectors, compression leakdown, EFI diagnostic if it is loosing compression via the valves, what are those symptoms? thanks, fred 87 syncro 180+kmi
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