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Subject:Re: mechanic time
From:John P. Flaherty
Date:Wed, 7 Apr 1999 16:52:20 -0400

No. He cleaned all the grounds. Swapped the AFM and said it ran fine.
Swapped back, ran badly again. Anybody got an AFM for an 84 1.9L?

John
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Drew <drew@interport.net>
To: John P. Flaherty <jflaherty@PIVOT.NET>
Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: mechanic time

>bad ground in engine compartm,ent
>
>At 07:07 PM 4/5/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> Well, that's it. I finally got the right temperature sensor, and put it
in
>> today, hoping it would cure my running to rich after warm up problem,
>> and...nothing. Ran like a charm the first 15 minutes, but as soon as the
temp
>> gauge hit 12:00 o'clock,it last power, started blowing black smoke. Plugs
are
>> new, catalytic converter is new, nothing seems to help. Everyone said it
>> would be that sensor. It goes to the mechanic tomorrow night. I'll let
the
>> list know what it turns out to be.
>>
>> John Flaherty
>> '84 GL
>> '74 SB
>
>
>
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