NVMyMPG
04-11-2012, 07:41 AM
It starts and seems to run just fine when the weather is nice. But this morning it was foggy and damp out and it would not fire at all. Fortunately in Colorado we do not have a lot of these days so I bet she will run tomorrow but if I lived in Oregon I would be screwed.
I did some searching but did not find a exact match. My guess from searching would be maybe the main relay or a coolant temp sensor. When it does start it will idle at 2K for awhile then drop to 1500 after warmed up it will idle in gear (auto trans) at about 700 but will stumble and go a little lower then correct and bump up to 1K idle. I think that the idle I see when it does start may not be related to my damp no start problem. I think the idle might be idle air control instead. It has already had a new Dizzy, Timing belt, and plugs installed. The dizzy and timing belt were done 3K miles ago by PO and I did the plugs. The plugs I pulled out had a .079 gap I put the new plugs to .044 which seemed to be a big gap still but that is what the parts store said the spec was.
So I am not sure what part I want to throw at it or how best to test it after I think I have fixed it. Like I said damp foggy days are few and far between here and I would like to be sure that it is fixed so it doesn't strand me. I am a real noob when it comes to these cars. I have worked on a lot of cars and EFI systems but they are usually American cars like Mustangs or pickups. The concepts are the same but all the parts are different.
I did some searching but did not find a exact match. My guess from searching would be maybe the main relay or a coolant temp sensor. When it does start it will idle at 2K for awhile then drop to 1500 after warmed up it will idle in gear (auto trans) at about 700 but will stumble and go a little lower then correct and bump up to 1K idle. I think that the idle I see when it does start may not be related to my damp no start problem. I think the idle might be idle air control instead. It has already had a new Dizzy, Timing belt, and plugs installed. The dizzy and timing belt were done 3K miles ago by PO and I did the plugs. The plugs I pulled out had a .079 gap I put the new plugs to .044 which seemed to be a big gap still but that is what the parts store said the spec was.
So I am not sure what part I want to throw at it or how best to test it after I think I have fixed it. Like I said damp foggy days are few and far between here and I would like to be sure that it is fixed so it doesn't strand me. I am a real noob when it comes to these cars. I have worked on a lot of cars and EFI systems but they are usually American cars like Mustangs or pickups. The concepts are the same but all the parts are different.