As a tech I really hate that.
You check a component and there is nothing you can see wrong with it, but
replacing it fixes whatever was wrong.
There has to be a reason for everything, just that I can't see it frustrates
the hell out of me
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary" <garywinblad@comcast.net>
To: <TLKSRHOME@aol.com>; <tigers@autox.team.net>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: 98 exploder answer
> It is AMAZING how modern cars eat their wires.
> My last daily driver was a '94 Ford Probe GT that developed a heisitation
on
> acceleration
> that had me convinced was some kind of faulty sensor or vacuum hose or
> computer
> problem.. spent a month with the shop manual going through everything (the
> engine compartment
> is a mass of wires, hoses, sensors, gizmos...) only to find everything was
> perfect. My
> brother did say first thing to change the wires.. BUT I ohmed them out,
they
> were perfect.
> I sprayed water on them while the engine was running to look for
insulation
> breaks.
> I visually examined and cleaned them.. they looked and seemed to be like
> NEW!
> I couldn't find anything else so I bought a new aftermarket set... BINGO,
> that fixed it
> like new... STUPID ENGINEER!!
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TLKSRHOME@aol.com>
> To: <tigers@autox.team.net>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 7:53 PM
> Subject: 98 exploder answer
>
>
> > Thanx to all who responded to my missing/popping exploder.As it turns
> out,it
> > was the ignition wires.I first cleaned the injectors,per a dealer
> tech,with
> > no results.I decided to bite the bullet and buy a set of wires( $72-$152
> at the
> > dealer-I chose napa)and it now runs better and with more powerthan I
> remember
> > it having.
> > Thanx again for all the responses.
> > Kevin Rodgers PTC (now I can get back to Starke's Tiger)
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