[Shotimes] Now what?

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

I'm leaning towards a loose/corroded ground.

Jim
'93 MTX


----- Original Message -----
From: "Derrick Schmidt" <dschmidt@hsc.usc.edu>
To: "SHOtimes list" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Now what?


> Of course, now that I can read the computer codes on the side of the road,
> my car won't do it's "running on 2 cylinders thing".  The coil pack was
> replaced and I still get the coil primary error in memory.  Since
> replacement it's done it's thing once for a bout 2 minutes.
>
> On the way home from surfing this morning I noticed the temperature gauge
> dancing around.  I goes from practically pegged on the cold end of the
> gauge to what is normal (historically) indication of temp with a "cycle
> time" of about 2-3 seconds.  It doesn't "oscillate" with a regular period
> and it seems to go with throttle position under load, not with rpm.  I
> can't make myself believe that the temperature is actually varying that
> much that fast.
>
> I'm thinking there's something somewhere (described by someone as a
> "Gremlin") that is common to all this stuff.
>
> Anyway, more stuff for most of you to ignore.  Overall the car is running
> great and if keeps running like this I'll just keep driving it!
>
> Happy Turkey Day to all
>
> Derrick
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