[Shotimes] whoa nelly/engine issues

Hartberger, Jason M. ATAN hartbejm@roosevelt.navy.mil
Wed, 18 Feb 2004 03:55:17 -0500


Well, you know, us men... always gotta jiggle something to make ourselves
feel better. It's a testosterone thing. why do you think every time we talk
about thermostats the conversation invariably turns to "jiggle valves"? IT'S
NOT A COINCIDENCE!!!!

:P

me

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim and Debbie Leyden [mailto:jndleyden@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:03 AM
> To: SHOtimes mailing list (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] whoa nelly/engine issues
> 
> 
> AHHH... I see you did the manly thing and jiggled something.
> I, on the other hand have no clue as to what to jiggle, so I 
> call my husband
> and let him do the jiggling! ;)
> 
> Debbie
> '93 crimson MTX
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of 
> Hartberger, Jason M.
> ATAN
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 3:30 AM
> To: SHOtimes mailing list (E-mail)
> Subject: [Shotimes] whoa nelly/engine issues
> 
> 
> Today when I was going to work, the engine had a really lopey 
> (and jerky)
> idle and sounded rough. I'm not sure what it was, but I 
> didn't lose any
> torque, so I don't think a cylinder went out, but as I was 
> driving down one
> of the roads, the CE light came on for about 10 seconds, then went off
> again. I pulled into a 7-11 to get some milk (yum!) and pop 
> the hood... I
> couldn't see anything wrong, but jiggled all the coil wires 
> to be sure. I
> went on out, and the rough idle disappeared and the car 
> behaved normally.
> Any clue as to what this may be?
> 
> I have an idler pully that's unfortunately about to go and an 
> exhaust pipe
> leak that's robbing me of low-end TQ, but other than that 
> there are no major
> issues with the car.
> 
> As usual, any insight would be appreciated.
> 
> Oh, and from someone who wants to fly fighters, Col. Fourchy, 
> any man with a
> distinguished flying cross gets instant mad respect from me. 
> Well, that, and
> you (used to be? still are?) being a colonel gets you a 
> snappy salute from
> me any day.
> 
> me
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