[Shotimes] Engine troubles

[Rick Glass]

Ford stealer said my '94 needed a new DIS....took it out cleaned all the
contacts and put it back in, never had another issue, well at least not in
the 80-90k I put on it after that.


Rick Glass
   Nashville, TN
   SESHOC
'99 Silver 43k
   Flowmaster Original 40's
   3rd cat/resonator removed
   still not Kirk'd
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shylo McKinsey" <mrfluffy02@yahoo.com>
To: "Eric O. Angell" <eric+shotimes@cs.hmc.edu>; "TaurusSHO"
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Engine troubles


> HA!
>
> See! And you wanted to get rid of the poor POS. Shame
> on you!
>
> I'm still trying to figure out where in the hell you
> folks picked up a DIS for under $150. I paid over $200
> for mine 2 years ago! :(
>
> Shylo McKinsey
>
> '91 White MTX
>
> --- "Eric O. Angell" <eric+shotimes@cs.hmc.edu> wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 16:44:21 -0500,
> > shojun@mtrs.org wrote:
> >
> > > Your problem sounds almost exactly like the
> > problem that my SHO had about
> > > a year ago.  Fixing the problem cost me about $100
> > (a new aftermarket DIS
> > > module).
> > >
> > > My symptoms:
> > > -Sometimes it works fine, sometimes not.  It's a
> > sudden jump between
> > > working fine and not.
> > > -The problem is not speed or RPM dependent.
> > > -The problem initially seems temperature
> > dependent, but later you realize
> > > it's not.
> > > -When the car's working fine, the tach reads
> > properly.
> > > -When the car's not working properly, the tach
> > reads one-third low (ie,
> > > instead of idling at 933 rpm, the tach says you're
> > idling at about 600
> > > rpm), even though you are absolutely certain that
> > the engine is operating
> > > at the same RPM as it normally would (by speed and
> > gear combination, or
> > > not noticing any change in RPM as the engine goes
> > from normal operation to
> > > crappy operation or vice versa).  To wit, stomp
> > the throttle, and listen
> > > for the butterflies opening when the tach reads
> > 2700 rpm.
> > > -When the car's not working properly, you get a
> > soft foomp-foomp-foomp
> > > sound from the exhaust.  The exhaust smells quite
> > strong.  Power is
> > > crappy-- my car felt like my mom's old 4-cyl
> > Jetta.  Power delivery wasn't
> > > as smooth as it should be, but it wasn't all that
> > rough either.
> > > -Once in a while when you crank the engine, the
> > tach takes a few moments
> > > to jump off of the 0 rpm after the engine has
> > started.
> > > -One time while I was sitting at a stoplight, my
> > tach started climbing
> > > without any reason.  It came back to 600 rpm a few
> > moments later.
> > > -When you try to pull the codes from the computer,
> > sometimes it doesn't
> > > give you any errors, sometimes it tells you
> > there's a problem with the
> > > coil pack.  Also, while doing the cylinder balance
> > test, it tells you that
> > > two cylinders have problems.
> >
> > Yup, those symptoms pretty much exactly describe my
> > problem.  As far as
> > some of the other emails I received go, no, the DIS
> > isn't touching the
> > bracket, so I don't have any bushing problems.
> > Also, the explanation
> > that the tach is fed by spark plug firings makes a
> > lot of sense - I'd
> > figured it was a crankshaft sensor, and that also
> > explains the crappy
> > power if it's only running on 4 cyls instead of 6.
> >
> > > parts place where I picked up an aftermarket dis
> > module.  Swapped it in,
> > > and the problem never came back.
> >
> > I picked up an aftermarket (Niehoff) DIS module for
> > $120 when I was in
> > Denver, and that seems to have completely fixed it.
> > That's fantastic!
> > Needless to say, the drive back from Denver to LA
> > was muuuuch nicer than
> > the drive up there.
> >
> > Thanks a lot to everyone who provided suggestions!
> >
> > -E
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Eric O. Angell, eoa@cs.hmc.edu
> > Harvey Mudd College c/o 2004
> > Computer Scientist, Closet Engineer
> >
> > "But why is the _rum_ gone?"
> > --Capt. Jack Sparrow
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