[Shotimes] OT help for friend with Maxima

[Rick Glass]

That was my exact thought, had a few Caprice's do that in my 6 years driving
a cab......

Rick Glass
   Nashville, TN
   SESHOC
'99 Silver 43k
   Flowmaster 40's
   no 3rd cat/resonator
   still not Kirk'd
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAVID PILLSBURY" <cobraii976@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>; "`V6 SHOtimes"
<SHOtimes@autox.team.net>; <v8sho@v8sho.com>; "SHO Tech"
<techsho@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT help for friend with Maxima


> Don,
> Sounds like plugged convertor to me. at crusing there is enough room for
the exhust to escape but when he tries to gain some speed more flow comes
through and blocks the outlet. But when he makes it downshift he pushes all
the exhaust he can through and gets some of it to move. Been there done that
seen it happen. but it's just my guess. you may want to ask him if it's
gotten louder then normal.
> Dave
>
> Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
> A good friend of mine has a 19 year old son with a 1994
> Maxima. V6 automatic.
>
> about 125,000 miles.
>
> I have tried getting to the Maxima lists/forums, but they
> must all be dead or stupid because they don't respond.
>
> Hoping some of you can help.
>
> He says the car, after warming up, going about 50 mph,
> typically getting on an interstate on-ramp trying to gain
> speed, but not asking the tranny to downshift, that the car
> just starts bucking and making noise, and it won't gain
> speed. You can floor it and it will downshift and come out
> of it.
>
> In a test drive, the problem would not show up for me.
>
> Car seems to run fine otherwise.
>
> Tranny is overfilled by maybe a pint. Had a recent tranny
> flush/fill. No other work recently.
>
> A couple of mechanic friends think it is the tranny, but I
> think it sounds like ignition since low rpm, fairly high
> throttle position is a high stress time for ignitions.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Sorry about the off-topic, but I promised I would help the
> young man, he is almost a God-son to me.
>
> Don Mallinson
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