[Shotimes] When is it enough

[Bob]

Mine did the lurch under load/idle fine thing when the MAF connector was
loose.  I safety wired it on and have no problems since.

	-- Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Doug Copeland
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:54 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] When is it enough
>
>
> Hi all.
>    It's been a while since I've been on here.  Thanksgiving day
> the SHO went
> down with a burned out clutch, and so I haven't been around.  My
> uncle had a
> friend who picked the car up, put in a new clutch, and also
> replaced all my
> gears.  Right before that happened I replaced my valve cover seals, plug
> wires, and plugs.  I got the car back a couple weeks ago, and
> have had some
> strange problems that I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on
> it.  Ever since the valve seal job, I occasionally get what seems
> to be oil
> smoke from somewhere around the lower regions of the accessory belt.
> Anybody have a clue as to what that could be?
>
> Problem two: Last night I was driving down the road in third gear and the
> car started shaking like it wasn't getting proper ignition or
> something.  It
> would jolt when i pressed the gas so I would let it idle until it
> got normal
> again and then i continued down the road.  I thought maybe it was nothing,
> but then it did it again today.  The fuel tank is at a quarter of a tank,
> which is the lowest it has gotten since the beginning of october
> when i took
> it apart to do the valve seals.  I can estimate that I have put
> 1k miles on
> the car since october, but this is the first time the fuel got
> this low.  Is
> this a case of bad fuel, or am I facing something worse.  I think my car
> really doesn't like me.
>
> Doug
> 95 mtx
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