[Shotimes] Problem - My '95 MTX runs really rough when the engine temperatur e goes up.

[Al Fitz]

MessageTry Shylo McKinsey's suggestion first.

Al Fitz
alfitz@alfitz.com
SHO Parts at
http://www.alfitz.com/sho

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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: MFevre@cedco.com
  To: alfitz@alfitz.com
  Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:58 AM
  Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Problem - My '95 MTX runs really rough when the
engine temperatur e goes up.


  Hmmm. That sounds serious indeed. Recommendations?
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Al Fitz [mailto:alfitz@alfitz.com]
    Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 9:56 AM
    To: MFevre@cedco.com
    Cc: _office
    Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Problem - My '95 MTX runs really rough when the
engine temperatur e goes up.


    I don't want to alarm you, but it sounds as if you may have the beginnings
of a head gasket leak.

    Al Fitz
    alfitz@alfitz.com
    SHO Parts at
    http://www.alfitz.com/sho

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      ----- Original Message -----
      From: MFevre@cedco.com
      To: shotimes@autox.team.net
      Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:22 AM
      Subject: [Shotimes] Problem - My '95 MTX runs really rough when the
engine temperatur e goes up.


      Hi All,

      When the gauge reaches the upper middle section of normal, (i.e. the
      indicator points to the "O" in "Normal" on the gauge itself), my car
has
      taken to running really rough, lurching a bit as I gas it. The "Check
      Engine" light may or may not come on, but it never stays on, and as soon
as
      the engine cools down a bit, everything is fine, and the car runs like
      nothing has happened.

      The funny thing is, my car has always run on the cool side. On the open
      road, the needle usually stays just a hair's breadth above the blue
"cool"
      indicator, and in heavy traffic, the temperature gauge has gone up a
bit
      more, but things usually remain well on the low end of normal. Lately,
      though, the gauge seems to be going higher, and then I run into this
      trouble.

      I'm due to flush out and change the coolant anyway, but I think
something
      else is happening here too.

      Anybody have any thoughts about what might be going on here?

      Thx!

      -Marc
      Napa, CA
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