[Shotimes] car's dead p.2

[Jason Hartberger]

Just changed the IAB with a brand new one. The car idles fine with no 
electrical loads.

Jason


clubairth@bellsouth.net wrote:
> Jason:
> It sounds like the IAB? Maybe clean it or swap it out? The PCM is 
> pretty trouble free.
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>> Ok, so here's what I've figured out so far. The battery is fine, the 
>> alternator is fine, tested both in and out of the car, but it seems 
>> that any electrical load wants to kill the engine. It will idle ok 
>> 90% of the time with no lights, no defrost, no radio, no A/C and 
>> heat, no fog lights. As soon as I turn any of those on, the engine 
>> will dip like it normally does but instead of the idle coming back up 
>> like it's supposed to, it just stays low and dies. I ordered a new 
>> camshaft sensor because... well hell, they're cheap and I probably 
>> could use a new one anyway but I'm pretty sure it's my computer now. 
>> The computer is in charge of adjusting idle settings to respond to 
>> loads, right? Well, I don't think it's doing that, and I think it 
>> might have happened when the positive battery cable worked its way 
>> off the post after a bad bump and was intermittently contacting the 
>> terminal; I think it might have scrambled the computer.
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>> Does anybody have a spare D4U computer?
>>
>> Jason