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I
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Porsche
928 that purred like a kitten when
the auto shipper delivered her. Like
any new owner, I noticed the plugs
looked pretty tired so I decided
to do an old-fashioned plugs-points-condenser-rotor-and-cap
tune up. My buddy helped and we laughed
and chatted as I went from item to
item. I got in the car
to start her up and hear the impressive
improvement
in her purr following our tune-up,
and all I got was the churn-churn-churn
of the starter. She wouldn’t
turn over.
I checked the spark
where the coil meets the distributor – perfect.
I checked this, that, and everything
else. It was then that we noticed
I hadn’t checked the spark
at the spark plugs…we discovered
the new rotor on the floor where
it had fallen before I was able to
replace it! I put the rotor in and
the engine roared to life!
Tim in
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share more tech tips, visit
the RockAuto
Part Advice Wiki.
I have a 1987
Olds Cutlass Supreme
with
a
5.0 liter
engine and
an OBD-I
control computer, something shared
by many GM cars of that vintage.
The car started to slow down
at idle speed
and either stall, or the computer
went "open loop" and
the idle speed returned to normal,
in which
case
the computer went "closed
loop" and
the process started all over again.
The cause of this was a real "Rube
Goldberg" setup, as follows:
The lowest oil return hole in the
valve
rocker compartment is 1/4" higher
than the lowest point on the head-to-valve-cover
seal, so there is
standing oil against this seal.
The car is sufficiently old that
this
seal started to leak. When the
car is shut off, oil leaks out
of this
seal and runs down the outside
of the engine. Some of it gets
onto the
outside of the oxygen sensor. When
the car is started, because of
this oil the computer thinks the
mixture
is too lean, and enriches it until
the engine is putting out lots
of oily carbon, which coats the
inside of
the oxygen sensor.
Meanwhile,
the oxygen sensor gets hot and
evaporates
the oil on the outside, so the
outside returns to normal. The
carbon on
the inside makes the computer
think the mixture is too rich,
so it
proceeds to make it leaner and
leaner, which is what was causing
the
idle speed to drop and the engine
to stall if the computer didn't
go "open loop". Using
a propane torch to burn off the
carbon
layer on the
oxygen sensor, plus re-sealing
the valve cover on the side with
the
sensor, made the problem
completely disappear.
Ron in Virginia
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Dear
Sirs,
This is my Colombian
'78 Dodge Dart (American market Dodge
Aspen) assembled in Bogotá,
D.C. by Colmotores (Chrysler Corp).
It is a 100% original, one owner
car, with 93,000 miles, 225
CID (3.7 L) slant six, 1
bbl carburetor, coupled to a 3 speed
manual transmission. The engine is
mechanically
perfect and has never been
touched.
Thank you
RockAuto Customer Service for
your
time,
help, and support during the
purchasing process. Thanks to you
I am enjoying my new original
carpet in my car.
Current and future
customer totally satisfied!
Sincerely Yours,
Carlos in
Colombia
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