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John,
Did yours spike like I described?
TIA
John Erickson <ranahan@charter.net> wrote:Uh, ICM? I've had three fail...
John
At 08:27 AM 12/3/2002 -0800, Jason Adams wrote:
>re: tach spiking...
>
>Mine does it alot worse, sometimes tach pegs @8K ! motor idles at ~800rpm
>albeit very lumpy, car won't drive when it does this, suptters and
>backfires and whatnot, Folks here thought it was my ICM (ignition control
>module) but I haven't gotten a new one yet, I'm going to trace all the
>wires in there and see if its not just a bad connection somewhere as this
>problem is intermittant, happens 1 in every 10 startup's...
>
>any other ideas?
>
>Jason Adams
>Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
>84 rocco 16v
>93 320i
>98 Z71
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Brian Wagner
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:34 PM
>Subject: Church of the Free Electron
>
>I have seen the light (pun intended).
>
>
>
>I had been having some weird problems with the temp gauge, so I decided to
>clean the rose bud and run a secondary 10guage wire for the battery to it.
>And low and behold the gauge holds steady and doesn't creep to 135 anymore
>sit at a nice 112 at idle in traffic and doesn't fluctuate with the blinker.
>
>No a new problem has arisen, every once in awhile the tack will spike when
>at idle to 2 k then settle down, does this for 3 or 4 times then it is
>fine. And when running down the road it is fine. Also the motor sounds
>like it missed when it did it. You don't think it could be the knock box,
>hall sender test good and no oil leaks in the dist. Anyone else with
>problem and what was done to rectify it
>
>Brian
>
>TIA
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<P>John,
<P>Did yours spike like I described?
<P>TIA
<P> <B><I>John Erickson <ranahan@charter.net></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Uh, ICM? I've had three fail...<BR><BR>John<BR><BR><BR>At 08:27 AM 12/3/2002 -0800, Jason Adams wrote:<BR>>re: tach spiking...<BR>><BR>>Mine does it alot worse, sometimes tach pegs @8K ! motor idles at ~800rpm <BR>>albeit very lumpy, car won't drive when it does this, suptters and <BR>>backfires and whatnot, Folks here thought it was my ICM (ignition control <BR>>module) but I haven't gotten a new one yet, I'm going to trace all the <BR>>wires in there and see if its not just a bad connection somewhere as this <BR>>problem is intermittant, happens 1 in every 10 startup's...<BR>><BR>>any other ideas?<BR>><BR>>Jason Adams<BR>>Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)<BR>>84 rocco 16v<BR>>93 320i<BR>>98 Z71<BR>>----- Original Message -----<BR>>From: <mailto:brian_wagner@sbcglobal.net>Brian Wagner<BR>>To: <mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org>scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>>Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:34 PM<BR>>Subject: Church of the Free Electron<BR>><BR>>I have seen the light (pun intended).<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>I had been having some weird problems with the temp gauge, so I decided to <BR>>clean the rose bud and run a secondary 10guage wire for the battery to it. <BR>>And low and behold the gauge holds steady and doesn't creep to 135 anymore <BR>>sit at a nice 112 at idle in traffic and doesn't fluctuate with the blinker.<BR>><BR>>No a new problem has arisen, every once in awhile the tack will spike when <BR>>at idle to 2 k then settle down, does this for 3 or 4 times then it is <BR>>fine. And when running down the road it is fine. Also the motor sounds <BR>>like it missed when it did it. You don't think it could be the knock box, <BR>>hall sender test good and no oil leaks in the dist. Anyone else with <BR>>problem and what was done to rectify it<BR>><BR>>Brian<BR>><BR>>TIA<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE></mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org></mailto:brian_wagner@sbcglobal.net>
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