RE: [DML] Re: Took car out on first drive in 1 1/2 years, not without problems,though

["Joseph Kuchan" <josephkuchan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't been following this thread, so I might be way off base here, but 
if the car is running poorly until it warms up, the issue could also be the 
converse of what David Teitelbaum suggests: The three port vacuum switch 
applies vacuum to the warm up regulator until the car is warm so if there 
was a vacuum leak on the warmup regulator side of that vacuum switch or a 
problem with the cold control pressure (under the control of the warmup 
regulator) that could also make the car run poorly until it is warmed up.

What David suggests - that base timing is off - is certainly possible. Just 
want to point out that you shouldn't overlook the possibility that something 
is amiss over on the warmup regulator side of that vacuum circuit.

Again, I haven't been following this thread and may be way off, so if I am 
just chalk it up to that!

-Joe Kuchan

>From: "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] Re: Took car out on first drive in 1 1/2 years, not without 
>problems, though
>Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:20:30 -0000
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>Your symptoms would seem to indicate that once the car warms up and
>you get vacuum advance it is better. Vacuum advance only becomes
>available when the engine is warmed up so now you have to check if
>your base timing is right and if you are getting mechanical advance.
>Mechanical advance is not dependant on temperature. You could also
>have worn spark plugs (the gap is too big) or bad ignition wires or a
>weak coil. Other systems also work differently when the car warms up
>like Lambda and the air intake. You may have to check them all.
>David Teitelbaum
>vin 10757
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>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxx> wrote:
> >
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> > Just wanted to clarify this, since I had an opportunity to drive the
> > car a little further this time until the temp reached the halfway
> > point (180?).





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