Colorado general chat...

[iamsam]

Insurance companies cancelled insurance??? that should be illegal!!

[Bimmerman325i]

Well, they did for that week.

There has been a huge laugh-at-georgians'-inability-to-drive thread on bf.cot.

[blefevre]

Insurance companies cancelled insurance??? that should be illegal!!

Similar thing happened in Iowa a few years back. We had a typical summer storm with huge winds and tornados but it decided to throw in softball to melon size hail in the mix just for fun.

Our entire town got destroyed more or less. State farm "cancelled" home and auto insurance for over half the town. A lot of my friends familys got really screwed with needing new cars and roofs. My family lucked out and we got enough money to fix all our crap. It is such a screwy business.

[Cloudbase]

"Folsom's the best road in Boulder" is a saying. Maybe that's faded into obscurity since I moved out of Boulder. I would stay on the neighborhood roads over that in the snow...

New Running Issue:
A week ago I felt the slightest hesitation at highway speed, 5th gear 75mph. So I'm driving to work, accelerating on to the highway after a right hand turn and I get a nasty stumble. I downshifted and got my revs over 4000RPM and it cleared up after about 30 seconds. Driving home from work just after starting it flat out quit. I had to rev the hell out of it to keep it going. After stalling 3 times it managed to clear. It hesitated a couple times on the way home at about 3000 RPMs, but I couldn't get it to duplicate when I got home.

I suspect bad gas or water in my gas, but I fear it isn't that simple. When it hesitated on the way home in was in 5th gear and the RPMs indicated by the tach dropped from 3000 to below 2000 rpms almost instantly. If it was just loosing fuel the RPMs wouldn't drop that fast because I was in gear right????

In the last 3 months I've replaced my ICV, Throttle Switch, Intake Boot, AFM, Coolant Temp sensor, ECU, and ground strap. Anyone had anything similar?

[blefevre]

Have you touched the spark plugs?

[monkeytaco]

In the last 3 months I've replaced my ICV, Throttle Switch, Intake Boot, AFM, Coolant Temp sensor, ECU, and ground strap. Anyone had anything similar?

Cracked distributor cap? Bad rotor? Bad o2 sensor?

If it always bogs at the same rpm, it could be o2. If it gets moisture in the cap/rotor it would be all over the place. Check the easy ones first...

[Cloudbase]

No, I was going to jiggle them when it was stalling in my work parking lot, but it wouldn't run long enough for me to get out there. Plus I would think it would be in the distributor or coil instead of just one plug. I don't have my plastic under cover on so I do wonder if water isn't getting into something. It's got new Bav Auto wires, coil, and distributor from the PO.

Doesn't bog at a consistent RPM. I might check the distributor cap in the morning. I work early and won't have time to do a thorough diagnoss until Sat afternoon.

[blefevre]

I thought O2 only did something during warm-up? Open loop vs closed loop.

[blefevre]

No, I was going to jiggle them when it was stalling in my work parking lot, but it wouldn't run long enough for me to get out there. Plus I would think it would be in the distributor or coil instead of just one plug. I don't have my plastic under cover on so I do wonder if water isn't getting into something. It's got new Bav Auto wires, coil, and distributor from the PO.

Doesn't bog at a consistent RPM. I might check the distributor cap in the morning. I work early and won't have time to do a thorough diagnoss until Sat afternoon.

I dont have the cover on mine and it's never had a problem. The car is parked outside too. But it still could be bad of course.

[Cloudbase]

Wouldn't O2 throw a check engine light too?

[hyperE30]

Man sucks the car is giving you some shit.. ready to sell?? jk.. hope you get it fixed up!!

[Roland H]

A week ago I felt the slightest hesitation at highway speed, 5th gear 75mph. So I'm driving to work, accelerating on to the highway after a right hand turn and I get a nasty stumble. I downshifted and got my revs over 4000RPM and it cleared up after about 30 seconds. Driving home from work just after starting it flat out quit. I had to rev the hell out of it to keep it going. After stalling 3 times it managed to clear. It hesitated a couple times on the way home at about 3000 RPMs, but I couldn't get it to duplicate when I got home.

I suspect bad gas or water in my gas, but I fear it isn't that simple. When it hesitated on the way home in was in 5th gear and the RPMs indicated by the tach dropped from 3000 to below 2000 rpms almost instantly. If it was just loosing fuel the RPMs wouldn't drop that fast because I was in gear right????

In the last 3 months I've replaced my ICV, Throttle Switch, Intake Boot, AFM, Coolant Temp sensor, ECU, and ground strap. Anyone had anything similar?

Sounds like you have an issue somewhere in your ignition system..

[Cloudbase]

If the tach takes a big drop as compared to the loss of road speed the cause will be something that is taking away timing data to the DME, a loss of power ground to the DME, or a fault in the DME.

Thought this might apply. I've spent the last 7 hours searching possible causes now it's 6:00am and I have to get up in an hour, shit!!!!!



J/k!!!!!!!

[wh00sh]

"Folsom's the best road in Boulder" is a saying. Maybe that's faded into obscurity since I moved out of Boulder. I would stay on the neighborhood roads over that in the snow...

New Running Issue:
A week ago I felt the slightest hesitation at highway speed, 5th gear 75mph. So I'm driving to work, accelerating on to the highway after a right hand turn and I get a nasty stumble. I downshifted and got my revs over 4000RPM and it cleared up after about 30 seconds. Driving home from work just after starting it flat out quit. I had to rev the hell out of it to keep it going. After stalling 3 times it managed to clear. It hesitated a couple times on the way home at about 3000 RPMs, but I couldn't get it to duplicate when I got home.

I suspect bad gas or water in my gas, but I fear it isn't that simple. When it hesitated on the way home in was in 5th gear and the RPMs indicated by the tach dropped from 3000 to below 2000 rpms almost instantly. If it was just loosing fuel the RPMs wouldn't drop that fast because I was in gear right????

In the last 3 months I've replaced my ICV, Throttle Switch, Intake Boot, AFM, Coolant Temp sensor, ECU, and ground strap. Anyone had anything similar?

Sounds like fuel pump/filter to me. When was the last time any of this was serviced?

[Cloudbase]

New filter and lines in Oct. I'll pull the pump and test it tomorrow. I think it's electrical though.