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- From: psanders@ll.mit.edu (Pete Sanders)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: 87 Escort problem
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.132919.16693@ll.mit.edu>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 13:29:19 GMT
- Sender: news@ll.mit.edu
- Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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- Originator: psanders@ll.mit.edu (Pete Sanders)
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- > I have a question for escort owners out there. My Mom's Escort (1987,
- >fuel injected) has developed a rough idle within a matter of days. It now has
- >lost power and hesitates. I think it may be a sensor of some sort that has
- >failed. Maybe the oxygen sensor. If anyone has experienced the same problem,
- >and has found the cause, please E-mail me.
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- > Thanks
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- > Pete
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- > psanders@ll.mit.edu
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- I found the problem (with the help of a freinds diagnostic computer).
- The problem was the idle speed dashpot or solonoid. It allows the computer to
- adjust the engines idle speed acording to its temperature and other conditions.
- The test computer picked it up right away. It was a $80.00 part and it was easy
- to install.
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- Thanks for all the responses.
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- Pete
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