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- From: balsamo@wmodev.enet.dec.com (Antonio L. Balsamo (Save the wails))
- Subject: Re: 89 Ford Taurus chronic stalling problem
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.153524.29798@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: balsamo@wmodev.enet.dec.com (Antonio L. Balsamo (Save the wails))
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <Nov10.213409.48487@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:35:24 GMT
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- Basil,
-
- >I have an 89 3.0 V6 Ford Taurus, and I am wondering if other owners out
- >there have had a similar experience.
- >"Acting up", is when I go on long trips, especially in the mountains (I
- >live at 5000 ft above sea level), and when the temperature is high (not
- >the engine temp, the ambiant temp), then my car for some reason starts to
- >gradually lose power, and then stalls completely and I have to wait by the
- >side of the road for a half-hour or more for the car temp to cool down
- >before it would start again.
-
- Did you change the plug wires as part of the tune-up? This sounds like
- a similar problem I had with my VW Jetta. What was happening is that when
- the temperature would rise, the plug wires would expand just enough to
- "open" the wire, thus reducing or eliminating the electric pulse to the
- plug. The result was lost of power and stalling.
-
- Hope this helps,
- Tony
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- | Name: Antonio L. Balsamo |
- |Company: Digital Equipment Corp. |
- | Westminster, Mass. |
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