JoeBeets wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just following up on the post below:
>
> Replacing the igniter/coil and the plug wires did not fix the problem,
> but swapping out the Emissions Control Unit (there is a tie-in to the
> ignition, so I'll assume it was an ignition problem) has eliminated
> the symptoms over two weeks of normal driving. This is encouraging
> because the last occurence of the problem, before the new ECU,
> happened after only 20 mins of driving. The real test will come on a
> long trip, but so far so good.
>
> "My engine feels like the ignition is rapidly cutting out and in after
> a
> couple hours of driving. I lurch down the road with the tach
> oscillating
> wildly between 2000 and 2500, on a 1 second cycle, and can't get the
> engine
> to go faster even if I floor it.
>
> I can stop, open the hood for 5 min, restart and be good for another
> 20 min.
> of driving. This has all the symptoms to me of a heat related failure
> of a
> solid state component, like the igniter module (although the radio
> noise
> condenser is also a candidate). I guess I'll just have to replace it
> and
> see, unless anyone has any other ideas..."
>
> Thanks to all who replied...
> JB
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Joe,

You didn't mention whether your problem is weather related. Does it
happen to be worse on cool, humid days? What temperature range are you
having the problems in? Has it been seasonal (what country are you in?)

'curly'

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