RE: [DMCForum] The Lawnmower Man - Redux

["Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I checked on the CPR and made sure the delay valve pointed (white side
forward) in the right direction. Martin, I found the ground you were
talking
about and it was good.

This had to be something with the lambda system, question was, which
component had pooped out? Last night my uncle happened by and I asked if I
could borrow his dwell meter. I plugged into the ECU from the diagnostic
socket and started the car. It read 47 degrees. I let the engine warm up
and
still got the same reading. The manual shows 2 possibilities, but since
this
was a steady reading, it leaves only one:

B. Oxygen sensor disconnected - 40-50 (steady reading)

The Volvo manual backs this up. "If the Lambda-sond is damaged, control
unit
operates on a fixed duty cycle."

As I recall, while I was working on the exhaust I was not so gentle with
the
O2 sensor and I'm fairly confident that I may have damaged it. Only thing
to
do is replace it and find out.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: timnagin [mailto:timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 6:00 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [DMCForum] The Lawnmower Man
> 
> Didn't someone post a similar event not too long ago stating it was
> related
> to the fuel pick up hose in the tank collapsing?  Maybe the correlation
> with
> your car heating up is affecting the fuel before it makes it to the
> engine?
> Just a thought.
> 
> Greg
> 
> PS - fuck Verizon!
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: billsfanmd@xxxxxxx [mailto:billsfanmd@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:38 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DMCForum] The Lawnmower Man
> 
> 
> Travis and group, This may be unrelated but about a year ago my car did
> the
> same thing...It drove great for about 15 minutes then slowly we noticed
it
> losing power. I would down shift until finally while driving one night i
> kept
> downshifting until i was in first gear and the car just refused to go
> further and
> I had to pull over and it died...my first of two times I have been
towed.
> 
> The weird thing was that If I let the car sit for a half an hour I could
> start it up and drive about 1/2 mile before it would die again. The only
> thing I
> could compare it to was when my cat converter froze on a jeep I used to
> own.
> It
> felt as if someone had shoved a banana up my tail pipe and the car lost
> all
> power.
> 
> Anyway, I solved the problem with a new fuel dist and getting it
properly
> set
> up. This may or may not be the solution but the symptom sounds the
same..
> 
> good luck travis....long lost Mike :-)
> 2109
> 
> ps..my new job teaching high school is great but as you all can tell I
> have
> no time to post anymore but I will be able to soon once i get my lesson
> plans
> completed...
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