Re: [DML] slightly off-tune? what to do?

["Walter" <Whalt@xxxx>]

Andy,

You said:
> on the coldest of cold starts the engine doesn't seem to have any power
for
> the first couple of blocks. it won't give any power even though the RPM
> gauge shows that the engine speed is increasing, and i can hear it revving
> up. but the car doesn't move in proportion to that as it does when it
gets
> warmed up (after only about 3 blocks).

What you are describing here is a slipping transmission. If the engine revs
and the RPMs increase AND the car isn't moving forward, then something
somewhere is slipping. If the RPMs aren't making it to your rear wheels,
then they are dissipating as heat in your clutch plate.

Walt Tampa, FL