Stalling at stops and startup
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FINALLY FIXED!!!
After all the troubleshooting last summer into late fall and then after winter storage, It was the air meter! Swapped in a good used one and she's perfect now. Owner of shop was a gem (because I've been very patient thru this grueling process and a great customer) and didn't even charge me for any labor (hours to go thru eveything on the car to finally put this to rest)I walked out paying $150 for the part.
Thanks all for your help here and I hope this solves somebody else's problems too!
After all the troubleshooting last summer into late fall and then after winter storage, It was the air meter! Swapped in a good used one and she's perfect now. Owner of shop was a gem (because I've been very patient thru this grueling process and a great customer) and didn't even charge me for any labor (hours to go thru eveything on the car to finally put this to rest)I walked out paying $150 for the part.
Thanks all for your help here and I hope this solves somebody else's problems too!
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FINALLY FIXED!!!
After all the troubleshooting last summer into late fall and then after winter storage, It was the air meter! Swapped in a good used one and she's perfect now. Owner of shop was a gem (because I've been very patient thru this grueling process and a great customer) and didn't even charge me for any labor (hours to go thru eveything on the car to finally put this to rest)I walked out paying $150 for the part.
Thanks all for your help here and I hope this solves somebody else's problems too!
After all the troubleshooting last summer into late fall and then after winter storage, It was the air meter! Swapped in a good used one and she's perfect now. Owner of shop was a gem (because I've been very patient thru this grueling process and a great customer) and didn't even charge me for any labor (hours to go thru eveything on the car to finally put this to rest)I walked out paying $150 for the part.
Thanks all for your help here and I hope this solves somebody else's problems too!
in fairness you should have been paying something to keep the shop open , but I get you have done a lot of business there ..
congrats on the fix.
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wow ... I am really thrilled you got her fixed ... but from a business standpoint this is why mechanics and nice guys go out of business...
in fairness you should have been paying something to keep the shop open , but I get you have done a lot of business there ..
congrats on the fix.
in fairness you should have been paying something to keep the shop open , but I get you have done a lot of business there ..
congrats on the fix.
As far as paying more, etc. I already paid a couple times in the past, for what was "supposed" to be the fix and had the major inconvenience of returning the car 3 times, till the final fix. Also, customer wise, I am definitely up on his list. I've been great during this whole process, loyal for 5 years and refer people to his shop. All that said, I deserved the break and he made a very wise business decision...
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Glad you got it solved. I'm wondering how you determined it was faulty? I measured mine this evening and it started at about 500 ohms fully closed, rose to 1K ohms at about 1/3 open, then decreased back to 600 when nearly fully open. at fully open it is 130 ohms. This does not sound like a nice linear progression to me. Perhaps I have the same problem you did.
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Glad you got it solved. I'm wondering how you determined it was faulty? I measured mine this evening and it started at about 500 ohms fully closed, rose to 1K ohms at about 1/3 open, then decreased back to 600 when nearly fully open. at fully open it is 130 ohms. This does not sound like a nice linear progression to me. Perhaps I have the same problem you did.
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This sounds like exactly my problem. Thank you so much for detailing it out on here.
Pelican has an air flow meter for like $700+. Is there somewhere I could look for a used one, or am I stuck calling around to yards and searching ebay?
Pelican has an air flow meter for like $700+. Is there somewhere I could look for a used one, or am I stuck calling around to yards and searching ebay?
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Glad I could help!! Definitely try to find a good used one, like my indie shop did for me at $150. Can't tell you where to call in your neck of the woods though, unless you are in the NYC metro area. Then you can go to my guy.
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That's a good point too, through all my trials and tribulations, my shop would give me known good parts (such as an Icv, etc) to swap in a try for a weekend, to see if it was the casue.