SARGEPUG

So this plunger theory wouldn't apply to my gen?

theiceman

No you don't have a fuel distributor, that's for cis cars.

SARGEPUG

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!

theiceman

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.

SARGEPUG

Thanks Ice and for your help! It's a major relief and great feeing, to finally have my car really back!!
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...

theiceman

Glad she is up and running ... have the old part for the shelves ?

SARGEPUG

HA! Good question and no. He's probably going to keep it and refurb, unless it's totally shot??
I don't care either way

irobertson

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.

SARGEPUG

Thanks and it wasn't me that figured it out, was the mechanic! I even posted on here and Pelican since the beginning, and not one person suggested it as the culprit! Get your hands on a good used one and swap it out, see how she runs then.....

lightemup67

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?

Amber Gramps

Holy Crap!!! Rusnak sent me one for FREE years ago. It's sitting there quietly waiting for this day to happen to me.

SARGEPUG

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.

theiceman

Ian if you were local im sure randy at whale tail would let you put one on and rip up and down the street.

SARGEPUG

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.