Hi friends: Some answeres but questions also. In order of severity here are my problems.
- Stalling especially on first trip of day at about the 4 to 7 minute mark. Infact it is like the key is off for about 3 to 5 seconds while I am driving sometimes and if it comes to a stop can be real hard to start for a couple of minutes.
- High hydrocarbons at idle. just over limit Questionable gas milage 23 MPG city
- Rough idle (my mechanic says it really is not bad and not to worry about it)
- Battery dies after sitting maybe a month or less.
We have replaced cooling sensor, wires, plugs, not sure about the cap but it looks pretty good, Infact the last shop I took it to (had no gas analyser) said everything looks new, regaped my pretty new plugs and charged me $65(as well they should for thier time). The car was stalling everytime I stopped after a lot of tuning from my mechanic friend. I took it back to him and I think he detuned the timing a bit. Now the stalling is maybe 3 or 4 times in the morning a week. But bad stalls even at speed.
I was considering the hall effect (distributor pickup) but it is nearly $60 and I dont think it would make the car stall on que 5 minutes after starting first thing in morning only.
The choke is on my mind. I will try to check it but I dont know much about them. I am sitting here thinking...Ya i bet it is the dam choke.
Any thoughts on the four problems?
Also can I ask about my 91 dynasty? The battery is going dead after sitting for a long while....While I am driving my daughters car LOL. I saw a tip of pulling all the fuses and seeing if that fixes the problem. Sounds good.
We are selling the car but as I go to mexico often......... and I think this is a very solid little car............ and a pleasure if somewhat spartan to drive................. I may keep it for my trips and quite flying.
William From Vancouver BC PS A HUGE THANKYOU TO ALL THE POSTS MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE. IT HAS BEEN ENORMAOUS HELP even ones from 1996. i hope it is not bad ediquete to send to multiple groups...rec.autos.misc, rec.autos.tech, rec.autos.makers.chrysler, alt.autos.dodge