GEORGEBOOTH
11-03-2007, 09:37 PM
OK NEW THREAD FOR a monumental occasion:
my 99 grand w/3.8 THAT I THREW THE WORLD AT
BECAUSE OF STALLING APPEARS TO FINALLY BE FIXED.
I HIRED A TECH OUT OF THE SF. BAY AREA BY THE NAME OF DAVE
WHO TOOK THE TIME TO TRY AND SOLVE MY PROBLEM.
ORIGINALLY BELIEVED TO BE THE DREADED CRACKED TRANS
FLEXPLATE CAUSING A MIS SYNC OF THE CRANK/CAM SENSOR
IT ACTURALLY TURNS OUT TO BE A BAD MAP SENSOR. WHILE DRIVING
THE VAN, HE HAD A SCOPE HOOKED UP TO THE SENSOR, TAKING A MOVIE
OF THE MAP SENSOR AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE SENSOR HAD A HUGE
GLITCH IN THE WAVE PATTERN RIGHT WHERE THE STALL WAS. HE REPLACED
THE SENSOR $115 for the part( WHICH WAS REALLY GUNKY FROM
OIL . THE SENSOR WOULD SHUT OFF THE FUEL AND THE VAN WOULD STALL OR HICKUP REALLY BAD.. WELL FOR ANYONE IN THE BAY AREA NEEDS
A GOOD TECK ASK AND I'LL POST IT FOR THIS GUY IS A GODSEND.
my 99 grand w/3.8 THAT I THREW THE WORLD AT
BECAUSE OF STALLING APPEARS TO FINALLY BE FIXED.
I HIRED A TECH OUT OF THE SF. BAY AREA BY THE NAME OF DAVE
WHO TOOK THE TIME TO TRY AND SOLVE MY PROBLEM.
ORIGINALLY BELIEVED TO BE THE DREADED CRACKED TRANS
FLEXPLATE CAUSING A MIS SYNC OF THE CRANK/CAM SENSOR
IT ACTURALLY TURNS OUT TO BE A BAD MAP SENSOR. WHILE DRIVING
THE VAN, HE HAD A SCOPE HOOKED UP TO THE SENSOR, TAKING A MOVIE
OF THE MAP SENSOR AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE SENSOR HAD A HUGE
GLITCH IN THE WAVE PATTERN RIGHT WHERE THE STALL WAS. HE REPLACED
THE SENSOR $115 for the part( WHICH WAS REALLY GUNKY FROM
OIL . THE SENSOR WOULD SHUT OFF THE FUEL AND THE VAN WOULD STALL OR HICKUP REALLY BAD.. WELL FOR ANYONE IN THE BAY AREA NEEDS
A GOOD TECK ASK AND I'LL POST IT FOR THIS GUY IS A GODSEND.