Re: Idle-Problem From Hell -- SOLVED!

NoOption5L@xxxxxxx wrote:
On Dec 30 2007, 4:19 pm, NoOptio...@xxxxxxx wrote:

I hope you remember the story. (If not, you can refresh your memory
below.) You will NOT believe what the cause of the problem was! You
know those two little screws that attach the ignition module to the
distributor, they take a Torx wrench to tighten/loosen? The one
closest to my thermostat housing had worked its way lose. How, why I
don't know. While hunting/searching, again, all my vacuum lines for
leaks, I just happened to notice the little screw lying in the
[screw's] deep mounting hole in the ignition module. The screw was
blocked from completely falling out because the end of it would bump
into the thermostat housing. I twisted the distributor around and
tightened the screw, not knowing what effect it would have on the
car. Then took the car for a little test drive afterwards and the
idle problem didn't appear, and it has been a couple weeks now and the
car has run perfectly -- not a single hiccup in the idle. Just a
coincidence? At this point, I'd bet the house it's not.

Okay, now who's going to claim these screws being loose was their
second guess? :-)

Patrick

Pfffff, I knew it the whole time. I was just waiting to see if you could find it yourself....

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