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Re: Runs like crap when hot. #944406 05/03/04 03:39 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 411 SoCal - Go Lakers! V vudusvt_dup1 CEG\'er
vudusvt_dup1 CEG\'er V Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 411 SoCal - Go Lakers!	Originally posted by mbb41: ....As for the secondairies being stuck open? Car would run like crap even when cold. More so then really. What I meant was, some people's 2ndaries only get stuck open (or closed, sometimes) in HOT weather. In other words, when the temps are mild, the 2ndaries work perfectly. It's a problem related to the IMRC getting waaaay to hot to function properly- in hot weather. Right now in socal, I'm having this problem during the day. At night, however, they work just fine. -Chuck Dienzo Black 98.5 E1 SVT #5022 of 6535 Born on March 16, 1998 "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason."

Re: Runs like crap when hot. #944407 05/06/04 07:29 AM
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,960 Proud to live in America M MarkO_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
MarkO_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er M Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,960 Proud to live in America	Originally posted by vudusvt: If it's only running like crap when it's hot, your 2ndaries may be stuck open. This doesn't always trigger a CEL, but if that's the problem, the code is in there somewhere.... How does this have anything to do with his problem ? A 'cooked' imrc box will prevent the secondaries from opening and might keep them pinned open (maybe on the last one) but as he stated the car runs fine when cold, thats unlikely to be the issue. -edit- Grant, what are the codes ?? Last edited by MarkO; 05/06/04 07:30 AM. Bless our servicemen & women overseas. L.Cpl Ian Malone, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, R.I.P.

Re: Runs like crap when hot. #944408 05/06/04 08:47 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 411 SoCal - Go Lakers! V vudusvt_dup1 CEG\'er
vudusvt_dup1 CEG\'er V Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 411 SoCal - Go Lakers!	I misunderstood his meaning of "hot". Now I see that he meant the engine temp. I thought he meant "hot weather"- which IS my problem right now. I thought we may be having the same problem, but mine's just crappy under 4k rpm- when the weather is hot. Sorry for the confusion. EDIT mbb41, my car runs fine when the engine's cold too- presumably because the IMRC isn't cooked yet. Last edited by vudusvt; 05/06/04 08:52 AM. -Chuck Dienzo Black 98.5 E1 SVT #5022 of 6535 Born on March 16, 1998 "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason."

Re: Runs like crap when hot. #944409 05/09/04 03:20 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 888 D dbird_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er
dbird_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 888	And a good way to test the box for overheating is to go to radio shack and buy a can of the stuff that electronics guys spray on to the circuit of an electronics instrument that they are working on that does not work right when hot... they used to use freon R-12 before it was outlawed.. dont know what they have in the cans now, but it will cool down an electronics object and let it run correctly again so they will know what to replace...

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