Stanley
4th Gear Poster
Well, I called and checked in and they said it's running. It turns out they got the parts I told them to order in early today and, understanding that I was in a hurry, just went ahead and started the work in the order we talked about earlier (which is on me: I never got the chance to update them and give them the writeup Mike made above, though you can be sure I saved it for the future).
They changed out the IAC and it didn't help, then the fuel pressure regulator, and that didn't help. So they swapped the computer, and now it starts. The guy did say though that it wants to die if you take the foot off the gas: he suspects this is because as a new computer, it needs more calibration data still. He drove it around the block, and has it idling at the moment. While he didn't rule out that there might be something else wrong, it does run now whereas it didn't even start before.
I'll be heading down tomorrow to pick it up. I'll probably take it to a local guy that I trust who has more experience with older cars here, but hopefully it makes it home without an issue first.
They changed out the IAC and it didn't help, then the fuel pressure regulator, and that didn't help. So they swapped the computer, and now it starts. The guy did say though that it wants to die if you take the foot off the gas: he suspects this is because as a new computer, it needs more calibration data still. He drove it around the block, and has it idling at the moment. While he didn't rule out that there might be something else wrong, it does run now whereas it didn't even start before.
I'll be heading down tomorrow to pick it up. I'll probably take it to a local guy that I trust who has more experience with older cars here, but hopefully it makes it home without an issue first.
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