Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 14:49:22 +0200 From: "Kenneth Strömberg" <kennopsam324.swipnet.se> Subject: SV: 900 turbo electrical questions?
Hi. i shouldnt be to worried as long as it is the green zone. Ken. Kirk Johnson <kirknopsamguy.com> skrev i diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:3745A2D5.F609380Dnopsamguy.com... > I have an '89 turbo convertable, which I killed a deer with last > november. I had it repaired by a local body shop, which did a wonderful > job. I noticed two strange behaviors since I got it back. One is that > under heavy boost the engine misfired and choked. Second, after a period > of time the temp gauge does not register where it used to at normal > operating temperature. The temp gauge used to reside right in the middle > of the green zone, now it resides between 1/4 and 1/3 of the way into > the green zone. > > In the search of the boost related problem, I found the the body shop > installed the leads to my ingnition coil backwards! I swapped them. It > is running great now. But the temp gauge still does not seem to read > properly. Is it possible that installing the coil leads backwards caused > some elecrical funkyness? Are there any other problems that could of > occured because of this? > > Thanks, Kirk >