Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:35:47 -0800 From: TimeRangernopsam.com Subject: Re: Weather Problems
On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:41:25 GMT, "Akito Inakazu" <akitonopsam.com> wrote: >My car seems to only have this problem when it wet outside and/or snowing. >It is a 9k CD Turbo. What happens is that after a few minutes of driving the >car in wet conditions, the car will miss and not run properly whenever the >turbo seems to kick in (according to the boost gauge) When it is dry outside >the car runs great accelerating smoothly, but not when wet. I have checked >the plugs and vacuum lines, they are okay, I thought they would be okay >cause the cars run fine when dry. Why would the moisture affect my car like >this? It used to run fine in the summer and fall(with rain), this only >started happening in the winter (whether rain or snow) Any ideas would be >greatly apprecieted, I need to get this fixed, as I am traiding cars with a >friends dad for a long trip. (we are taking his dad's car to florida, the >dad is getting my car.) What can I look at? >Any and all help would be great! >Thanks >Akito >(in Ontario... that's whay a long trip!) > Plug wires would be a great place to start. Let the engine warm up and (while stopped of course) lightly spray the wires with water from a spray bottle. -- "Our eyes and hands and feet will give us the same assistance in doing mischief as in doing good; but it would not therefore be better for the world, that all mankind were blind and lame. Arms are not to be laid aside by honest men, because carried by assassins and ruffians; they are to be used the rather for this very reason." -George Campbell