Hey Loyalists,
First off, I want to say she is ok...I got her an oil change and she runs
better than ever...next week i will get her exhaust fixed...i plan to put
duals with about 2.5" pipes....
Secondly, that is the exact thing my baby does...i mean all the way down to
the womp...womp...womp...I mean the exact same cold morning behavior...She
will start up..quit...start up and go she's fine...I'm perplexed....
>From: "Brad Hogg" <bhogg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: "IML" <Mailing-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: IML: Another Interesting Engine Mystery
>Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 11:41:03 -0600
>
>As long as we are sharing our various engine mysteries, here is mine...
>
>I drive a 1978 with a 400 and when the temperature gets down close to
>freezing, it exhibits the following. If you start the engine cold (and it
>gets started cold every time because it has no block heaters) it starts
>VERY
>well, runs for about 10 to 20 seconds (this time decreases as temperature
>falls), and then it seems to begin missing on one cylinder and slowly goes
>into this "woomp, woomp, woomp" mode. If the temperature isn't all that
>cold, the engine will eventually straighten out and run fine. If it is
>colder, the engine will eventually die. This is the strange part.
>Regardless of the outside temperature, if I start the car, let it go into
>it's "woomp, woomp" routine, and head off down the street, it will miss
>like
>that all the way up until the point where the transmission shifts into
>second gear. The instant it shifts, the engine runs perfectly and it will
>do so from that point on, regardless of what gear the transmission is in.
>
>Any clues?
>
>
>
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