1982 imperial acceleration and valve melting problems!!!!!

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

The valve is present to control the flow of cool air from the air pump (AIR
system).  If the valve melted, you are getting exhaust gas backing up into
the system somehow, and a blocked converter is one possibility, but there
are many others.  Your car has 3 Catalytic converters, if it is an EFI car.
You are going to have to take this problem to a professional smog test
station and have them diagnose it for you.  If you just start replacing
parts yourself, you could waste hundreds of dollars and still not find the
problem.

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: Ivica Dropulic <ivicadropulic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 12:44 PM
Subject: IML: 1982 imperial acceleration and valve melting problems!!!!!


> I have a 1982 Imperial and i have a few problems.  First,  it has a
problem
> accelerating,  when its cold its okay,  when it warms up,  and you floor
the
> gas,  it takes a long time to get up to speed,  but if you press slowly
its
> better.   Also,  what is that valave that is attached to the air pump.  i
> replaced it once and put another one on and it melted the same day.  Does
my
> imperial have two catalitic converters,  could one of them be clogged?
> Could that be casuing both problems?
>
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