[MR2] Intermittent loss of power

[DAVIES, BARRY S (BARRY)]

Might be time for plugs/rotor/etc change but I don't think that is it,
as the problem is very intermittent, and when it happens it will
suddenly clear and performance is strong. Not likely that water is in
the wells unless he has been parking it under someones sprinkler system
(hasn't rained in PHX for a couple of months)
Barry 

-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Willis [mailto:te51levin at fastmail.fm] 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:27 PM
To: DAVIES, BARRY S (BARRY); mr2 at mr2.com
Subject: Re: [MR2] Intermittent loss of power

I'm coming in late, and I know I mention these every time anyone has a
driveability issue, but are the cap, rotor, wires and plugs all good? 
No chance of water in the plug wells?


On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 15:19:16 -0600, "DAVIES, BARRY S (BARRY)"
<daviesb at alcatel-lucent.com> said:
> But if the ignition were to lose connection completely, the motor 
> would die, which it doesn't. The only manifestation that something is 
> wrong is a slightly lower and lumpier idle at about 800 rpm, max rpm 
> of about 1600 feathering the throttle (too much and it dies) and then 
> not enough power to feed any load into the clutch without it dying
away again.
> thanks
> Barry
>  
> 
> 
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> 	From: JDeRyke at aol.com [mailto:JDeRyke at aol.com] 
> 	Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:48 AM
> 	To: DAVIES, BARRY S (BARRY); telek2 at att.net; mr2 at mr2.com
> 	Subject: Re: [MR2] Intermittent loss of power
> 	
> 	
> 	This may be reaching, but an intermittent complete loss of power
can 
> happen with a loose connection to the ignition switch. On my '92T, 
> occasionally the thing wil quit dead while running; reaching under the

> bottom of the dash, grabbing that main wire loom and tugging, it 
> starts running again- for days, weeks or months.  I also have similar 
> intermittent no-op from the 3-stage boost-override controls from HKS.
> Where's that vaunted 'superior Japanese electronics' we hear about?
> 	J DeRyke, unimpressed
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Aaron Willis
'85 AW11 7A-GE hybrid
'77 TE51 3T/2T-G project