Not sure what the charm is though.
Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
And how do I find out if a bad ballast resistor is what’s wrong?
There is a mechanic here, but I don’t know how much he would charge me to fix it.
I don’t have a Haynes (Haines?) Manual so I don’t know what a ballast resistor looks like.
Aardvarks are very good at digging.
Maybe we’ll go to the library after lunch; we’re almost out of animal books.
Haynes is correct.
Never had that problem but your symptoms might be here.
http://www.classictruckshop.com/clubs/earlyburbs/projects/trouble/ignition.htm
More than you ever wanted to know about ballast resistors.
Whatever you say to the mechanic, never, never, never tell him you suspect that you’re low on 710. You’ll get taken for sure.
;>)
LOL!
I guess if he tells me he needs a left-handed monkey wrench, I’m in real trouble, yes? ;o]
My experience with ballast resistors comes from Chrysler products. They used them to allow fuller voltage to the ignition system when starting, as that requires a different position of the ignition key switch so the electrical path can be different.
With a hotter spark, despite the starter pulling down the voltage, the car should start readily. Then releasing the key switch from the start position disengages the starter.
The changed electrical path then goes through the ballast resistor, reducing the voltage so that the components will last longer. If the car stops running at this point, you'll have to engage the starter again. This is the indication when your ballast resistor has failed. Basically, it's either good, or no good. It's just a piece of wire really.
But if your vehicle has one of these things in the engine compartment, you should have a spare to replace it if it should fail. Generally speaking, your car won't run without the ballast resistor.
But I don't think that's your problem. You said you could smell "raw gas". Your car is flooding at some point, making it hard to start, (and wasting gas).
Thanks! I actually understood that. :o])
Anybody else notice that recently three toed sloths have become pets? I’m seeing pictures of them lately after having gone for decades without their intrusion into my life.
Darks, I confess to using the Four Seasons song as a mnemonic device to remember the final “e” when posting to you.
Lol, uh oh.
So, she should make her ballast resistor sit in a corner?
Yes. I had a mechanic once who used left-handed monkeys to do the work. The labor costs were teriffic but I had to go back to get the repairs repaired all the time.
Dadgummit! I forgot to tose my clag.
Last week, we had a book about a sloth rescue and rehabilitation center in Costa Rica. They’re cute when they’re indoors and kept clean.
Not sure what the charm is though.
“Greetings from the Most Interesting Sloth in the World”
-A Dos Equis commercial
So, she should make her ballast resistor sit in a corner?
She should find out what the real problem is and not worry about the ballast resistor, if there is one.
I'm not that conversant with fuel-injection, but flooding shouldn't happen, especially heat-related flooding.
It sounds like maybe a sticking valve of some kind, one that's supposed to relieve fuel pressure after the fuel warms up by letting it flow back into the tank or something.
In a fuel-injected engine, no fuel should get into the cylinders until the circuits signal it to happen, so if fuel is escaping into the air enough to be smelled, then something's wrong.
I was just outside, and was talking to a mechanic, and he said it sounded like something electrical, and electrical was not his area of expertise.
So, I’m no better off than when I started. I guess I will just live with it.
Has the engine suddenly died while driving? what make and year?
He doesn't want to get involved.
You're having a fuel problem of some sort, and it needs to be resolved. Such problems don't get better on their own.
Was there anything in your smog test that indicated one section of the engine was not working as well as the other? Some engine computers gather information that doesn't get reported easily. Your car can't really talk to you, you know.
No, not since the starter was replaced two years ago.
‘92 Chevy Geo Tracker
They have inertia.
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