*D'oh!*
-j.
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1991 Cherokee (149K "the fishbowl")
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From: "Bob Rentfro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "What year is the Acura? the 300D?"
>
> Bob Rentfro
> '77 300D 167K
> '87 Acura Legend 182K
> Litchfield Park, AZ
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] WAS Sludge Issues/Warranty Stuff NOW Today's Puzzler
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removed the lid for the air cleaner?
andrew strasfogel wrote:
> OK, I have a puzzler. Let's see how good you all are. FIist correct reply
> wins a FREE Puccini coffee (must be collected in Washington, D.C.)
>
> 1985 300CD. For the past week we plugged in the block heater and the car
> started instantly and perfectly in gtemps. as low as 10 degrees F.
> Yesterday, the alley was iced up so we had to park on the street overnight,
> with no way to plug in the block heater. Temp. was 17 degrees this AM with
> a wind chill of maybe 5. We glowed and kept glowing 10 seconds after the
> light went out. Engine turned but would not fire. Tried twice more, using
> the gas pedal, but to no avail! I had her pop the hood and try a fourth
> time while I watched - still turned but no dice. Battery was strong,
> fortunately. I stared at the engine, thought deeply and then fiddled with
> something in the engine area. I then myself tried to start it again using
> the same preglow procedure. This time the engine fired instantly and ran
> flawlessly.
>
> Question: What exactly did I do under the hood?
>
> Hint: I have never done this before or heard of this tactic being used as a
> technique for getting a balky diesel to start in cold weather. This doesn't
> prove or mean anything but then again, it might.
>
> Good luck, and apologies in advance if this puzzler is wya too elementary
> and an insult to the collective Okiebenz intelligence.
>
> ALS
>
> On 2/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 2/14/2007 7:58:23 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>> Looks like this dude has a Xferable warranty.
>> You reckon it's one offered by the dealer they charge a bizillion $s for
>> when you buy the vehicle?
>>
>> Would this be outside the years for sludge issues?
>>
>> http://phoenix.craigslist.org/car/277567380.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob,
>>
>> Jeez, that's right in your neighborhood. I went to the PHx library today
>> and checked the service bulletins in AllData again. It says models from
>> 98 to
>> 2001. The TSB was issued 12/5/2003. There may be later ones, but I
>> didn't
>> see any. The TSB did not discuss warranty pass throughs, though it did
>> caution dealers to check the FSS history for excessive mileage between
>> oil changes.
>> Apparently the PCM maintains an internal history of when the FSS was
>> reset,
>> and at what mileage on the oil.
>>
>> Jim Friesen
>> Phoenix AZ
>> 79 300SD, 264 K miles
>> 98 ML 320, 147 K miles
>>
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