Desperation... any more ideas (16V problems)?

[brianm@earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

Your O2 sensor.
brian


On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Ryan H wrote:

> OK, I'm out of ideas.  Car runs in limp mode 90% of the time (progressively got worse).  If I turn it off then on, or nearly stall the engine, it goes normal for a few minutes.  I've replaced (or swapped) nearly everything I can think of (list below) that would be related.  Still nothing.  Anyone near Scranton PA that would be willing to help me with the car?  Like take it off my hands and try to fix it for however long it takes.  I'd pay $200 + whatever parts need to be replaced to anyone who could figure it out... really.
> 
> OK, here's the list of things done:
> New fuel filter (cheap one, though, but still...)
> New knock sensor
> Swapped knock boxes & ICM (tried 2 different ones)
> Swapped distrib/hall sender
> Swapped coil (part store only had 8V coil, but it still did the same thing... can't find a 16V coil to test with)
> Timed motor many times
> New rotor/cap
> New plugs/wires
> Swapped coolant sensor
> New main pump
> New transfer pump
> Hardwired FP relay
> Checked & cleaned as many connections as I could
> 
> This problem bothers me even more because the car runs sooo strong when it's normal.  When it's not, I can't even get to 4000+ rpm.  Geo Metros pass me like I'm stopped. :o
> 
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