THE CAR IS A 1993 ELDORADO,4.9L AUTOMATIC.
WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THE CAR IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING.AFTER YOU GOT IT STARTED IT WOULD SMOOTH OUT ONCE YOU GOT GOING,AS LONG AS YOU TOOK IT EASY ON IT.
AFTER THE PROBLEM PRESISTED I UNHOOKED THE VAC. FROM THE MAP SENSOR AND AT LEAST IT WOULD STAY RUNNING AT IDLE AS BEFORE IT WOULD NOT.
SO AT THE FINDING OF THIS I REPLACED THE MAP SENSOR.FOR A FEW MOMENTS THIS HELP,BUT DID NOT FIX.
SO I TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE TO HAVE THE COMPUTER READ,FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON.THEY TOLD ME WITCH TERMINALS TO JUMP OVER FOR THE SELF TEST.
IN DOING SO INSTEAD OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHING OUT A TROUBLE CODE,THE DIGITAL READOUT ON THE DASH THAT TELLS YOU YOUR TEMP,OIL LIFE,ECT.IT READ "SET TIMING MODE".
IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT THIS MEANS IT WOULD BE A BIG HELP.
THANK YOU... Forum: diplofix.com - De: JAYROCK - Date: 2008-10-02 23:37:38