Ditto;
First:Plan on working on it yourself. Too few people out there know as much
about these SHO's as this list.
Second: Thank the dealer and bring it home.
Not crank sensor. Period. They either work fine, or it dies completely. No
in-between, although it can be sporadic. Like runs fine one second / dead
the next.
Most likely culprits: oil in plug wells, shot plugs, wrong plugs, bad wires,
crossed wires or bad fuel pump.
Start with the easiest / most obvious to check.
Note: these do not leave computer codes!
But check codes anyway.. All you need is a paper clip and a little patience
and the shotimes FAQ., and the help of this list.
Good luck. We'll help.
Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
To: "Maury Alston" <freeze_0387@yahoo.com>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Diagnosis of 92 SHO
> If your crank sensor was bad your would have gotten to the Stealer
> at the back end of a tow truck.
>
> Likely you have bad plug wires, likely caused by oil in the spark
> plug wells.
>
> If you can't do it yourself (it isn't all that hard) get an independant
> repair shop that will replace the plug wires, clean out the plug
> wells out of the oil that is likely there to cause problems, and
> maybe replace the spark plugs with DOUBLE platium plugs.
>
> The intake manifold must be removed inorder to get the plug wires
> installed correctly. The first time is a challenge to get every
> thing reconnected, but after the third or fourth time it is only
> 10 minutes.
>
> If the oil leak into the spark plug wells is really bad, once the
> intake is off, the valve covers are easly removed and the valve clearences
> are easly checked and maybe adjusted, which should be done every
> 60,000 mi. If necessary, new plug well seals with new valve cover
> seals are available from AutoZone for only $70+/-
>
> regards, Jim White
>
>
> At Tuesday, 11 July 2006, Maury Alston <freeze_0387@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I have just come from a dealer having my SHO checked out. I have only
>>had this car a couple of weeks and it has not been the romance I
> had hoped.
>>Once the car gets warm, it starts to cut out, more specifically the
>>car will not accelerate in 1, 2, or 3rd gear. Once I get it to
> 4th, it
>>starts to pick up speed. I have put the petal all the way to the
> floor
>>and the engine doesn't rev. I take it to the dealer and after about 3
>>hours, they tell me they "think" it is the crank sensor and it will be
>>about $920 to fix. Has anyone else experienced this??
>>
>>Maury
>>
>>"Life's battles are not always won by the stronger or faster man, but
>>soon or late, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can!"
>>
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