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05-23-2014, 01:15 PM | #16 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
the grease is probably oil that seaped past the internal seal and cooked there
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05-24-2014, 07:30 PM | #17 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
It was the Distributor !
I drove the Metro into town today, went shopping and Garage sale'ing and not one single cough or miss. Must have put 90 miles on it, starting / stopping, killing the engine innumerable times, starting it up, up hills - down hills - all the conditions where I saw intermittent missing before and it drives as it used to before last winter. The Distributor is the LAST THING I would have thought causing the intermittent missing. Especially with it not having any obvious defects in the rotor vanes or the coil's appearance. I must assume it is the electrical coil within it that is 'bad'. Murphy's Law. So - I hate to toss the old Distributor in the Trash. Don't know who would want it, though. Wonder if NAPA would send it back to whoever rebuilds these things for Metro's ? Shame to toss it.....it is a nicely machined piece of equipment and becoming rarer each year. Unless the Metro starts acting up again in a while - this should be the end of my tale. DoctorBill
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
your welcome
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05-24-2014, 08:37 PM | #19 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
Oh !
Sorry Crvett69 - you did say you suspected the Distributor back when I first posted this Thread......! Thank you for the advice. I actually missed that ! Thought I had fingered it out myself by a process of elimination. Guess I was full of "elimination" as it were. Thanks for your help on this issue. I was actually considering getting rid of the Phoenix ! Imagine that ! DoctorBill
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
check second post on the 1st page
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05-26-2014, 06:18 PM | #21 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
Unless the missing starts up again, I think this posting will end this thread.
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10-08-2014, 06:47 PM | #22 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
Missed this post when it came out how is the Phoenix running now DoctorBill? Glad you were able to figure it out-have throughly enjoyed your past posts, especially LIFE AFTER DEATH RINGS-
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10-13-2014, 11:54 AM | #23 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
I know it's a little late, but it could have been bad gas. Hard to check for that!
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11-04-2014, 04:42 PM | #24 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
It was a "bad" distributor, for sure !
Crvett69 predicted it was the distributor and sure enough, he was right. The Phoenix runs perfectly now. It is just slowly rusting away. Soon I'll be driving the frame around w/o any body. The krap they put on the roads in Spokane, WA to melt the snow and Ice eats cars up for breakfast. You need a car made of Platinum. DB
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11-29-2014, 06:20 PM | #25 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
yeah as far as my metro is concerned I'm lucky to live on the west side of the cascades-less salt on the roads over here-
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11-29-2014, 10:52 PM | #26 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
im on this side of them too and only metros i see with rust come down from canada or east coast usually. i get metro bodies in all the time Dr Bill. you could always get one with a bad motor and put yours into it or look for one over there with same issue but less/no rust and swap it
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11-30-2014, 01:02 PM | #27 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
No....I am too old to be doing things like swapping parts between two Metros.
When (if) this old Phoenix finally dies, I am thinking of looking into a used Suzuki Swift. I have a lot of respect for Suzuki cars. DoctorBill
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11-30-2014, 02:21 PM | #28 | |
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Re: '93 Geo Metro Problem - Intermitant and Enigmatic
if you change your mind it is one of the easiest ones to do. a straight engine swap takes me about 3.5-4 hours
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