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I wouldn't know. The 2.5's I've owned are where they belonged in the 1st place. SCRAPPED!!!

It's not good for the MPG's cold engines never run as lean as normal temp. I'd cover some of that rad. at least until the weather gets warmer.

I would change the head bolts. They do streach with time

Great info Porc! I'm copying that for my records. Wife's imp is a 99 2.2 Thanks!

Isn't there a main ignition fuse in the pass. compt. fuse box? Have you checked that one?

Looks like the fuel lines are reversed. The line coming off the filter to the engine belongs on the top line at the engine. I don't understand how that's working?

"Ocassionally I have pumped the accelerator and it's caught but generally not. Then I try the next day and it starts straight up". I'm thinking fuel pressure loss with the engine off. The pressure is leaking down and takes some time to built back up. Tee in a pressure gauge to the fuel line, run it, shut it off and let it sit, overnight. It should hold the pressure. If not you gota find the leak. Make sure 1st the gauge setup isn't leaking. Sometimes the injectors leak down.

Manuals don't have egr's so they don't have a CEL code for egr. CEL is for alot of other sensors you do have. I'm not sure on the press sensors but my guess is you should have one.

Try filling the tank. Zero out the tripodmeter. Drive till less than 1/4 tank. Refill tank, record gallons and miles on tripodmeter. divide the miles by the gallons. that's your mpg.

I know what you mean. I'm lucky what I can't do I know a guy 25 years now that does it. Most people don't have the luxaury of being picky on who works on their cars. It's a real crap shoot. The more I think about your situation the better the idea of pushing the issue of incorrectly adjusted valves sounds. Of course I mean if they can't fix the idle. That maybe your ace card. As much as you may want to get away from these guys stick with them until they fix it.

Isn't that little vent on the rim of the OEM stat (the above mention jiggle pin) to help in purging any air in the system? The after markets don't have that. Soobs are hard enough to vent with the OEM stats. I would think some of the problems with the after markets are due to air pockets.

There really aren't any big special issues that I know of with the cars your looking at. A 2.2 w/ a stick is going to serve you quite well. The high mileage means you'll have issues due to time / mileage, alt. / p/s / exhaust but that's the case with any car. My opinon I'd rather do those things to a soob than any other car. They are the easiest cars I ever worked on. Setup very well for ease of repair and maint. They are hard to find, nobody wants to part with them!

For what its worth the p/s pump in my 97 ob seized at around 170,000 miles. No noise no warning. Left me stranded at 2AM on rt 90 north in NY. Might want to consider getting your soob a new one, sounds like you intend to keep it for awhile.

You've come to the right place. I can't help you with details but someone will. First thing I would do is find a vin loaction on the car. That is look around. In the engine compartment, I've seen vins on the paint ID plate. Might be worth taking a peek under the rug on the dash if all else fails. Match it to the vin you have now. If they match and it conflicts with the car you need to ask about the history because someone did something at sometime to change the car from original.

$150 seems fine to me.

You maybe on to something there when you mentioned they had you driving around with incorrectly adjusted valves. Burned vavle seats would cause what your experiencing and at higher speeds you probaly wouldn't notice. I'd float that by them if only to watch their faces change!

I cushion the sproket with strips of old inner tube and use a chain wrench works fine. Looks dangerous.

You mentioned you changed axles. Make sure those axle nuts are tight. I had one back off I me one time. Don't know how, it looked staked really good. It took quite awhile for it to happened. Anyway the outside pad was worn way down from the wheel trying to get off the shaft. The brake pedal felt lower than normal but still firm. As mentioned your master maybe starting to leak internally, you won't see the leak but you'll feel it in the pedal. Pump the brakes till they get hard, then press hard if they don't stay frim for a few seconds I'd suspect the master.

I thinks it just cleans the injectors real good. Injector cleaners fuel the motor with just the cleaner from arosol cans. That doesn't hurt the motor. Clean injectors will improve mpg. The dirter they are the bigger the improvment. It would be interesting to stop using it after awhile to see if the mpg goes down or if it stays the same because the injectors are cleaner. My 2 cents

Your story sounds like dejvu all over again to me. Nurse it. It may last a long time. Last one I had lasted 6 months, would have lasted longer had I changed the themostat.

Living on the edge!!

Welcome to the cult. I've got a 97OB also. Great car. Hope you enjoy yours as much and more.

I've got a similar issue with my leg. I've been driving an OB for 4 years got used to the height. I'm going to change the struts for ob struts and put the ob's 15 tires on it. Something to consider.

I've never been treated as badly by a soob as I have by a woman. You also can't run a woman until she seizes! (Sorry I couldn't resist the response)

The 2.5 intake bolts up to a 2.2 they are the same engine.