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06-23-2020, 09:05 AM | #1 |
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Classic condenser failure?
Did a 60 mile run visiting family Saturday. Cruising up the main road at around 50mph, I sensed a slights misfire. Further on I went to pass a tractor and it was slow to pick up. Long story short, it got progressively worse. The last 5 miles home we're at around 20mph and it would not respond to wide throttle opening.
Next morning it roared down the road. |
06-23-2020, 09:12 AM | #2 |
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Re: Classic condenser failure?
I had one fail on me and it just quit all together, no warning, no sputtering, just quit.
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06-23-2020, 09:25 AM | #3 |
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Re: Classic condenser failure?
Either that or the coil.
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06-23-2020, 09:34 AM | #4 |
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Re: Classic condenser failure?
Yep, exactly. I'd suggest you swap ONE piece at a time.
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06-23-2020, 09:47 AM | #5 |
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Re: Classic condenser failure?
"Next morning it roared down the road."
I believe he got her figured-out! DD |
06-23-2020, 09:54 AM | #6 | |
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condensers generally just crap out. Period. My 2¢.
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06-23-2020, 10:17 AM | #7 |
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Re: Classic condenser failure?
Glad Skip did my coil. Good piece of mind if nothing else.
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06-23-2020, 10:44 AM | #8 |
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Re: Classic condenser failure?
Definitely coil. Works when cool; fails when hot. Condenser failure is instantaneous and does not come back.
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06-23-2020, 10:55 AM | #9 |
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06-23-2020, 10:56 AM | #10 | |
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Occasionally they fail "partially" and when that happens, the same symptoms of a failing coil occur. I agree his issue is probably the coil but still advise one piece be swapped at a time.
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06-23-2020, 11:07 AM | #11 | |
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GUYS …...READ! Jembow is TRYING to 'learn' y'all something about the symptoms of a faulty CONDENSER. He didn't once ask opinions of what we thought was wrong! He made NO mention of a possible COIL problem! He had the car fixed and 'roaring down the road' the next morning! DD |
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06-23-2020, 11:37 AM | #12 | |
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The title to his thread was a question. In his post, he said nothing about it being repaired, only that it roared down the road the next day. A faulty coil, once cooled off, will be fine until it gets hot again. You know that. I sure do from a bad personal experience in bad part of town decades ago. A guy tends to learn quickly when he's in a dangerous situation. But, I digress. I'm guessing Jembow will weigh back in here. Now I'm especially curious Hey Coop, there's a chicken dinner riding on this...
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06-23-2020, 11:38 AM | #13 | |
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06-23-2020, 11:45 AM | #14 | |
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Well, I like Popeye's! We'll see what Jembow says. Certainly wouldn't be the first time I wuz full of it! DD |
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06-23-2020, 11:51 AM | #15 |
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Re: Classic condenser failure?
I did nothing, it worked next morning when it had cooled down. I have a replacement coil & condenser bought from one of the vendors - it is marked HAI, does that mean it's a Skip coil?
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06-23-2020, 12:06 PM | #16 | |
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06-23-2020, 12:41 PM | #17 |
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I also like Popeye's... you can send a certificate
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06-23-2020, 02:22 PM | #18 |
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HAI, means it is a skip coil that he rebuilt August,2019.
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06-23-2020, 04:25 PM | #19 |
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Micheal, is there a code in those letters,
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06-23-2020, 04:31 PM | #20 |
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Thanks 35fordtn, the coil was bought from you via my friend Roger.
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