I suddenly lost power driving home, blown head gasket?
From: alfred@nyquist.bellcore.com (Alfred Kwan 21342) Subject: Re: Engine Woes… me too To: V093P9MD@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 10:03:28 -0400 (EDT) Cc: swedishbricks@me.rochester.edu Andre’ > lately. A year or so ago it did it once. At the time I figured the > Air mass sensor had failed (if you un plug it it goes into lip-home mode, and itit seems very simmilar to how the car was behaving). I had my “trusted” > mechanic check it out > ‘s, but I could barely get it up to 4000 RPM’s. The speed dropped > from 60 something to 40 MPH. I wasn’t worried about not getting > home, but it was not a pleasant experience. Sorry to hear that. I had kind of a similar problem on our 745T last year. We were on our way to a family barbecue with wife, baby, my brother, niece and nephew in the car. About 2 miles from home, all of a sudden, the car lost power. I was able to restart it but it won’t idle. Then the same story, I tried to gain speed by slowly letting the car gain RPM. …..
