Re: alfa-digest V7 #894

[Pottree@domain.elided]

In a message dated 7/20/99 4:46:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

<< problem is as follows: the last two times I've driven my ('85)
 GTV-6 (both very hot and humid days), my throttle has cut out completely
 while the car has been at speed and running awhile. The car doesn't stall;
 it just simply stops getting gas while I have the gas (air?) pedal
 depressed. The car will slow, and then the throttle will kick in again.
 Originally, the problem only cropped up when I had the A/C on, and would
 stop if I shut the A/C down. On my last drive, however, the problem
 persisted even after I turned the A/C off. On my way home in the evening,
 however, after the tempreature had cooled down to the low '80s, high '70s,
 the problem did not reoccur. At all times, the car has shown no signs of
 overheating.
  >>

A very similar problem (and also attempt to avoid it by driving through a 
blistering central California from Reno, NV to LA one summer's day sans AC) 
on my BW's Milano was ultimately traced to a short on the AFM circuit board: 
the fuel cutoff switch (looks like a small clock hand) was ever-so-slight 
bent downward by an unknown force associated with the PO and under certain 
conditions it was shorting out on the board itself, momentarily starving the 
engine of fuel.  After months of searching, bending it back into place, a 
two-second procedure requiring no tools and no parts, fixed the problem.  
After looking at everything on the car including the air filling the tires, 
this was diagnosed by a sharp-eyed wiz comparing our AFM to another on a 
bench.  Fred di goes for volt meters, but a young set of eyes is also a big 
help sometimes!

Hope your problem is as easily solved once located!

Charlie
El Lay, CA, USA
84 GTV6
87 75

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