Re: A V-6 FI Poser

[Ray Cordova <cordovar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George,
The performance symptom sounds exactly like something that happened to me 
recently with my GTV 6.  It turned out that the flap in the AFM was ever so 
gently getting stuck.  When you touch the throttle you open the throttle body 
butterfly letting in air, but the AFM doesn't signal the need for more fuel so 
the engine goes *way* lean causing the stumble (or kill if you keep it up).  My 
car did it after having been stuck in a traffic jam, i.e., high underhood 
temperature.  I just cleaned up the AFM real well and it hasn't happened again - 
of course I haven't been in any traffic jams recently either.  I suspect that 
the angle of your car when it's resting on a up hill is causing the gentle jam.  
BTW, when mine did get stuck, just touching it lightly (I was checking for free 
movement) moved it and resulted in normal performance.  Hope this helps.

-Ray
'84 GTV 6
San Diego

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You wrote:
When I park my GTV-6 on an incline (even a slight one) with the nose 
pointing up the incline for any period of time (a few minutes doesn't 
seem to have any effect, but a couple of hours will cause this) the 
car, seemingly, has NO fuel pressure. It will start and idle, but will 
only stumble without ever increasing engine speed if I open the 
throttle. Shutting the engine off, and restarting has so far cleared 
the problem. Otherwise the car runs great.?????!!!!!!! 
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