Car dieing additinal info.

[Ken Kelly]

Rodger,
	A friend bought his son a used Cavalier. It had the same
problem. It would occasionally remain locked, after the PCM
tried to unlock it. He was told this was a common problem
and required replacing the Torque converter. The labor cost
with front wheel drive was very high, so He took the cheap
route and disconnected the TCC! If it never locks there is
no problem unlocking it! I don't recommend that solution,
since I think with your power levels you would overheat the
trans fluid.

		Ken

Roger Heflin wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Ward wrote:
> 
> > Sure sounds like a TCC problem, The clutch is constructed like an odl style
> > manual xmish clutch so it sure woud cause a stall if locke or draging, if
> > this is the case the MAP values should be higher than normal, indicating a
> > high load.
> >
> > Sure points out the value of the scan data over subjective observations.
> >
> > Ward
> 
> I think the MAP values are higher, I seem to remember them being 17-18
> and they are running more like 20-21 at idle, and the fuel is way up,
> ie before the fuel was 1.8-2.1 ms at idle it is running more like
> 2.8-3.0 at idle now with no obvious gas smell.
> 
> Now the real question is, is the torque convertor clutch dead, or the
> solenoid driving it, or are the fluid passages somehow clogged.
> 
>                                 Roger