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Hi guys,
Question if I may. My warranty (bumper to bumper) is 250 miles from going bye bye.. Anyways. I took it in last week for a switch and trim piece repair (free).
Thing is, its also got this problem with the idle. Of course, Ford said it didnt really see it. Here is what happens.
Cars cold (no probs)
Cars heats up.. (idle is ok, but seems unsmoooth) .. Fan on radiator kicks on. Idle goes down to almost 0 then car seems to realize its dying and goes up to norm.. Then down, then up, then down, then up.. Sometimes this is severe, sometimes not so severe.
Now, with my limited knowledge on rotary cars, i'd say its either:
a) Bad air control valve or... (for load.. but, not like the fan pulls a load and a/c wont make it happen)
low voltage (wish these cars had voltage guage)
c) bad regulator on alternator?? (my rx-7 had an internal one that went bad as it got hot) - but, would dropping juice cause fluctuation like that? I wouldnt think.
another thing. Just today, when it was doing it, I turned the wheel and the dash battery light flashed for like a microsecond.
NOW... when ford had it, they said they could never find a voltage drain or anything. They said it was fine. No codes. BLAH BLAH
* Anyways, i want to get this fixed before the warranty is gone! What can I tell Ford to check? * Should I hang out there till it starts to do it to prove my point?
Thanks for any input
Question if I may. My warranty (bumper to bumper) is 250 miles from going bye bye.. Anyways. I took it in last week for a switch and trim piece repair (free).
Thing is, its also got this problem with the idle. Of course, Ford said it didnt really see it. Here is what happens.
Cars cold (no probs)
Cars heats up.. (idle is ok, but seems unsmoooth) .. Fan on radiator kicks on. Idle goes down to almost 0 then car seems to realize its dying and goes up to norm.. Then down, then up, then down, then up.. Sometimes this is severe, sometimes not so severe.
Now, with my limited knowledge on rotary cars, i'd say its either:
a) Bad air control valve or... (for load.. but, not like the fan pulls a load and a/c wont make it happen)

c) bad regulator on alternator?? (my rx-7 had an internal one that went bad as it got hot) - but, would dropping juice cause fluctuation like that? I wouldnt think.
another thing. Just today, when it was doing it, I turned the wheel and the dash battery light flashed for like a microsecond.
NOW... when ford had it, they said they could never find a voltage drain or anything. They said it was fine. No codes. BLAH BLAH
* Anyways, i want to get this fixed before the warranty is gone! What can I tell Ford to check? * Should I hang out there till it starts to do it to prove my point?
Thanks for any input
