Craig
SHO Member
I've started a new thread that is a continuation of a previous thread, hoping that someone will see it and help me understand a little better. I'm not a mechanic.
I have an 89' SHO since 1990 that I've tried to maintain. I got it with 10K miles on it and I've really enjoyed the car. I am 70 and a pretty conservative driver.
The smoking happens when I come to a stop going down a grade, or going around a graded turn and coming to a stop, or just coming to a stop. The smoking may happen 3 times on a 15 mile trip doing errands around my small town. Recently, and it was the first time I had seen this, it smoked up when I had to accelerate hard merging into traffic on an interstate ramp. It did not seem to bother the acceleration of the car.
In the earlier post about smoking every once in awhile. NoSlo suggested that he would take off the throttle body and ensure each of the PCV pipes are clear and a drill bit can be passed through them, likewise the same inside the TB, run a wire through the three little holes untll they are clear.
I thought I would start with this. I've been to 4 mechanics so far. None of them has had any experience with this car. The fourth mechanic, a young guy with no experience with this car and without looking at the throttle body, suggested that the PVC pipes had broken down inside. I didn't feel like he knew what he was talking about.
Would you all please help me understand the suggestion by NoSlo. A description of the job would really help me in finding a mechanic for this job.
Thanks and thanks again to all of the people who particpated in the earlier thread.
Craig in a small Kentucky town
I have an 89' SHO since 1990 that I've tried to maintain. I got it with 10K miles on it and I've really enjoyed the car. I am 70 and a pretty conservative driver.
The smoking happens when I come to a stop going down a grade, or going around a graded turn and coming to a stop, or just coming to a stop. The smoking may happen 3 times on a 15 mile trip doing errands around my small town. Recently, and it was the first time I had seen this, it smoked up when I had to accelerate hard merging into traffic on an interstate ramp. It did not seem to bother the acceleration of the car.
In the earlier post about smoking every once in awhile. NoSlo suggested that he would take off the throttle body and ensure each of the PCV pipes are clear and a drill bit can be passed through them, likewise the same inside the TB, run a wire through the three little holes untll they are clear.
I thought I would start with this. I've been to 4 mechanics so far. None of them has had any experience with this car. The fourth mechanic, a young guy with no experience with this car and without looking at the throttle body, suggested that the PVC pipes had broken down inside. I didn't feel like he knew what he was talking about.
Would you all please help me understand the suggestion by NoSlo. A description of the job would really help me in finding a mechanic for this job.
Thanks and thanks again to all of the people who particpated in the earlier thread.
Craig in a small Kentucky town