hi everyone.
I'm looking at picking up an 01 with a 2.7. The owner said it ran great (with 169k miles) but he let it sit for a couple months and now it bogs when trying to accelerate (but once the RPMs are up it's good). He says the motor never has rattled, loses no coolant, has had regular 5k mile oil changes with Havoline (which I know from personal experience over many decades is a pretty decent, sludge resistant oil, even if not exactly the right thing for THIS engine), and I had him check keydance codes and all he's getting is that P1624 (battery recently disconnected) code. It has about 2/3 to 3/4 of a tank of gas and was frequently driven before then.
I'm going to look at it here in a couple days. I was wondering what y'all think I should be looking for?
I was thinking maybe the gas lost it's volatiles while sitting last summer (its in an area that gets pretty hot and it sits in the sun in the driveway) so maybe I could soup it up with a gallon of acetone?
That seems like the only thing that would match the symptoms (but not sure if that would throw a code or not).
If so much fumes had gone thru the charcoal vapor recovery canister that it got all varnished/plugged up, would that throw a code? If so which?
Any other ideas?
TIA,
-Kevin
I'm looking at picking up an 01 with a 2.7. The owner said it ran great (with 169k miles) but he let it sit for a couple months and now it bogs when trying to accelerate (but once the RPMs are up it's good). He says the motor never has rattled, loses no coolant, has had regular 5k mile oil changes with Havoline (which I know from personal experience over many decades is a pretty decent, sludge resistant oil, even if not exactly the right thing for THIS engine), and I had him check keydance codes and all he's getting is that P1624 (battery recently disconnected) code. It has about 2/3 to 3/4 of a tank of gas and was frequently driven before then.
I'm going to look at it here in a couple days. I was wondering what y'all think I should be looking for?
I was thinking maybe the gas lost it's volatiles while sitting last summer (its in an area that gets pretty hot and it sits in the sun in the driveway) so maybe I could soup it up with a gallon of acetone?
That seems like the only thing that would match the symptoms (but not sure if that would throw a code or not).
If so much fumes had gone thru the charcoal vapor recovery canister that it got all varnished/plugged up, would that throw a code? If so which?
Any other ideas?
TIA,
-Kevin