Posted by Chris T on April 30, 2005 at 11:10:48 from 66.183.136.25
Hi,
Thanks to all those who gave advice on my last posting. My main fuel pump was replaced and seems to have solved the loss of power problem. The next issue -when driving, it does surge a bit or 'hesitates' - a similar feeling to when a car is about to stall at low rpm/wrong gear, but its not and otherwise drives fine. Is it just in bad need of a tune-up, or would that be something else?
More importantly, now that I've had the car for at least a day, I was able to give it a more thorough rust inspection.
The good news:
- No rust found under doors, in trunk, or windows.
- I didn't pull the carpet all the way back behind the pedals, but from the peak I took, it looked very clean.
- DS rear foorwell: very clean
- PS rear footwell: a bit damp, and some mold under carpet (obviously a small leak) but no signs of any rust...yet.
No So Good News
- light surface rust under hood - at one seam and along the edges of some ovals & holes. (but this is me being anal and getting very close with a light)
Bad News (of course)
- Fair bit of rust under battery (just the self, it hasn't begun growing up the sides yet). I have heard that this is not uncommon and not a huge deal.
- But worse, its spread along surface of frame rail and a bit inside. I now believe this is connected to the worst rust I've found to date - some rust at the end of the frame rail under the DS seat - so perhaps the entire DS Frame rail has rust on it/in it.
- I suspect that something happened that was not taken care of - battery leak or spill that ran along and into frame rail.
- This is a huge pain, if only because all the rust up to this point was very minor and would have been very cheap to do. Now I have an 'issue'.
- I'm bringing it anyways to have a pro rust guy look at it, but any thoughts - perhaps sell it and wait for a more perfect one before I invest too much (new paint, mechanical work etc...), or just fix it.
Take Care,
Chris