On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:18:39 -1000, lavarock7 who thought that every major
problem could be solved just with potatoes, wrote:

> Hans van Eynsbergen wrote:
>
>>
>> A good flame war can be fun though...
>>
>
> I may be good for those flaming or being flamed, but not necessarily for
> those who must endure them from the sidelines.

Agreed, and flame wars do tend to get out of hand and within a few days
everyone is fighting with everyone...
--
Hans

"Forty-two!"
"Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years of
work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly", said the computer...

 

> Hans van Eynsbergen wrote:

Agreed, and flame wars do tend to get out of hand and within a few days
everyone is fighting with everyone...

YEAH! AND ESPECIALLY WHEN MICHAEL PARDEE PUTS HIS
NOSE TO THE BACK OF YOUR POLYESTER WORK PANTS AS
YOUR PROCEED TO EXPEL YOUR HOT FOUL GUT ROT WHICH
WIDE EYED MICHAEL PROCEEDS TO SNIFF LIKE A LINE OF COCAINE.
THE LTTLE FART SNIFFER. RIGHT MICHAEL, I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH
BUT YOU ASKED FOR TOO MUCH FOR SUCH A ONE SIDED RELATIONSHIP.
IN ADDITION TO YOUR PERVERSION WITH HONDA CARS. BUT I'LL TELL
YA MR. PARDEE IS KNOWN TO USE A CAULKING GUN AND SHOOT A JAR
OF JIFFY PEANUT BUTTER UP HIS *** THEN JUMP ON THE HOODS OF HONDAS
AND SHOW OFF HIS PENMANSHIP GIFT WITH HIS .
RIGHT MICHAEL P A R DEE. EVERY TIME YOU'RE ON THE POT MICHAEL
YOU WILL BECOME OBSESSED AND START DOING THAT TO ALL HONDAS.

 

"Hans van Eynsbergen" <strangeways@FSCKSPAMplanet.nl> wrote in message
news:1kvwuf9e46nve.449aemanqimr$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:18:39 -1000, lavarock7 who thought that every major
> problem could be solved just with potatoes, wrote:
>
>> Hans van Eynsbergen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> A good flame war can be fun though...
>>>
>>
>> I may be good for those flaming or being flamed, but not necessarily for
>> those who must endure them from the sidelines.
>
> Agreed, and flame wars do tend to get out of hand and within a few days
> everyone is fighting with everyone...
> --
> Hans
>
They never seem to get anywhere, either, even when the people involved are
intelligent and decent people. For that reason I have tried to abstain from
political wars online and to discourage them in the auto groups I frequent.
(No coffee for me, though - sorry - my stomache doesn't like it.) I used to
participate but decided it was not a good thing.

Mike

 

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:30:08 +0100, Anonymous Remailer, who thought that
bourbon tasted like espresso and after 4 shots could not tell the
difference anymore, wrote:


> YEAH! AND ESPECIALLY WHEN MICHAEL PARDEE PUTS HIS
> NOSE TO THE BACK OF YOUR POLYESTER WORK PANTS AS
> YOUR PROCEED TO EXPEL YOUR HOT FOUL GUT ROT WHICH
> WIDE EYED MICHAEL PROCEEDS TO SNIFF LIKE A LINE OF COCAINE.
> THE LTTLE FART SNIFFER. RIGHT MICHAEL, I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH
> BUT YOU ASKED FOR TOO MUCH FOR SUCH A ONE SIDED RELATIONSHIP.
> IN ADDITION TO YOUR PERVERSION WITH HONDA CARS. BUT I'LL TELL
> YA MR. PARDEE IS KNOWN TO USE A CAULKING GUN AND SHOOT A JAR
> OF JIFFY PEANUT BUTTER UP HIS *** THEN JUMP ON THE HOODS OF HONDAS
> AND SHOW OFF HIS PENMANSHIP GIFT WITH HIS .
> RIGHT MICHAEL P A R DEE. EVERY TIME YOU'RE ON THE POT MICHAEL
> YOU WILL BECOME OBSESSED AND START DOING THAT TO ALL HONDAS.

All caps...
NO NEED TO SHOUT !

I can read...
*snicker*
http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Usenet/Etiquette/
--
Hans

"Forty-two!"
"Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years of
work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly", said the computer...

 

honda.lion...@gmail.com wrote:
> I figure I will try at least two more tanks of Chevron Techron; a
> compression test; maybe a completely new ECT (I have a lower mileage
> shiny looking one in the car now); trying a (free) emissions re-test
> after every major adjustment before I give up. Which I hate to do. Got
> that "mission" mentality at this point. I am learning a helluva lot
> very quickly though, so this exercise has value.

Fortunately for my wallet, and unfortunately for my automotive
education, I sold my beloved 91 Civic LX yesterday for a little less
than KBB "good condition" price, to a family who lives in the next
town over where emissions testing is not required and so did said they
did not care.

I have had my Civic on the market for a few weeks now. For the
archives, one owner older cars maintained decently sell quickly.

I am a little bummed, because I did not get to solve the problem. I
was all set designing a special O2 sensor test harness and testing
engine compression, too. OTOH, it was taking a lot of time. It has
made me contemplate more tools to tell me about FI durations; trim;
etc.

Forward with my new used 1993 Civic DX w/OEM cruise control.

 

Thus spake honda.lioness@gmail.com :

>My poor ol' 91 Civic's stickshift has long been prone to squeakiness.
>It recently started rattling, too. Too much play. So under the car I
>go. One bolt, two bushings to be replaced. From the looks of what was
>left of the old bushings, I got my money's worth.

17 years? Yeah, probably.

>
>Emissions troubleshooting still underway. You can ask me anything
>about the evaporative system now, though, and I bet I can answer
>intelligently.

Why do they have them?

>
>One other important thing: Malia and Sasha Obama's new rescue dog,
>should it be named "Frank" or "Moose"? Those are the choices with
>which they have come up so far. (Have the little girls planned for the
>possibility that said pooch may be a boy?)

"Squirrel". And get a second dog and name HIM "Moose".
--

- dillon I am not invalid

Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and Olympic Gold isn't the only
Gold I'm thinking of.

Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and when I'm on Maui, Wowwie.

 

Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpy...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >Emissions troubleshooting still underway. You can ask me anything
> >about the evaporative system now, though, and I bet I can answer
> >intelligently.
>
> Why do they have them?

Prior to the addition of this system, a significant amount of gasoline
in the fuel tank used to evaporate and contribute significantly to air
pollution along with loss of gasoline and so less miles-per-gallon.
(E.g. one site said about 20% of a vehicle's emissions would be from
evaporating gasoline in the tank.) Now, when the pressure in the fuel
tank gets high enough (on, for example, a hot day) some of this
evaporated gasoline is vented to a charcoal canister. The canister is
a holding tank for the fumes. It is is typically mounted on the
passenger side firewall under the hood. The charcoal in the canister
absorbs some of the fumes and is generally a holding tank. Under
certain operating conditions, the car's computer signals the canister
purge valve to open, and a hose from the engine intake/throttle body
sucks the fumes into the intake for burning. The hose on the bottom of
the typical canister vents to atmosphere, so that the vacuum placed on
the canister when the engine is drawing from it does not collapse it.

Probably the biggest practical lesson I got out of this study was not
to top off my fuel tank by going beyond one click at the fuel pump.
Evidently overfilling risks putting liquid gasoline into the charcoal
canister, causing vacuum leak type problems for the engine control
system and generally negating performance of the evap system.

blah blah. I am paraphrasing a buncha web sites.