Hi, new here.
About the car- Automatic, 2.3 EFI, 110k miles roughly, at least from what the prev. owner told me, had 89k miles when I bought it. but who knows if it was 89 or 189.?? right.
Recently rear ended, no obvious damage, not even mechanic could give an estimate, couldnt find anything wrong, but its caused a barrage of electrical and heating problems.. not sure if its a coincidence or if the jolt shook stuff loose, it was enough to shake my rear shocks loose.
Problems I'm having! -
*Car is only running roughly 160*, with a 192 (fairly new) OEM t-stat.
*Heater barely working.
*Battery seemingly drained over night after I spent the day finding a *water leak, carpet is soaked, theres obvious water puddles under carpet.... (Leak has been an ongoing thing only in colder months where I'm using heater.)
*Replaced with NEW battery- Car nearly dies when Defrost is turned on, Dash lights dim, idle drops to 500rpm.
I'm completely at a loss for what is going on here. We repaired a lot of vacuum lines when vents no longer worked, defaulted to Defrost.
If I gas it with heater on vent, it will send to defrost until i let off the gas....
I'm almost at a point of wanting to roll her off a cliff. LOL.
Oh yeah, My check engine light no longer works, it hasn't since we swapped to a '93 A4LD. So i can't run codes.
Everything else works except CEL.
We put the valve body from the 89 into it to control OD Mechanically vs Electrically. (because of the 3wire plug issue)
About the car- Automatic, 2.3 EFI, 110k miles roughly, at least from what the prev. owner told me, had 89k miles when I bought it. but who knows if it was 89 or 189.?? right.
Recently rear ended, no obvious damage, not even mechanic could give an estimate, couldnt find anything wrong, but its caused a barrage of electrical and heating problems.. not sure if its a coincidence or if the jolt shook stuff loose, it was enough to shake my rear shocks loose.
Problems I'm having! -
*Car is only running roughly 160*, with a 192 (fairly new) OEM t-stat.
*Heater barely working.
*Battery seemingly drained over night after I spent the day finding a *water leak, carpet is soaked, theres obvious water puddles under carpet.... (Leak has been an ongoing thing only in colder months where I'm using heater.)
*Replaced with NEW battery- Car nearly dies when Defrost is turned on, Dash lights dim, idle drops to 500rpm.
I'm completely at a loss for what is going on here. We repaired a lot of vacuum lines when vents no longer worked, defaulted to Defrost.
If I gas it with heater on vent, it will send to defrost until i let off the gas....
I'm almost at a point of wanting to roll her off a cliff. LOL.
Oh yeah, My check engine light no longer works, it hasn't since we swapped to a '93 A4LD. So i can't run codes.
Everything else works except CEL.
We put the valve body from the 89 into it to control OD Mechanically vs Electrically. (because of the 3wire plug issue)
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