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From the beginning. The last few weeks, I would start my car and if the car sat for a while and was cold, it would start, but run on three cylinders and usually in about 2 minutes, it would get back to all 4 firing, and then it would run just fine. I put this to the head having issues with a...

An older lady who is a friend of mine has me work on her car periodically and about 2 weeks ago her 245 would not start arter she had driven to the park. I have been putzing with this car for many hours and so far I am stumped. I confirmed spark and it's nice and strong. Both fuel pumps work...

My last Post was on the communication issue which I fixed, but I cannot seem to get my 245 back to running as good as when it was MS2 and with the old volvo lh2.2 hall sensor and mostly stock ignition. Something is off and I am not sure what it is. My guess is it is ignition related, but I...

last friday was an interesting foray into trying to update my MS. Nick was helping me a lot to convert to DSM CAS and unfortunately, I messed up a solder point in the DB37 and fried my MS2 processor. Nick thankfully had a MS1 processor laying around and got me home. It's a long and funny story...

I have a B230FD bottom end from a 1993 240 that I have been running for a while and either from tuning, or weaknesses in the NA pistons, I have broken pistons #1 and #4. I had used a cometic head gasket and the engine had a moment of detonation and or missfiring that resulted in the breaking of...

So I need to smog my 245 again fairly soon, but since my last smog check, I have upgraded to MS2 and I have noticed that my injector open times probably need to be adjusted to help the car pass. What I have noticed is that when the car is warm and sits for a while and heat soaks, the AIT's of...

Looking at the wiring schematic and it seems very difficult to trace down a wire fault in a 245's power window set up. Any ideas on how to diagnose a fault? The front passenger window no longer responds to the switches and sort of died while on a trip. It just would not go up, then all of a...

My rear axle is noisy (grinding like noise when rolling, in gear and out and any speed. It changes pitch as you go faster) and I was wondering how hard it is to press the bearings off the differential if it is determined they are the cause of the noise. I have a 12 ton press, but I do not have...

I have been playing with "Injector Open Time" since it seems to be the reason why when my car sits and the Air intake gets warm, the car gets crazy lean. Forum posts in the MS forums suggested that when you can switch from 2 and 4 squirts and not see a change in AFR, then the Injector Open Time...

I wanted to throw this up and see what others might think, or know first hand. I upped the boost on my 245 and now it missfires under boost over approx 11psi. The datalogs show the ignition spiking. If I do it enough of missfiring and bucking, the MS leans out like crazy, and I have to turn...

My parents are on a trip and currently in Birmingham Alabama and their 2004 V70 awd has come up with reduced power and has a problem. Who can recommend a shop in the area that may be better than the dealer. I do not know what problem they are having since I am way too far from them. Thanks PJ

We are in South lake tahoe and my parents V70 is acting funny. On the way up the check engine light came on, the car stuttered and they pulled off the freeway. The car then "fixed itself" and turned off the CEL. It ran fine to the place we are at and they said periodically the car would...

Edit: I got it all to work. It seems I had to connect one more wire to ground on the speedo connector, and Andysbeta helped me determine that. I then took out the bulbs for the OD cell and removed the bulb for the bulb out warning since I had no bulbs out and none were even on, plus I find it...

We will try this again and maybe more people will actually show up and participate. The incentive this time is I plan to bring a BBQ and a Canopy plus a cooler. So, if you show up, you will get free food, and if you are super cool, you can bring stuff to char or consume with your fellow TB...

I have been contemplating on changing my rear axle ratio on my 1983 245Ti from 3.91 to 3.73 and I want to use new ring and pinion and new carrier bearings. I have seen the parts online, but they are always for jeeps and some ford stuff. What should I be looking for if I decide to order, since...

My 83 245 just got a brand new battery last monday and has been starting like a freakin champ since until tonight. I went to move my car at my parents house and got in, fuel pumps whirred on and I clicked the key over and it went click, and the interior light went out. I lost all power to the...

I have been tracing a funny running issue on my car and I am trying to eliminate basic running issues. I once had my 245Ti running very well, and silly quick for one day, then it went back to it's old habit of missfiring and knocking under boost. I made no other changes except upping the boost...

So, I got my 245ti running better after Julian at Evil Genius Racing noticed my ignition advance was too far back on upper boost cells. I was missfiring, and advancing my timing stopped most of it. It still pops up, but not all the time, and mildly. But during that time, another MS user...

I am helping a neighbor fix her AC on her 1990 245 DL. The compressor has seized and obviously needs to be replaced. After a little discussion with a trusted AC car guy, I need to flush the hoses before I put on a new compressor and then evacuate and then fill with freon. SOme shops even...

I have noticed lately, that when running Tuner Studio and driving around, I go to full or near full boost at about 12 psi, and my readings all go to zero and stay there. I unplug the USB adapter, re-plug it in, and it starts to read the outputs again. It never did this at all until yesterday...