alanurm@tonto.DEC (Sustaining Engineering at CSS_NSG) (08/22/85)
Hi; I have two quicks questions on an 82 Toyota Celica GT Liftback. 1. It is a 3-speed automatic and the overdrive doesn't work. 2. When idling (like at a stop light) in drive, when headlights or rear defroster, (heavy electrical load) is swicthed on, idle speed drops from around 800-1000 rpm to about 400-600 rpm and car shudders. Any ideas or common experience with this? Post to group or send email to ...decwrl!rhea!tonto!alanurm Thanks in advance, Len Alanurm
jeanne@ucla-cs.UUCP (08/31/85)
In article <82@decwrl.UUCP> you write: > I have two quick questions on an 82 Toyota Celica GT Liftback. I spoke to my brother, the Toyota mechanic and he said: > 1. It is a 3-speed automatic and the overdrive doesn't work. This is not a common problem, but it could be a bad symptom of transmission trouble--he suggests you take it in IMMEDIATELY and have the transmission looked at. > 2. When idling (like at a stop light) in drive, when headlights or > rear defroster, (heavy electrical load) is swicthed on, idle speed > drops from around 800-1000 rpm to about 400-600 rpm and car shudders. He had no ideas about this without being able to see the car. He says a drop in rpm is normal, but yours is too much (normal would be about a 200 rpm drop). The shuddering is just what could be expected to happen when the rpms are that low. Jeanne Douglas UCLA Computer Science Dept. jeanne@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA (now) jeanne@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU (soon)