Well I had some driving issues (loss of power, stuttering above 45-55 mph) with my 1992 ES and have been a journey to get her back on the road. She has 178k and was running pretty good up until a couple of weeks ago. So the journey begins with:
-Replacing the plugs, distributor cap and rotor.
-Cleaned the throttle plate, AFM, and EGR, and IAC.
-Seafoam
All items that probably needed to be done since they haven't been touched since around 80k.
Oh yeah, I replaced the radiator and put in new fluid and changed the oil filter the month before the driving problems. During my adventure with this car I also found a vacuum leak on the main air hose and patched that up with some sealant and duct tape for the time being. I also ended up having to soldier some of the contacts on the AFM back after I pulled some of them loose :whistles: .
So I got everything back on the car but for some reason after the car warms up or runs for a couple of minutes it begins to stumble again and what looks to be water and black carbon dust sputters from the exhaust. Then the exhaust begins to smell like when I Seafoamed?!?
I have no idea what I'm missing here. I doubt its bad gas since i filled up not but about 2-3 weeks ago.
BTW Thanks Toysrme for all the great info and possible scenarios. I think I hit all the do it yourselfers!