A really bad experience in traffic Friday PM, Pushed it off the highway Options

[DNHunt]

I broke down on highway 16 (freeway to the Narrows Bridge) yesterday. Traffic was a a crawl so I got out and pushed it to the shoulder. Awful embarrassing, but no harm to the car. After some messing around I found I had spark and way too much fuel. It turns out the manifold air pressure sensor went out and the ECU thought the engine was at wide open throttle so, it flooded and died. I'm not sure if the diaphram broke or some dirt got in it or if the electronics busted.

Luckily, I had my laptop with me so I reprogrammed the fuel map to lean out the lower RPMs. In the time it took to do that the plugs must have dried out cause it started right up and I made it home (still awfully rich). Thank you programmable FI. A first for me, I ran speed fuel injection instead of speed density fuel injection.

After I got home I found out I broke a solder joint in a connector. Repaired and ready to roll.

Dave