Re: Driving about in ten degree weather-how about you?

Posted by Craig Hendrickson On 2013/11/24 3:39:14

Sounds like the thermocoil valve on the driver side exhaust manifold outlet may be rusted open. This would cause the cold blooded behavior that you describe.

It's easy enough to check since it's just a bimetallic spring and a counter weight actuating the valve movement. The valve should be moveable by hand, when cold of course. If not, then try freeing it up with some PB-blaster. If it has to be replaced, you can get one from the usual suspects.

As far as the two bumps reduced to one bump behavior of the Torsion-Level: this is normal because the main torsion bars interconnect the front and rear suspensions.

Craig