[Magdalen] Car Prayers Needed

[Judy Fleener]

Prayers for your car and for you, Christopher.

On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> heard something on "the car guys" (NPR) this morning that sounded like
> this same problem... the solution was to replace a kind of  regulator, that
> when 'broken' tells the engine that the car is going faster than it really
> is so the engine changes mode, which in at a slower/normal speed (maybe
> normal driving at 50-60mph) causes all kinds of problems. The device was 3
> words with an acronym for the 'name' of the actual device.  Apparently this
> problem is not easily spotted with the way they 'plug your engine' in and
> run the data on a computer.  Maybe someone in the pub knows what this
> device is... just a thought.
> Lynn
>
> meanwhile, prayers for  car and you Christopher!
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Christopher Hart" <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2015 3:48 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: [Magdalen] Car Prayers Needed
>
>
> This afternoon Lisa and I were headed up to the Pocono Mountains for the
>> remainder of the weekend. I was almost halfway there when my car developed
>> a nasty vibration and the Check Engine light started flashing and then
>> came
>> on steadily. Fortunately, all this began just before (not after TBTG) an
>> interchange on the turnpike. I immediately got off and headed home,
>> sweating bullets all the way. We made it back and the car will now sit in
>> the driveway till Tuesday morning when I'm hoping it will start and I can
>> take it to the dealership. I experienced a similar vibration briefly on
>> our
>> trip to Massachusetts four weeks ago, but it went away and I had the car
>> serviced right afterward and they thought they had found the problem (a
>> fuel pressure sensor). Obviously there's something else amiss. It really
>> feels like a fuel line issue, almost as though it could stall out at any
>> moment. The vibration is worse at high speeds, but it is very rough idling
>> too. I shifted into neutral at every red traffic light on the way home. On
>> a downgrade when I let up on the accelerator the vibration nearly
>> disappears.
>>
>> ​Pray please for a successful repair this time, and my sanity meanwhile. I
>> really didn't need this headache with my impending surgery in less than
>> two
>> weeks.
>> --
>>
>> Christopher Hart
>>
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>> Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
>> Twitter: @cervus51
>>
>
>


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Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan