A dealership story...

[domi]

Red, I'm quite happy you pointed that out - it wasn't me who disconnected the ground, it was the mechanic. When he drove the car in and signaled for me to go inside - by the time i reached them there were already 4 other mechs looking at the car. And one of them was playing with the throttle. The car was revving properly and i thought 'damn, those guy fixed the car in less than 10 secs?!?!?!'. I started looking around to see what was different and just as the guy said 'it seems fine now...' i noticed the disconnected ground and reconnected it. The engine immediately bogged and almost died, before finally settling down to an uneven idle. I know better than to disconnect the battery while the car is running, to say the least - i may not know what might go wrong, but the knowledge that something can will always stop me from doing so. I have since then run all the possible checks i could think of and all electronics seemed to operate same as before, but for that 30 secs or so the car ran without connected master ground it proved that if the grounding issue i have now is solved, the problem would be gone.

Again, thanks for pointing it out, i was close enough to actually opening a whole topic about 'what happens if i disconnect the battery', but you spared me the trouble

Having said that - what Lou Fusz dealership have you dealt with, i'd be pretty shocked if it was the same one...