No plans for replacement. Although I already have a few needs for a van, lol.

We sold it to a Texas couple that doesn't have to smog it, $5800. They drove straight from our SoCal home to Las Vegas, then up to Colorado! We're gonna miss that one! We owned it since new, October of 1997.

I may run some valve cleaner through it on a long drive, maybe that will be enough.

everything else is 100%, runs fantastic and is super dependable.

For $300, the machine shop will rebuild both heads. The heads/engine/van have 246k.

MY 246k '98 still runs fantastic and serves multiple purposes for our family. I've been chasing a poor idle for awhile and finally gave up and took it to a mechanic I trust. He ran diagnostics, then a compression test. #4 cylinder is low, valves are bad. I checked machine cost in the SoCal area, $30...

hmmm, of the suggestions, these are the only things I haven't explored:
1. Check vacuum
2. Check electrical grounds at studs
4. Check O2 sensor readings on OBD 2 scanner running real time data
6. Check compression at spark plug holes with WOT

sheesh, I'm still struggling with this idle condition. I spent nearly $2k on this! New OEM spider, pump, and dizzy. I just installed an aftermarket Air Idle Control valve, no change. What next, any new suggestions? I do have a P300 code as well.

thanks Joe. It has a new intake gasket, and new OEM fuel pump too so I expect pressure is also good.

I just replaced dizzy , full spider/pump . 241k on motor, very well maintained . Everything has been checked out, tuned-up and cleaned. So I'm struggling to find what else it could be. Idles poor, more so in park, but never stalls. My next step was to inspect hoses for a vacuum leak. Also, the coil ...

aftermarket, how long should they last?

it was the fuel injection Spider, last swapped 80k ago.

It has good spark, good plug, swapped plugs in fact, and the same. Wondering if it can be fuel injection . I upgraded the FI spider years ago. That being said, one injector feeds all cylinders, correct? How can a single injector affect a single cylinder? I guess if one of the nozzle are clogged. The...

I've swapped this handle out four or five times over the years, all junkyard replacements, they just keep cracking. I can't come to terms paying $160 for a new one. Grrrr, mine is crack now, again!

thank you