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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ erik hit speed bump hard - now hard to start
Posted by: dflesburg Aug 4 2010, 02:02 PM
Kind of like it says
The other am Erik hit a speed bump hard.
Car died.
After 5-6 attempts he got it started
Later that day he drove it home
Today he drove it to football
At 1:30 today wont start.
Where to start looking?
Posted by: SirAndy Aug 4 2010, 02:54 PM
Electrical connectors. Grounds. Fuses. Relays.
Sounds like something got knocked loose ...
Andy
Posted by: siverson Aug 4 2010, 03:56 PM
The very first day I owned my 914 the same thing happened to me (foreshadowing...).
It turned out to be a cracked rotor in the distributor. Really. I don't even know how that would happened or if it's ever happened before, but that's my story. Replaced the rotor and I was back on the road...
-Steve
Posted by: nick73-914 Aug 4 2010, 09:15 PM
Day one driving my 73 I hit a speed bump too hard on my street, I parked her and then she wouldn't start a few hours later. Turns out the yellow solenoid wire going to my starter just popped off, simple fix for me.. but idk about your situation, take a look underneath maybe?
NL
Posted by: underthetire Aug 4 2010, 09:18 PM
Check yer fuel pump connections to.
Posted by: bandjoey Aug 4 2010, 09:47 PM
Fuel Filter Clog? Something big worked it's way from the tank into the tank screen or inline filter?
Posted by: realred914 Aug 4 2010, 10:25 PM
Kind of like it says
The other am Erik hit a speed bump hard.
Car died.
After 5-6 attempts he got it started
Later that day he drove it home
Today he drove it to football
At 1:30 today wont start.
Where to start looking?
wont start???
how about somore detials;
does it crank, do you hear the fuel pump , does it try to fire, smell of gas after several start attempts in tail pipe or not?
let us know.
good luck
Posted by: bugsy0 Aug 4 2010, 11:24 PM
I'll bet somebody a buck it's electrical. Does it crank? Check for spark! Fuel pump running?
Posted by: dflesburg Aug 5 2010, 08:36 AM
appears that fuel lines kinked under front suspension.
fuel pump and filter under there and something moved and kinked a line.
now all is good again.
Posted by: bugsy0 Aug 5 2010, 02:57 PM
...these old cars...
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