 It ran when I left for school, sat a couple months and doesnt run now |
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| BahnBrenner914 |
 Nov 5 2007, 10:12 AM
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The girl is gone and all I have now is a beat-up teener  Group: Members Posts: 301 Joined: 22-May 04 From: Gig Harbor and University Place, WA :: School in Angola, IN :: girlfriend in Sarasota, FL Member No.: 2,094 Region Association: None  |
So I left in summer for vacation and school and my teener was running just fine. I cleaned out the tank, replaced everything, and tuned the engine. It was doing just fine.
So it seems my teener luck has gone downhill. A windstorm wrapped our canopy garage thing around the teener, scraping and scratching up the car. And when my dad tried to start it up to take it to the body shop, it wont hold an idle. It starts to fire and dies. He can pump it and give it gas to get it to run at about 2 -3K rpm, but then dies. He has to 'rev the piss out of it' to keep it running, and it's backfiring sometimes. It sounds like fuel starvation, but I just cleaned the gas tank, and put in a new filter. Any ideas? It had only sat since I left, nothing done to it. |
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| dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Nov 5 2007, 11:10 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,896 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(BahnBrenner914 @ Nov 5 2007, 09:12 AM)  So I left in summer for vacation and school and my teener was running just fine. I cleaned out the tank, replaced everything, and tuned the engine. It was doing just fine. So it seems my teener luck has gone downhill. A windstorm wrapped our canopy garage thing around the teener, scraping and scratching up the car. And when my dad tried to start it up to take it to the body shop, it wont hold an idle. It starts to fire and dies. He can pump it and give it gas to get it to run at about 2 -3K rpm, but then dies. He has to 'rev the piss out of it' to keep it running, and it's backfiring sometimes. It sounds like fuel starvation, but I just cleaned the gas tank, and put in a new filter. Any ideas? It had only sat since I left, nothing done to it. head temp sensor failure?? |
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| BahnBrenner914 |
Nov 5 2007, 07:54 PM
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The girl is gone and all I have now is a beat-up teener Group: Members Posts: 301 Joined: 22-May 04 From: Gig Harbor and University Place, WA :: School in Angola, IN :: girlfriend in Sarasota, FL Member No.: 2,094 Region Association: None |
Would a heat temp sensor just go out while the car was sitting? I checked it this summer when I was troubleshooting everything and it seems it was working.
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| Katmanken |
Nov 6 2007, 07:57 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Is it colder now?
Sometimes electronics have intermittent failures that show up when colder or hotter. I usta use a can of spray chiller on circuit board components to shock the offending component into not working. Check the sensor. It has a different rated output depending on the temperature. I would recommend removing it and checking the performance at different temperatures. Requires a volt ohm meter, a freezer and a heat source. Mom or dads digital thermometer is a plus too. Ken |
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| Dr Evil |
Nov 6 2007, 08:12 PM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,002 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Did the wind storm come with rain? Did your engine stuff get wet? You could have a number of things, start simple.
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| rhodyguy |
Nov 7 2007, 08:09 AM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,093 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
if it was the storm we just had a few weeks ago it rained like crazy. perhaps condensation in the dist cap? have your pop use a water displacement product inside of the cap and see it it helps. is your raintray in place?
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| BahnBrenner914 |
Nov 7 2007, 09:29 AM
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The girl is gone and all I have now is a beat-up teener Group: Members Posts: 301 Joined: 22-May 04 From: Gig Harbor and University Place, WA :: School in Angola, IN :: girlfriend in Sarasota, FL Member No.: 2,094 Region Association: None |
Yeah, this would probably be easier if I was back home to work on it, instead of here in Indiana. Thanks for the tips, I'll pass them on to my dad and see what happens.
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| BahnBrenner914 |
Nov 7 2007, 08:56 PM
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The girl is gone and all I have now is a beat-up teener Group: Members Posts: 301 Joined: 22-May 04 From: Gig Harbor and University Place, WA :: School in Angola, IN :: girlfriend in Sarasota, FL Member No.: 2,094 Region Association: None |
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