1975 1.8, stalls out |
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1975 1.8, stalls out |
Loretoron |
Jul 18 2022, 12:49 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 20-May 22 From: Placerville, California Member No.: 26,565 Region Association: Northern California |
My 914 starts, runs rough, then dies , I cannot keep it running. any ideas what to do? Thanks, Ron
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windforfun |
Jul 18 2022, 02:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,822 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Blackhawk, CA Member No.: 8,476 Region Association: None |
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Geezer914 |
Jul 18 2022, 03:57 PM
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Geezer914 Group: Members Posts: 1,433 Joined: 18-March 09 From: Salem, NJ Member No.: 10,179 Region Association: North East States |
Check for vacuum leaks. 1.8's run like crap if there is even a slight vacuum leak.
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wonkipop |
Jul 18 2022, 05:35 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,367 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Check for vacuum leaks. 1.8's run like crap if there is even a slight vacuum leak. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) check all your hoses, throttle body to plenum gasket, intake boot from AFM to TB for cracks, make sure no vacuum leaks. check the oil fill cap that its tight and that the o-ring is good. the cap itself is the PCV valve. there is more. but do all that first. if there is no vacuum leaks, there is a chance its firing off the cold start injector. which will let it run about 5 to 10 seconds at most. but that the injectors are not opening. so no go after the initial injection of fuel. did this problem suddenly happen? or develop gradually? |
Van B |
Jul 18 2022, 05:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,612 Joined: 20-October 21 From: Maryland Member No.: 26,011 Region Association: None |
I think first of all, you need to become acquainted with some of the many many fellow 914 owners in your area. You’re in a good area for finding the expertise you need.
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wonkipop |
Jul 18 2022, 06:15 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,367 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
I think first of all, you need to become acquainted with some of the many many fellow 914 owners in your area. You’re in a good area for finding the expertise you need. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) too true. it must be fun regularly bumping into other 914 owners. nihil44 and i did manage to meet up a couple of months ago. he was on a combat drop trip into melbourne. once in a blue moon. luckily for me he is "unfortunate" enough to also own L jets. 2 of them. double trouble! you can't beat a face to face - a pow wow with spanners would be even better. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
Van B |
Jul 18 2022, 08:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,612 Joined: 20-October 21 From: Maryland Member No.: 26,011 Region Association: None |
Combat drop like this?
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wonkipop |
Jul 18 2022, 08:30 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,367 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Combat drop like this? i wish. those black stealth look parachutes are amazing. my father did national service in the airforce. amberly air base near brisbane. general duties etc. between korean war and vietnam. my uncle went to nam. it was all off the agenda when i finished high school. i got soft hands and went straight to university. think i missed something i probably would have enjoyed. my favourite memories as a teenage were the F-111s flying over our golf course in the country on training flights when the airforce was still stationed at a big base here in victoria. they were on ground/terrain following radar flying just about tree top level. nothing gets a kid more excited than a fighter jet going overhead between the hill tops at full tilt. deafening. frightens the hell out of you, and then you start laughing your head off at the sheer spectacle of it. |
porschetub |
Jul 18 2022, 09:14 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,703 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Check for vacuum leaks. 1.8's run like crap if there is even a slight vacuum leak. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) cut my teeth on these systems way back but not on 914's but early Golfs and BMW's,learnt a lot but about AFM FI ,mostly how they run like sh#t with air leaks . |
Dave_Darling |
Jul 19 2022, 02:45 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
First, check your ignition timing. Dwell, too, if you have a meter.
Then look for disconnected hoses and wires. Usually, those are a Bad Thing. Then start checking for vacuum leaks. L-jet hates them, as has been mentioned. All hoses, look between the ribs on the rubber boot from the air flow meter to the throttle body--even check the gasket on the oil filler!! --DD |
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