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wanchaiwarrior
post May 2 2010, 01:48 PM
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74 1.8L L-jet was running well before I decided to give the engine a good cleaning and replace all the old vacuum lines. Now it idles great, but as soon as I go beyond 1/10th throttle it just losses all power. At low throttle it will run all the way to 4,000+RPM. But beyond a certain throttle position, regardless of RPM, it just goes limp.

2 months ago I performed a full tune, including valve adjust, pertronix, plugs, rotor, cap. I have triple checked my vacuum hose connections and electrical connections. I even pulled the throttle body off and checked the TPS operation, which appears to be operating properly. Oddly, my throttle body only has one port that goes to the back side of the vacuum advance diaphragm leaving the port on the front of the vacuum advance open.

It definitely seems to be related to throttle position.

Not sure where to try next. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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post May 2 2010, 10:50 PM
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QUOTE(wanchaiwarrior @ May 2 2010, 12:48 PM) *

74 1.8L L-jet was running well before I decided to give the engine a good cleaning and replace all the old vacuum lines. Now it idles great, but as soon as I go beyond 1/10th throttle it just losses all power. At low throttle it will run all the way to 4,000+RPM. But beyond a certain throttle position, regardless of RPM, it just goes limp.

2 months ago I performed a full tune, including valve adjust, pertronix, plugs, rotor, cap. I have triple checked my vacuum hose connections and electrical connections. I even pulled the throttle body off and checked the TPS operation, which appears to be operating properly. Oddly, my throttle body only has one port that goes to the back side of the vacuum advance diaphragm leaving the port on the front of the vacuum advance open.

It definitely seems to be related to throttle position.

Not sure where to try next. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


'74s have both an advance port and a retard port on the TB. Actually, '75s do, too. This is NOT debatable. Go look for them.

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wanchaiwarrior   L-jet help needed   May 2 2010, 01:48 PM
jsayre914   the port should not be open to air. check for a n...   May 2 2010, 02:08 PM
wanchaiwarrior   I prepared a detailed diagram before I started dis...   May 2 2010, 02:24 PM
messix   I prepared a detailed diagram before I started di...   May 2 2010, 03:09 PM
wanchaiwarrior   I actually removed the air box before cleaning, so...   May 2 2010, 03:53 PM
MrKona   74 1.8L L-jet was running well before I decided t...   May 2 2010, 03:51 PM
wanchaiwarrior   Are you referring to this port? [/quote] Yes, tha...   May 2 2010, 03:57 PM
computers4kids   Did you remember to plug the harness back into the...   May 2 2010, 04:30 PM
wanchaiwarrior   Did you remember to plug the harness back into th...   May 2 2010, 04:33 PM
computers4kids   Did you remember to plug the harness back into t...   May 2 2010, 10:00 PM
wanchaiwarrior   I opened up my air flow sensor and discovered the ...   May 2 2010, 06:31 PM
Brando   To address this issue later on in Motronic cars, B...   May 3 2010, 12:26 AM
zonedoubt   More info on AFM rebuilding & diagnostics [ur...   May 5 2010, 02:34 PM
messix   thats were i thought you might have had the proble...   May 2 2010, 09:32 PM
Cap'n Krusty   74 1.8L L-jet was running well before I decided t...   May 2 2010, 10:50 PM
wanchaiwarrior   '74s have both an advance port and a retard po...   May 3 2010, 09:51 AM
zonedoubt   '74s have both an advance port and a retard p...   May 5 2010, 02:35 PM
Drums66   '74s have both an advance port and a retard ...   May 5 2010, 03:54 PM
charliew   Nice engineering change to know about. At first to...   May 3 2010, 08:34 AM
ClayPerrine   I normally agree with Cap'n Crusty, but on thi...   May 3 2010, 01:07 PM
Drums66   I'm surprised no 1 told you not to go inside t...   May 5 2010, 01:37 PM
wanchaiwarrior   I'm surprised no 1 told you not to go inside ...   May 5 2010, 02:16 PM


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