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| robby750 |
 Oct 14 2011, 07:40 AM
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I have a 1973 2.0 with original D-Jet. I drove it Monday morning and it was running just fine. Parked in my driveway and about 5 hours later I started it up to move it and it felt like it was only running on two cylinders. After about 30 seconds I could smell gas so I shut it off. There was fuel dripping out of the tailpipe!
Can anyone tell me what has failed or what to check? |
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| sfrenck |
Oct 14 2011, 07:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 492 Joined: 28-February 10 From: Wilmington, DE Member No.: 11,411 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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I'd check to see what cylinders aren't firing by starting it up and CAREFULLY touching the exhaust pipe from each one. Whichever ones are cold are the ones that aren't working properly.
Then I'd check the spark plugs on the "bad" cylinder(s) to make sure they work. |
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robby750 What's wrong with my car? Oct 14 2011, 07:40 AM
dlee6204 I'd start by checking to see if you have spark... Oct 14 2011, 07:49 AM robby750 I believe it is a fuel delivery problem. It will ... Oct 14 2011, 08:49 AM dlee6204 Well spark is the easiest thing to check. You mi... Oct 14 2011, 09:21 AM Dave_Darling Spark failure could cause fuel to be coming out of... Oct 14 2011, 09:28 AM SLITS A broken wire or loss of contact with the CHT will... Oct 14 2011, 10:01 AM Tom_T :idea: ......hmmmmm, and yet nobody has suggested... Oct 14 2011, 11:35 AM Spoke If the ECU or CHT sensor is bad, crank it a bit, t... Oct 14 2011, 03:52 PM sfrenck Similar symptoms on this thread:
Running on #1 an... Oct 14 2011, 05:51 PM avidfanjpl Raw gas running out of the pipes sounds like some ... Oct 14 2011, 11:52 PM robby750 I am going to have it towed to my mechanic on Mond... Oct 15 2011, 08:58 AM Drums66 ...Go over the grounding point on the engine case ... Oct 15 2011, 12:16 PM robby750 Dave got it. ECU failed but it was intermittent. ... Dec 13 2011, 04:42 PM dlee6204 Woohoo! :trophy: I'm glad it fixed it for... Dec 13 2011, 05:13 PM
tod914 Since you replaced your ECU, double check your coi... Dec 13 2011, 06:08 PM |
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