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Hey everyone! Hope you are all preparing for a nice thanksgiving.
Wanted to see what ideas you guys had about my original FI 2.0 from 73. Some of you may have seen a few other threads of mine but I'll give a little synopsis. I rebuild the motor in my garage. New Pistons and cylinders, all new bearings, lifters. Ground crank and cam. Heads rebuilt by a reputable shop. For the rest of the car. New fuel lines, cleaned and coated fuel tank. New fuel filter. Cleaned and flow matched fuel injectors. Rebuilt distributor. Tuned dwell angle and set static timing. So I've done all of that and the car won't stay running. It'll start and run for 20 seconds with a high idle (approximately 2500 rpm's) and then it will die even if I'm feathering the throttle. I'm looking for ideas as to what and how to troubleshoot the car. IF this car was a person I'd strangle it to relieve my frustration. P.S. I went through the ecu harness and ohm'd everything out and there are no shorts in the wiring and the grounds are solid. I also replaced the throttle position switch and have that set up according to the book and have messed with the idle mixture knob a bit. Anyone have any ideas on where I should go from here? Thanks and I wish everyone a good safe holiday. |
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At the right rate? If not then that sounds like something to check out...assuming you are referencing the trigger points and not breaker points.....unless your are running something else. Those rarely go bad...although I have had a set go bad......the fiber blocks were almost worn out.
It was suggested a while back that it just might be a bad ECU....if all other components on D-jet check out...logically...then you may want to consider a known unit that is confirmed on an engine that runs with no problems. It just sounds like you are frustrated and chasing your tail from your posts. Do the logical things in the right order and you will find the problem. If you don't know what those steps are.....then you will need to start from the beginning to eliminate something you missed. There are plenty on posts via searching here on this site plus the vaunted Anders site. Ask me how I know all this? |
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