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> Engine Starts, Won't Run, Started as a hesitation, now it's dead!
Rhodes71/914
post May 21 2005, 09:38 PM
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Engine is a 2L Type IV with FI.

Car was just trailered 3000 miles and wouldn't start. Points had gone bad, put new points in and car ran great. Made a 250 mile drive with no problem. Driving around town it started hesitating and bucking around 3000 rpms but would rev past that and be fine. steadily got worse.

Now it will fire up, run for a few seconds and die.

Fuel pressure is good, put another set of points in, checked and cleaned the trigger points. Contacts in the dizzy cap had some discoloration so I cleaned that off.

It seems like an ignition problem.

Haven't replaced the condensor, how do you know if that is bad, I have read they don't go bad often. Seems like it wouldn't start at all if it was bad.

Give me any suggestions, I'm stuck.
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post May 21 2005, 10:02 PM
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Spark, Fuel, Air

Even though the pressure is fine...check the filter.
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Rhodes71/914   Engine Starts, Won't Run   May 21 2005, 09:38 PM
dlo914   check for spark on a 4 plugs, and see if the ignit...   May 21 2005, 09:47 PM
!   Spark, Fuel, Air Even though the pressure is fine...   May 21 2005, 10:02 PM
boxstr   I worked on a car for a day and finally found the ...   May 21 2005, 10:09 PM
bd1308   replace the condensor...i started frying points li...   May 21 2005, 11:19 PM
Rand     May 21 2005, 11:22 PM
bd1308   if while its idling you push on the throttle, does...   May 21 2005, 11:25 PM
bd1308   if it doesnt, you have a spark problem.   May 21 2005, 11:25 PM
Rhodes71/914   I'm gonna replace the condensor for sure, shou...   May 21 2005, 11:26 PM
Rhodes71/914   I thought fuel problem at first but the pressure s...   May 21 2005, 11:28 PM
bd1308   i *THINK* it's like this.....i think with a cl...   May 21 2005, 11:31 PM
Rand   Spark problems are usually work/fail. Spark doesn...   May 21 2005, 11:37 PM
Rhodes71/914   Well now I need to find a fuel filter that will wo...   May 21 2005, 11:54 PM
redshift     May 22 2005, 12:30 AM
rhodyguy   this may be really wrong...what brand of fuel did ...   May 22 2005, 09:10 AM
SLITS   CHT took a crap?   May 22 2005, 09:13 AM
Rhodes71/914   ...   May 22 2005, 10:49 AM
SLITS   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/...   May 22 2005, 08:30 PM
Rhodes71/914   Forgot to mention what a great drive it was down o...   May 22 2005, 09:23 PM

 

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