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> ljet gurus needed, help
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post Jan 8 2010, 11:23 AM
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My '76 Westy running a 2.0 ljet camper special engine decided not to start the other day . . . right before I was planning on driving it up to the poconos for NYE weekend. Better in my garage than up there. I haven't had a whole lot of time to troubleshoot but this is what I have so far:

Fuel pressure is at 38-40psi when cranking
Injectors get 12v with the ignition on
An led inline with an injector connector flashes when cranking
I smell fuel when I stick my nose in the tailpipe
Timing light indicates that I have spark
Grounding a plug also indicates that I have spark

All of the above seem to indicate that it should still start considering it was running fine over thanksgiving weekend. Only thing I did between then and now was pull the windshield to take care of some rust/install a new seal.

Some other things to mention

It will fire, barely, when initially cranking . . . thought this might be the engine running off of only the cold start valve but the LED test seems to indicate that the injectors should be firing.

If I pull a plug, stick my hand over the hole and crank my hand sure doesn't reek of gas . . . which seems to indicate that the injectors are not firing. Then again, I've never tried this before so I'm not sure how much my hand would smell of gas anyway.

So maybe the injectors are not getting enough voltage to fire? But enough to trigger the LED? I am going to pull one rail to check the spray.

Any other ideas? This is cross posted on thesamba so apologies for any repeat readers.

Thanks,

Chris
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