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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, 09:47 PM
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check for spark on a 4 plugs, and see if the ignition coil is any good....
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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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post May 21 2005, 10:09 PM
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I worked on a car for a day and finally found the FI relay was bad, I finally pulled the one from the headligths and plugged it in and VOILA.
Runs great.
Probably not your problem but I would check everything that is easy like relays and wires to make sure they are tight. Ground wires on the back of the engine block?? I always replace the condensor when I replace the points.
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post May 21 2005, 11:19 PM
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replace the condensor...i started frying points like mad and a bad condensor will do that....so will a very rich-running engine.
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post May 21 2005, 11:22 PM
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it will fire up, run for a few seconds and die.


Sounds like a fuel supply problem to me.
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post May 21 2005, 11:25 PM
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if while its idling you push on the throttle, does it die sooner??? if it does, you have a bad/not running fuel pump OR clogged fuel filter....ask me how i know?
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post May 21 2005, 11:25 PM
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if it doesnt, you have a spark problem.
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post May 21 2005, 11:26 PM
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I'm gonna replace the condensor for sure, should have done that when my points were fried.

Already swaped the relay for a good one, also put a different coil on, checked the FI grounds and other wiring.

I try to get my problems solved before starting a new thread and as soon as I posted I knew I should have put new condensor in.
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post May 21 2005, 11:28 PM
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I thought fuel problem at first but the pressure sits at just under 30.

Maybe a clogged filter still?
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post May 21 2005, 11:31 PM
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i *THINK* it's like this.....i think with a clogged filter, it will pump at 30PSI with no LOAD....if you put a load on it, IE running engine throttled to 4k RPM.....then i bet if you indeed have a clogged filter, it will drop drastically.....mine dropped 20PSI......
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post May 21 2005, 11:37 PM
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Spark problems are usually work/fail. Spark doesn't usually run for a bit and then die. If it starts, runs, then dies... sounds like it's not getting enough fuel.
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post May 21 2005, 11:54 PM
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Well now I need to find a fuel filter that will work from NAPA, until I can get the right one.

I did syphon the gas out of the tank in the Yukon when the Uhaul ran out, then I tried to run it on an empty tank, maybe I got some nasty stuff in there.

Fuel was what I first thought the problem was but since the pressure was good I moved on.

How about the pump? Can it partially work and just not pump enough? Sounds like it always has.

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Oh well, I did catch a Halibut the other day.
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post May 22 2005, 12:30 AM
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QUOTE (bd1308 @ May 22 2005, 01:25 AM)
if while its idling you push on the throttle, does it die sooner??? if it does, you have a bad/not running fuel pump OR clogged fuel filter....ask me how i know?

shut up!


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post May 22 2005, 09:10 AM
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this may be really wrong...what brand of fuel did you put in the car recently? it's all over the news (locally) that the refinnery in anecortes wa is admitting to a bad batch of fuel that is affecting lots of cars in nw wa. it's posible the same refinnery supplies alaska as well. Unical 76 stations seem to be selling the product.

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post May 22 2005, 09:13 AM
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CHT took a crap?
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post May 22 2005, 10:49 AM
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QUOTE (rhodyguy @ May 22 2005, 07:10 AM)
this may be really wrong...what brand of fuel did you put in the car recently? it's all over the news (locally) that the refinnery in anecortes wa is admitting to a bad batch of fuel that is affecting lots of cars in nw wa. it's posible the same refinnery supplies alaska as well. Unical 76 stations seem to be selling the product.

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I may have gotten some of this fuel in the uhaul on the way up.


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On my list of things to check. Hey Ron I still have an ECU that you sent me last year.
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post May 22 2005, 11:14 AM
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QUOTE (Rhodes71/914 @ May 22 2005, 09:49 AM)
Hey Ron I still have an ECU that you sent me last year.

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post May 22 2005, 12:39 PM
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Thanks Ron, yeah it should be interesting trying to keep this car going up here, but it'll be fun.

Took a reading on the CHT and got 4K ohms @ 50 deg F. That falls in the normal range for a cold engine.
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post May 22 2005, 12:46 PM
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starts revs and dies? and still f.i ?

same thing happened to me... it was some loose vac. hoses from the fi system that i knock off. they were loose and came off easy. need new hoses.
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