 Putting it back together correctly, ...now she won't hold an idle |
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| rigglet |
 Jun 18 2007, 02:47 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 28-November 06 From: Westfield, Indiana Member No.: 7,272 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
Ok...here's the history.
I've owned this car for about 6 months. All I want out of it at the moment is a decent occasional driver. Starting next winter I plan on doing a complete tear down and restore. So anyway...when I got the car one of the POs had removed or modified a lot of the FI parts. The air cleaner had been replaced with a paper "hi-proformance" model, the AAR had been removed, "non-essential" vacuum hoses had been removed or modified. For example both vacuum hoses on the distributor connected to a 'T' connection which ran back to the front of the throttle body. So I've gathered up the missing FI parts and picked up a bunch of vacuum hose and have been re-running things properly. I also had to clean and relube my distributor because the plates were stuck. I completed all of that this weekend. The timing has only been statically set as I can't get it to idle so it's difficult to dynamically set it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) The only "problem" I can find is that my battery has died since the car has sat for quite a while. It will start with a jump, but unless I keep the throttle open I cannot get it to idle. I'm open for any ideas and suggestions. I'm right on the brink of being able to drive her, but I just can't quite get there. BTW, before I started replacing FI parts and vacuum hoses it ran fine. |
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| bd1308 |
Jun 18 2007, 07:57 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
I bet your problem lies in that....
The alternators arent very good at charging a dead battery with 55A. In fact, I believe doing that isnt very good for the alternator. WHat I have always done is to throw it on a charge overnight and then try to start it. |
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| rigglet |
Jun 21 2007, 06:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 28-November 06 From: Westfield, Indiana Member No.: 7,272 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Thanks for the advice! Worked like a champ. Put the battery on the charger and got it a full change. When I put it back in...vrooom...away she goes! I need to adjust the idle settings as I have them all out of whack from messing with it when it had a low battery, but she lives again!
Who would have thought a low batter could cause an idle problem. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| bd1308 |
Jun 21 2007, 08:02 AM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
The D-Jet actually runs really rich when the battery is low. The only reason that I knew about your situation is I daily drove a 914 project and went through EXACTLY what you described. IF you need to borrow my battery tester (with load tester) let me know. |
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