Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:18:24 -0700
Reply-To: Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM>
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From: Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM>
Subject: Re: Mis-firing
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It is very strange. I'll turn it over and it catches right away and
instantly revs way up to about 3500 rpm and back to 0 and dies- a la:
vrroooOOOOOoooommm, poot. If I can get it to "idle" it is super rough and
when I press the accelerator it does nothing for a couple pumps and then
revs up to 3500 again, almost no correlation between throttle and revs. I
am at a loss. I have the plugs and need to get the right cap and rotor. I
got one that was supposed to fit from autozone and the plug wires just sit
in their holes and flop around. The bosch cap it had seems to have smaller
holes. Ahhh. And I was so happy when I got the engine back in and hooked
up. :(
Brendan
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Geza Polony
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 7:14 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Mis-firing
I had exactly the same symptoms. The Bentley ECU pin test revealed that #1
fuel injector was not firing and pointed to an ECU problem. Replacing the
ECU did the trick...almost...when it started misfiring again, I put the old
ECU back in and then IT worked. Conclusion: bad connection at the ECU.
Cleaning the pins with an acid etch solved it.
Try running the engine at idle and moving the ECU pin connector around to
see if that changes anything. If yes, take it apart and clean the pins, then
put back together firmly. If not, do the Bentley pin test and see what you
get. It will tell you if there's a bad wire or bad ground to the #1 fuel
injector.
If you're getting spark, then it's a fuel injection issue. You are getting
spark to #1, yes?
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:43:08 -0700, Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM>
wrote:
>So great news is I got Totoro back together and "started." I say that
>loosely. I thought it might even out after a minute but it did not. It
>seems to be not firing/misfiring on cyl 1. I did not change any timing
>related anything, my plug wires are correct. I haven't done it yet, but I
>have a new cap/rotor and plugs. It needs them anyway, but I am not super
>hopeful that this will fix it. I am fairly certain about my vacuum lines,
>but not positive. I replaced all my fuel lines and all my vacuum lines and
>all four little intake boots. The van ran and idled perfectly before all of
>this. AFM is hooked up. I am at a loss. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Brendan
>I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. -T.S. Eliot