WOW, almost exactly the same thing I did back in 2008!! I pulled my fuel injectors and sent them out for cleaning (the van would hit a brick wall at around 50 mph, and acceleration was sluggish-this from an '84 w/a 2.1 and the Euro ECU, and it had previously had plenty of power) They arrived in the mail Christmas Eve, and was anxious to get the van back on the road. I re-installed the injectors and no-start. Bottom line for days I tried everything-excpet the ONE thing several folks asked-was I getting spark? I kept thinking "Nah, that can't be it-it was running fine when I pulled the injectors" Well, I had completely forgotten that I had also pulled the distributor that day and had not seated it fully when I put it back in. Felt like a fool and wasted several of my vacation days between Christmas and New Years. But at least the van was back to normal acceleration and top speed. Jeff Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > Well, I feel like and idiot...turns out when I swapped distributors, I > put it back without making sure it engaged the drive gear in the case. > Crazy thing is, it must have been sort of turning, because I was > getting a spark. That explains the no-start condition, and of course, > now it runs perfectly - except for that first minute after startup > roughness that's always been there. So much for a definitive > answer....but hope this discussion was useful. > David > Quoting "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>: > > This discussion has all been very good for me. Mine is one that > > won't > > continue to run after the initial firing on start up. It gets two or > > three fuel fired turnovers then quits. All this discussion has given > > me > > insights in troubleshooting my own difficulty. > > > > John > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > David Hardy > Planetmind Internetworks > Nedernet, Inc. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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