| insaniac24 |
OK, it looks like the intermittent starting problem plaguing my FC has decided to become permanent... so naturally, I'm looking for the cause... fruitlessly...:dunno:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/rgtcb6
This is the sound of me trying to start the car, I think it's cranking fast enough to get the motor going... I also verified that there's spark...
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bkzgxp
This is a sound byte taken from around the fuel tank while cranking, but the battery's almost done in this one, so it's slower. Can anybody verify if that's the sound of the fuel pump?
Another interesting twist to this problem is the car's habit of starting flawlessly after it's been left alone, say, overnight. Nothing done to it, just locked up and left in a parking lot, and I come back in the morning, get in, and it runs.
Soooooooo... anybody have any idea what's making my darling sick? The motor was supposedly rebuilt 50,000km ago, and the starter's new. I've heard suggestions that some relay somewhere's twitching around and screwing everything up... if that's possibly the case, which relays should I check, and where are they? Thanks.
-J |
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| kypraio |
Just sounds like its flooded really... have you tried unflooding it yet?
http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/2...unflooding.html
Just use the second method, removing the spark plugs and shooting the fuel out of the holes and then replace them. Works every time for me since it floods after every winter just sitting there and on the odd occasion during summer time. |
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| insaniac24 |
| Oh ya, I pulled the spark plugs out one time, they're clean, and bone dry... won't light with a lighter either. I've also tried the unflooding procedure, just as a precaution, and it doesn't do anything. Mine also likes to flood when it's stored, and it makes a more gurgly sound under cranking when it is.... thanks tho... |
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| kypraio |
hmm odd, i dunno what it is then.
gl. |
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| Mobius |
I had that almost exact problem with my FC at one point as well. I had spark and fuel pressure, but the injectors wouldn't fire.
I could be wrong, but I believe that the injectors have constant power, and to open them the circuit needs to be grounded. The ground connection for my ECU had come loose and thus my injectors would not fire.
The ground is located underneath the UIM, and it has a ring connector that bolts down to the keg. My money is that it came loose or corroded. |
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| zerro |
http://www.aaroncake.net/rx-7/grounding.htm
try that
but i think its leaky injectors.
do u have a fuel cutt off switch..u should...try cutting the fuel to the engine when shutting down..and then start it again,,and see if tht helps
it would help if u did a compression test too |
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