87 No Start III AHHH!!!
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Le Mans Master
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From: Modesto CA
87 No Start III AHHH!!!
I checked to see if my rotor was spinning...it was. I checked to see if my HEI Module was good...it was. I checked to see if I had battery voltage at the BAT terminal of the Coil...I did. I checked the pressure in the fuel rail...was at 35psi. I'm running out of ideas here! I'm going to replace the PICK-UP COIL 2moro. Would that even be a reason? In the Haynes Manual, it says to test it 2 different ways, it passed one test, but I *THINK* it failed the other. (I couldn't tell if there was infinite resistance between the two sides of the connector, it didn't read at ALL on my digital multimeter) That's just about the only piece of the igniton that isn't BRAND NEW. (Minus the plugs, which I'm going to buy 2moro and put on aswell.)
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Re: 87 No Start III AHHH!!! (TIMSPEED)
Did you see if you were getting spark? Pull a plug, lay it on the pleunum, with the ign wire attached, crank the motor over and see if you can make out a spark. Also, in the last thread you said that you smelled fuel when you mashed the pedal down; on a FI engine, the fuel is not squirted when you hit the gas pedal, all it does is lets more air in, not fuel. See if you can smell fuel on a plug when you pull it out. If you are concerned with flooding the motor, pull the connector to the cold start injector.
If you have spark, fuel and the motor is turning over, it gotta be the ign timing. Your dist may have skipped a few teeth. Run a timing light when you turn over the motor and see if it's firing at the right time. Good luck and keep us posted.
Oh, also, if you have any doubts about an HEI Ign module, get a new one. One in every 10 modules that I go through at my shop is bad from stock.
[Modified by lowflyer, 9:43 PM 11/27/2001]
If you have spark, fuel and the motor is turning over, it gotta be the ign timing. Your dist may have skipped a few teeth. Run a timing light when you turn over the motor and see if it's firing at the right time. Good luck and keep us posted.
Oh, also, if you have any doubts about an HEI Ign module, get a new one. One in every 10 modules that I go through at my shop is bad from stock.
[Modified by lowflyer, 9:43 PM 11/27/2001]
Drifting
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Re: 87 No Start III AHHH!!! (lowflyer)
Pull a plug, lay it on the pleunum, with the ign wire attached, crank the motor over and see if you can make out a spark.
[Modified by lowflyer, 9:43 PM 11/27/2001]
[Modified by lowflyer, 9:43 PM 11/27/2001]
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From: Lockport ny
Re: 87 No Start III AHHH!!! (TIMSPEED)
my 90 wouldn't start and to make a long story short, i pulled a injector( by chance it was the one closest to the front, on the drivers side) and it started!!!!!!!! Thats as far as I've gotten...
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Re: 87 No Start III AHHH!!! (Smash)
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From: Norcross GA
Re: 87 No Start III AHHH!!! (rjaj3954)
The injector is probably shorted. Do an Ohms test. Should be in the hood of 16 Ohms.
Tim,
You said B/4 you were getting spark! :confused:
If you have spark you are wasting time and $.
Tim,
You said B/4 you were getting spark! :confused:
If you have spark you are wasting time and $.
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From: Norcross GA
Re: 87 No Start III AHHH!!! (ZylaRace)
BTW Good fuel pressure is 43psi (rails primed, engine not running).
Please send me you next paycheck. You will be just as close to getting it running and just as lite in the wallet! :crazy:
Please send me you next paycheck. You will be just as close to getting it running and just as lite in the wallet! :crazy:
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From: Lake Hughes CA
Re: 87 No Start III AHHH!!! (TIMSPEED)
If I have something that will not start the first thing I do is give it a shot of starting fuild (spray can.... I keep it around for my old D2 Catipillar). It that does not do anything, I look at the spark system. If it does, I look at the fuel system.
if electrical, take an old plug, clamp or lay it on something grounded, pull any plugwire, hook it to the test plug and look for spark. If you get spark, check timing.
if electrical, take an old plug, clamp or lay it on something grounded, pull any plugwire, hook it to the test plug and look for spark. If you get spark, check timing.