got 2.0 back in red car, start/running problem.

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Check your cold start injector. It may not be passing gas...



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: "Joe Doty" <Joe.Doty@lcnetwork.com>
>To: "list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: got 2.0 back in red car, start/running problem.
>Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:38:44 -0700
>
>I got the 2.0 16v back in my red car.  It's running on the stock
>KE-Jetronic injection.
>
>Problem is, when I first tried to start it, it was hard to start but it
>idled okay.  As soon as I gave it gas it would die.  Dead.  Eventually
>after destroying the start and warming the car up with these crappy
>starts its behavior changed a little.  It got to where it would start,
>idle, and when I gave it throttle it sounded like it was hitting a rev
>limiter or fuel/spark cut.  After running for a while its behavior got
>somewhat normal.  We set the ignition timing to 6 degreeds BTDC.
>
>The immediate choking out of the car did not seem related to the idle
>switch as I was able to get the throttle just past the closing of the
>switch and it would not die.
>
>However, after it cooled down it didn't want to start again at all.  I
>did the following to no avail:
>
>- pulled the fuel pump relay and put in a jumper
>- test injector output while fuel pump was jumpered (seemed fine)
>
>Keep in mind this is a put-back-together type project.  I swapped back
>in the CIS-E after having the digifant in.  I thought I did a good job
>of making sure the wires all got reconnected back to where they should
>have been.
>
>When I get home I'm gonna check the resistance on the coolant temp
>sensor.  Any other ideas?
>
>Joe
>
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