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

[treed2 at u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

Check the valve timing, if your t-belt is 2-3 teeth off it can run like
this off-idle and below 3500 rpm (as well as be hard to start).

It sounds like you haven't messed with the injection at all but is it
possible your air-flow plate is binding or the mixture screw is way out of
adjustment? Seems like you're opening up the TB and letting in a bunch of
air but the system isn't adding additional fuel so its just leaning way
out. That's a possibility, at least.

-Toby

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Joe Doty wrote:

> 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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