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

[Joe.Doty at lcnetwork.com (Joe Doty)]

Thanks for your suggestions everybody.  I started going through the
Bentley electrical tests out of frustration and found that the DPR
resistance was way too high.  It turns out that my shoddy wiring was to
blame (yay for crimp connectors)

The car runs great now, all it needs is an exhaust.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: T. Reed [mailto:treed2@u.washington.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:32 AM
To: Joe Doty
Cc: list
Subject: Re: got 2.0 back in red car, start/running problem.

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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