76 280z Hesitation whenever i accelerate
 

Alright my car was running like a champ after the engine was rebuilt half way down the freeway like 30min my car starts to hesitate and jerk and the problem kept happening ever since.. There are cracks in the boots of the AFM which idk if thats bad and the fuel injectors might just be dirty idk but please help i wanna drive my car

Start with the basics...
Checked timing?
Checked sensors and connections?
Read spark plugs?

Like what sensors/connections and what do you mean by read the spark plugs like the compression??

I mean check all sensors and connections... :D

And the back inside page of your Haynes manual looks like this:

http://www.aa1car.com/library/reading_spark_plugs.jpg

Haha thanks gunna have to buy this manuel. Did you ever face this type of problem??

I've faced many technical problems... :D Without looking at your engine bay, and without knowing what you've done / haven't done, it's hard to pinpoint the problem.

As I stated, start with the basics. From what I know:
-You just rebuilt the motor.
-It ran fine for 30 minutes.
-Out of the blue it starts hesitating.

Did YOU rebuild the motor, or did someone else? I would assume someone else did as you don't own a Haynes manual or FSM?

I would check the CHTS and AFM connections... pulling and installing an engine means every connection was just undone, maybe one or two connections weren't fully re-seated upon install. Maybe the dizzy wasn't tightened down and the timing is off. Maybe a spark plug wire is loose and arcing on the block.

Lots of possibilities. :D

-what certain things should i take pics of.
-Mike Z shop rebuilt the engine
-I barely bought the book today and too me it seems there is little info on 280zs.
-Also when i drive the car it smells alot like gas do u think the car is running lean

The engine bay... the sensors... the vacuum lines...

Who installed the engine? If it was that shop, take it back to them.

Click: www.xenons30.com/reference

Maybe that means there is a fuel leak?

-i took pics of the afm and bay put idk how to post pics on here that were taken on my ipod touch
-i looked at the book and chp13 has the 280z info and thanks for posting the references also
-the smell seems to come from the exhaust

Move the pictures from your ipod to your computer. If you don't know how, just plug it in to your computer, then navigate to "my computer". You should see your ipod listed there. Go into it and find the pictures. Drag and drop to your desktop or wherever else.

After they're on your pc you can either upload them to a remote image hosting site (for example photobucket.com or tinypic.com) and then post the link they give you to post on a forum. The code would look something like this:
http://i40.tinypic.com/3358fm1.png

Or, you can upload them directly to zdriver.com when posting by clicking here:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2wlvbrn.png

Thanks for explaining this :biggrin:

the first two are just pics of the bay
the second if the AFM
the third and fourth are the intake manifold closed and opened