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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 09:30 PM
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weird intake problem......*update*

put on a new cap[ and rotor and jamed the AFM gate open a little and now it runs! still stumbles a little and is still richer then hell. but it actually runs!!!

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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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Whats it idling at when you dont have a hose disconnected? Try raising your idle speed. If your idle speed is too low it will throw off your TPS as well. Disconnecting a vacuum hose will allow the engine to take in the air it needs to idle.
Old Mar 20, 2006 | 10:11 PM
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with hose off, it idle at 1200, with all hoses on 2-500 (bounces back between the two)
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:49 AM
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yeah I'd try just raising your idle speed. Engine sounds like it's suffocating and then when you pull the hose it's getting that little air it needs to idle. Does it do this all the time or only when its not warmed up? If it's only when it's not warmed up then I'd say your air regulator is bad. If it does this all the time then I'd try raising your idle speed
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:04 AM
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yea, always, ill try raising my idle when i get home, if that doesnt work, then i will go ahead and change out my filter, then im thinking leaf blower mod.
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:24 AM
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Yeah I suppose leaning out the mixture screw could be a fix too. I'd try the idle speed first though.
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:40 AM
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the mixture screw is the one on the AFM right?
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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yup, thats the one.
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:11 PM
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just got to the car, the screw is in all the way.
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:36 PM
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If you're talking about the mixture screw then that means its adjusted to all the way rich. Try backing it out and see what happens. That will lean out the mixture a bit.
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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i tried the idle screw with no avail. im going to lean it out half way.
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 03:36 PM
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leaned it out all the way and is still running extremely rich.
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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Did you try raising the idle speed?
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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yep, got it to run, now i can rev it, still sputtiering and sounds like its miss firing, but im going to advance the dizzy to help with it, i got a set of accel 8MM prostock wires, but im thinking of taking them back and getting regular ones.
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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Are you firing on all 6? Fuel and spark.
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:36 PM
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fuel yes, i dont know about spark, will try tomorow, i still have to change out the plugs to, may also be removing the TB water thing.
Old Mar 22, 2006 | 08:09 AM
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I mean fuel on all 6? One bad injector connector and you're running like crap.
Old Mar 22, 2006 | 09:28 AM
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it should beg etting fuel, i jusr eplaced all 6 injectors and all 6 connectors.
Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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cool, just checking. missing a cylinder is enough to get her running below par but not enough to stop it from starting and running.
Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:28 AM
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ive experienced dead cylinders and this isnt a dead cyl. i think im going to check out plugs, then maybe a coil.
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