help!help!
05-05-2011, 06:29 PM
#1
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Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 13
help!help!
My 1982 280zx non turbo keeps on sputtering. When i first turn on the car it idles fine,starts up perfect and i can rev the enigine and everything looks and sounds good. as soon as the car warms up for around ten minutes is when the rpm's wont go higher than 2000. all the valves look good ive replaced the following parts
-Throttle position sensor
-ignition pickup coil
-ignition module
-mass air flow sensor
-fuel pump
-electronic ignition coil
-oxygen sensor
-CAT
any help???
-Throttle position sensor
-ignition pickup coil
-ignition module
-mass air flow sensor
-fuel pump
-electronic ignition coil
-oxygen sensor
-CAT
any help???
05-05-2011, 06:33 PM
#2
The Emblem Thief y0!
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Tulsa, Ok
Posts: 947
I think this is the first major issue of all new zdriver members. You're more that likely about to hear "check your CHTS", as I don't see that on your list of checked parts. It is on the passenger side of the head, and it has a little connector that looks like an injector plug, check the connections, make sure they aren't corroded, mine were >.<
I think 3/4 of the people on this site have had the same issue.
I think 3/4 of the people on this site have had the same issue.
Last edited by WanganDevilZ; 05-05-2011 at 06:42 PM.
05-05-2011, 07:28 PM
#5
The Emblem Thief y0!
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Tulsa, Ok
Posts: 947
Not unless it were overloaded, in which you would be having a lot more problems that the current issue =P
Between Cylinders 5 and 6, check that, unplug the connector and check the leads. (Sorry for quality)
This is a very common culprit for the issue that you are having.
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Between Cylinders 5 and 6, check that, unplug the connector and check the leads. (Sorry for quality)
This is a very common culprit for the issue that you are having.
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05-08-2011, 06:23 PM
#8
The Emblem Thief y0!
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Tulsa, Ok
Posts: 947
It's that Yellow-GreenStripe/black wire, I think mine might be spliced/soldered (PO was retard)
Chillin next to the dipstick and spark plugs 5 & 6
Right above your engine badge
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05-09-2011, 12:38 PM
#11
More Than Meets The Eye
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Mesa, Az
Posts: 5,120
05-09-2011, 01:25 PM
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05-12-2011, 03:54 PM
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NH, formerly CT
Posts: 172
Rust chunks would clog up your fuel filter and starve the engine of fuel. It's possible, but your problem sounds different.
What's the condition of your distributor? Is the module on it damaged? When's the last time you changed your cap and rotor? Is your cap cracked or something? Before I started my engine swap I really let things go to **** under the hood because I knew the old motor was going away, but at one point I started getting steam near the distributor from the thermostat housing and it got the system all wet and would completely lose ignition after 2200 RPM (which was not fun on the 15 mile trip I had to get the car home that day). No spark after a specific RPM range sounds like a distributor problem to me.
What's the condition of your distributor? Is the module on it damaged? When's the last time you changed your cap and rotor? Is your cap cracked or something? Before I started my engine swap I really let things go to **** under the hood because I knew the old motor was going away, but at one point I started getting steam near the distributor from the thermostat housing and it got the system all wet and would completely lose ignition after 2200 RPM (which was not fun on the 15 mile trip I had to get the car home that day). No spark after a specific RPM range sounds like a distributor problem to me.
05-25-2011, 11:56 AM
#20
Externally Wastegated
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego
Posts: 1,220
Does it pop and sputter through the intake side, or does it sputter coming out the exhaust? These cars also notorious for bad ecu contacts. Try cleaning the contact, and jiggling the wires to see if that helps. Do you have any vacuum leaks?
