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Old 09-20-2010, 07:47 PM
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Unhappy Engine will not start

I have a 86 turbothat I have been restoring for the last 2+ years. It has been my daily driver for the last year. I have replace the the following
1. radiator
2. self adjustable shocks (all around)
3. repaired A/C unit and charge with freeze 12 (works great)
4. replace all hoses including vacume lines
5. replaced chts, tps, maf, cas, and timing belt,acc
A few days ago I notice it began to idile around 14K so I adjusted the dist. and she went down to 1K. I switced her off and started her up and she's back around 14K. Clean the throttle body and check the tps, still she's around14K. The her for a spin and she amost died on me idle around 500. When I finally got her home she wouldn't start. I notice that when I turned the key I could not hear the the fuel pump. Now all she does is turn over with no start. I check fuse and connection the pump and have 11.60 volts. After a few minutes tried to start her and nothing. Pump comes on and stop after 15-20 seconds. I decide to drop the tank and check the pump. Applied voltage to pump and it works everytime. My qestion is , could the ECU cause the pump not to stay on. And if so are the ECU specified for turbo and non-turbo. Or could there be another problem? Sure could use some help.
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Old 09-20-2010, 07:55 PM
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The fuel pump is only supposed to stay on for 30 seconds unless the car is running. you only need three things to make a motor run, spark, fuel and air. since you tried adjusting the distributor instead of finding out what's causing it to idle high.
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Old 10-03-2010, 01:44 PM
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For those who have been following this post. I found that my MAF sensor was bad. Install a used one from a N/A model. The only issue I have now is the response from foot petal to throttle. Seem to be some hesitation. Will try injetor cleaner and see if that will help.
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Old 10-04-2010, 03:55 AM
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^ I would say your problem now. Would be putting an N/A MAF on a Turbo. I know they are different on the 280zx. So I would imagine that they would be different on the 300zx. So I would try finding or buying another Turbo MAF. Good luck
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