Mark,
That's got to be the best online diagnosis I've ever had. Got it in one :)
Just reseated the efi computer plugs and took her for a spin and she's back
to full grunt. I'd forgotten how good the 3" sounds @7000rpm.
Thanx heaps
Jake
ps hows your 16 going?
>From: "Mark Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: FJ20T problem
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:05:18 +1000
>
>G'day Jake,
>if you have these symptoms,
>* when mildly accelerating not using boost, the motor ran O.K.
>* when coming on boost, it would stumble
>* and when on boost it was very lacking in power
>* overall poor driveability
>
>then I the same prob too, about a week back. I tried everything you did,
>fuel system, checked leads, loom etc. I thought that maybe the airflow was
>stuck, but it was fine. It turned out to be a bad connection between the
>loom and computer. By unpluging and pluging the ECU back in (several times
>if need be), it appears to take some tarnish off the connectors. After
>that, mine was 100% again.
>
>Be careful if trying to fang it when it's playing up. When mine was, the
>mixture meter was showing full lean when driving around, and when on boost,
>barely came up to normal, let alone rich.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Wardy
>
>
>---- Original Message -----
>From: "Turbo 510" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:26 PM
>Subject: FJ20T problem
>
>
> > Got a few problems with my FJ20t at the moment. These problems started
>after
> > a day at DECA. The car ran faultlessly all day being cained hard
>(8000rpm
> > shifts) but when I left to go home the car started to misbehave.
> > The symptoms are: Inlet backfiring as boost comes on.
> > Will accelerate on boost but with major hesitations.
> > I have changed my fuel filters thinking I had a fuel delivery problem,
>tried
> > new spark plugs, and checked all the wiring on the car, all to no avail.
> > I am not sure what to chase up next. Could this problem be related to my
>AFM
> > (airflow meter), or could it be spark related.
> > I am still running the coil and plug leads that came with the engine.
> > What would be a good after market coil to run with the FJ20t's factory
> > computer? Is it likely the original coil will have failed?
> > Is it worth changing the leads for aftermarket ones? if so what type
> > considering the plugs are hiding in between the cams?
> > Thanx in advance
> > Jake
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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