Andrew,
Check the condition of the dissy cap and the rotor button. If you are
backfiring it may be tracking across your dissy cap or may be cross firing
on plug leads.
Cheers
Feral Errol
----------
From: Andrew Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: help, engine trouble
Date: Monday, October 30, 2000 13:12
yeah ive tried different coil and lead combos, its also backfining into the
intake, but i havent changed cam timing?
-----Original Message-----
From: Paddy McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2000 1:36
Subject: Re: help, engine trouble
> did you try a different coil or coil lead? usually its electrical if
>things only breakdown under load and not at idle and when revved freely.
>Paddy
>new parts arent guaranteed to work, theyre guaranteed to be replaced if
they
>dont!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Terry Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 10:30 PM
>Subject: RE: help, engine trouble
>
>
>> Very little change of it being the injectors, you expect a 3 cylinder
run
>> with a shot injector but not a total breakdown. If you have good fuel
>> pressure and good spark (hook up a timing light to be sure) then you
have
>to
>> dig a bit deeper for the problem.
>>
>> Terry
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew Peters
>> Sent: Saturday, 28 October 2000 6:16 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: help, engine trouble
>>
>>
>> yeah, there was pressure there last week, the low pressue filter it
>> visually pretty clean and ide say the hp one would be too as theyre both
>> new, so any shit would be cought in the lp one. if nothing else turns up
>ill
>> pull the rail off and test it again.
>> any chance its the injectors?
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Terry Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Saturday, 28 October 2000 15:18
>> Subject: RE: help, engine trouble
>>
>>
>> Andrew,
>> You seemed to have concentrated on electrical items, have you
checked
>> fuel pressure? It could be something as simple as a blocked filter.
>>
>> Terry
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew Peters
>> Sent: Saturday, 28 October 2000 2:46 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: help, engine trouble
>>
>>
>> hi all, im having problems with my z18et, its been off the road
for
>> ages and i didnt pull it apart at all. the problem is it will idle but
>with
>> any load above about 2k it just dies and splutters, reving in neutral
wwas
>> ok and all seemed good until i drove it, now after playing with timing
and
>> computers it wont even do that cleanly. i changed the injectors while it
>was
>> out of the car and rewired everything, pulled the throttle body off and
>> thats it. another thing i noticed was the boost line isnt connected so
>there
>> is an air leak, and if you block it up the motor dies, if its idleing or
>> revving. ive tried ign timing everywhere from 5-30 with no real
difference
>> in problem, also tried using a tuned computer and that made no
difference
>> aswell.
>> im way out of ideas, any input at all would be helpfull, even
little
>> things that i may have over looked
>> cheers
>> andrew
>>
>> sorry so long
>>
>>
--membersozdat-----------------------------------------------------
-
>-
>> OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:-
>> Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> No unauthorised redistribution of this email
>> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm
>> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
>>
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
>-
>>
>>
--membersozdat-------------------------------------------------------
>> OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:-
>> Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> No unauthorised redistribution of this email
>> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm
>> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
>>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> --membersozdat-------------------------------------------------------
>> OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:-
>> Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> No unauthorised redistribution of this email
>> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm
>> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
>
--membersozdat-------------------------------------------------------
OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:-
Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No unauthorised redistribution of this email
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm
http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
