Wizardwolf
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- Joined
- Oct 30, 2019
- Location
- Connecticut
Ok, I bought this car last year as a nonrunner, got it running, did a water pump, some hoses and timing belt, and a few other items to make sure the car was good to go, and have been driving it for almost 2 months every day, with only 2 instances of no start. once I was at a buddys, tried to jump his 1957 mga with it and it refuses to start again until about an hour of waiting. second time I stalled on a hill, managed to pop start it and it continued on for a while after it.
A hose got rubbed through by the dip stick, and sprayed coolant allll over the driver side of the engine from the firewall and got a lot of components wet under the intake. a few days after I caught the leak and botched it enough to drive without it spraying I made it 10 feet from work and the car died and refused to restart for an hour. tested fuel pumps. They work, unplugged everything, and plugged it in when the car was a no start, and nothing made a direct difference, when the car ran it either ran perfect or would run pig rich, to the point the exhaust smelled like raw fuel and the car would backfire, and when revved the engine would fall on its face and almost die. Think it's timing? It still runs normally sometimes. I probed the injectors looking for 12 volts hot side, and when the car was a no start the hot side wouldn't get 12 volts. I've been spending days staring at the engine disappointed not knowing where to even begin. the fuel pump relay buzzes sometimes, less so that I've cleaned the grounds, but it still buzzes when it doesn't start
I need a good starting place, and some help with this one because I am stumped, and don't know where to go from here and want to use this car and it's just told me no and that's that
A hose got rubbed through by the dip stick, and sprayed coolant allll over the driver side of the engine from the firewall and got a lot of components wet under the intake. a few days after I caught the leak and botched it enough to drive without it spraying I made it 10 feet from work and the car died and refused to restart for an hour. tested fuel pumps. They work, unplugged everything, and plugged it in when the car was a no start, and nothing made a direct difference, when the car ran it either ran perfect or would run pig rich, to the point the exhaust smelled like raw fuel and the car would backfire, and when revved the engine would fall on its face and almost die. Think it's timing? It still runs normally sometimes. I probed the injectors looking for 12 volts hot side, and when the car was a no start the hot side wouldn't get 12 volts. I've been spending days staring at the engine disappointed not knowing where to even begin. the fuel pump relay buzzes sometimes, less so that I've cleaned the grounds, but it still buzzes when it doesn't start
I need a good starting place, and some help with this one because I am stumped, and don't know where to go from here and want to use this car and it's just told me no and that's that