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cdsonic · 06-11-2004, 18:07

I bought a 6 cylinder ea cheap from a friend of my son's, who had bought it to do up.
When he bought the car he was told that it ran well and was used daily up to about a month before it was sold. But when he got it home it ran like a hairy goat with heaps of smoke.

Since he's not real bright when it comes to these things i bought it.
We thought it might of been the fuel injection 'cpi' because some one had taken the carby apart and put it back together with aviation gue and silastic. The fuel had melted it all through the carby. So I replaced it with a carby and manifold that I know is very good. But it still runs like a two stroke and kills mosquito's with the smoke coming out the back, which stinks of fuel.
I replaced the dizzy cap and leads.
I also check the plugs, they are sooty and smell of fuel, number three plug was still wet with fuel.
When the other fellow bought the car they told him that some pulse thing was shorting out and he would have to pick the car up from the mechanics were they had droped it off to be fixed.
There seems to be a lot of noise coming back through the carby.

I think thats about it, any ideas??
Please help.

AUII_Forte · 06-12-2004, 01:30

I'd check the vacuum hose that goes from the manifold to the MAP sensor. It's the little black think screwed to the firewall just near the washer bottle. Make sure the hose is attached and isn't split or deteriorated. The MAP sensor is the main sensor the ECU uses to determine the fuel mixture.

cdsonic · 06-12-2004, 02:59

Thanks
I replaced the computer and the map sensor and it ran slightly better "NOT"
I check the timing, put the whole lot back to top dead centre because the rotor was half way between 1 and 5. But that made it worse, it stopped a lot of the smoke but now it just keeps popping and backfiring through the carby.

I am starting to think maybe someone has been playing with the motor and stuffed up a lot more than just the carby.

Mother Nature · 06-12-2004, 03:05

I know this may sound strange but hows the fuel pump ????? and the fuel lines to and from......have the fuel filters been changed ????

This sounds like some of the problems I had ........ not exactly but it may help

:fairy

davway · 06-12-2004, 03:31

have you checked the compression? all that smoke doesnt sound good. has it even got PETROL in it and not DIESEL????

cdsonic · 06-12-2004, 03:55

I don't think its the fuel pump or filter it does not seem to be starving for fuel. Beacuse all the smoke out the back is fuel smoke.

cdsonic · 06-12-2004, 03:56

I am pretty sure it does not have diesel in the tank it seems to start and run easy.

Mother Nature · 06-12-2004, 04:07

You could smell the fuel in mine ......... I thought it was getting too much fuel ..... I am more than likely wrong with your car ....... Mine seemed to use a crap load of fuel when this was happening ,the spark plugs clogged up and it ran like a dog, it backfired which generally reads to be too much fuel.........

Mine had a few other things going on as well at the same time that you havent described but thats why I thought I would respond as it took me about 5 months to rectify my problem...... and the fuel pump was the last thing anyone thought of

:fairy

cdsonic · 06-12-2004, 05:12

What were the other things that it was doing??

Mother Nature · 06-13-2004, 00:58

If you go to the following thread you will see all the things that happened in the end..... My problem seemd to be a long and dragged out one that started seemingly minor compared to my trip to Bathurst & beoynd.....

Age Old EA problems in Summer/hot weather

As I have said I may totally be off with my suggestion but I know when your at the stage you are anything is worth a go

:fairy