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 Post subject: car not starting first time on petrol
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:36 pm 
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hey guys well my car is a 94 ef on gas but it doesnt start on petrol sometimes... it sometimes jst keeps turning over but no spark or it backfires then starts....pumping the acceleration pedal doesnt help?? and sometims it just stops and when i turn my key again the engine doesnt even want to start?? :?
please help?? ( oh ands the fuel filter is brand new)

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 Post subject: Re: car not starting first time on petrol
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:53 pm 
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Pump or injectors.

Not unheard of for the petrol to stop working. Has the petrol been used regularly, i.e. 10% of the time?

 

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 Post subject: Re: car not starting first time on petrol
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:58 pm 
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wel not when i first got the car but yea ive been using petrol alot nore now...

how do i check it its the injectors or pump?...it does run rough on petrol i must say.
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 Post subject: Re: car not starting first time on petrol
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:50 am 
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Easiest way to check if there is fuel is to remove the line from the entry point on the fuel rail, stick it in a bottle, and get someone to turn the car to ON, but not start. The fuel pump should spit some fuel into the bottle, before it turns off - runs for about 3 seconds. That's to prime the rail. If that doesn't happen, or very little fuel get's in the bottle, there is two or three possible causes, in no specific order:

#1 - Dead or close to it fuel pump.
#2 - Seriously blocked up fuel filter.
#3 - Dead fuel pump relay or wiring.

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 Post subject: Re: car not starting first time on petrol
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:11 pm 
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cheers mate ill do that 2morro
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 Post subject: Re: car not starting first time on petrol
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:10 pm 
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so i did it and alot of fuel came out man... so this means the injectors are blocked?? i think they are the factory one and my cars on gas so culd this mean in need of a new set?
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 Post subject: Re: car not starting first time on petrol
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:23 pm 
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Ok, so a fair bit of fuel was pumped into the bottle. That's a good start.

Have you checked the fuel regulator, is the vac line hooked up & not leaking? If it's hooked up & working as it should, then it's possible the injectors are blocked.

What happened after re-attaching the fuel line, would the car start on petrol at all?

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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:18 pm 
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hmmm i didnt think i started it after coz mum needed my hel in the house :S yea the vac line is hooked up and isnt leaking...

i went to the wreckers nd picked up a set of injectors but wana know if theres anyway i can clean em up b4 i can but em in my car??

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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:09 pm 
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Go to sprints (Bridge Rd) and get a new set of seals (O rings) for them...

 

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Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:18 pm 
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o rings for the ones from the wreckers? do i clean em up in anyway matt?
how much wud o rings cost?
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Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:13 pm 
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No more than $2 each.
Stick them in and see what happens.
Feel free to bring it over and I can test for vacuum leaks.

 

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Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:21 pm 
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gas + E-series = fail
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:02 pm 
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FordFairmont wrote:
gas + E-series = fail



Why do you say that? There are plenty of E-series on LPG that run fine, like my mothers ED Futura.

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yea matt cheers mite take it round ill have to organise it mate

cheers anthony
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 Post subject: Re: car not starting first time on petrol
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:11 pm 
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ToranaGuy wrote:
FordFairmont wrote:
gas + E-series = fail



Why do you say that? There are plenty of E-series on LPG that run fine, like my mothers ED Futura.

Cheers

ToranaGuy


i reckon, if it wasnt for dizzy ignition systems & gassed e-series then these forum would be a very quite place :lol:
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