sepulslaya
04-26-2008, 10:12 AM
86 DX, 220,000miles, basic daily driver.
the car normally starts and runs great but on and off recently the car turns over and over and over and if i floor it and keep it floored while cranking the motor it will start, but it takes a second to get up to speed and kinda sounds like it's got to wind up like a jet winds up faster and faster until it gets going. it's strange, but it's worked.
well now that trick doesn't work. the only way to get it going it to floor the gas even before i crank the motor over and keep it floored, then it will eventually wind up to speed.
if i don't completely floor it it sort of begins to wind up but it never gets going fast enough to get to a normal idle and if i keep the gas floored it will stay running really rough after i disengage the starter but it sounds awful and shakes and if i back off the gas at all or try to slip out the clutch or it just dies.
cleaning the carb with gumout did not necessarily help. engine has rough idle and no power now. once it gets above 1000rpm it feels smoother but still has no power and if i goose the gas it will hesitate for an instant before the tach jumps.
the venturi are both in there nice and tight.
helpful info: i replaced the timing belt before it got this bad habit of not starting. i am reluctant to suspect the timing because it started and revved up normal right after i replaced it. but then the next time i tried to start it half an hour later it wouldn't start.
i just replaced the plugs and wires but the plugs looked great.
i drove it around the block without the air cleaner on and it sounds normal but has no power. also it died and sounded like it backfired - sorta - not loud, just one of those "piff!" sounds, like it shot a spark plug or something (which it did not), then it ran sketchy the rest of the way around the block and wanted to die over and over.
also, for the first time it did the "rev up to speed" thing tonight without me touching the gas. granted, i had been trying to start it by flooring it for a couple minutes but this is new.
regarding running rich as has been suggested, the plugs looked great (no deposits or build-up) and i haven't noticed smoke when i start it. i'll check again but i don't remember it dieseling when i turn it off. i don't know if there's any other way to tell.
the car normally starts and runs great but on and off recently the car turns over and over and over and if i floor it and keep it floored while cranking the motor it will start, but it takes a second to get up to speed and kinda sounds like it's got to wind up like a jet winds up faster and faster until it gets going. it's strange, but it's worked.
well now that trick doesn't work. the only way to get it going it to floor the gas even before i crank the motor over and keep it floored, then it will eventually wind up to speed.
if i don't completely floor it it sort of begins to wind up but it never gets going fast enough to get to a normal idle and if i keep the gas floored it will stay running really rough after i disengage the starter but it sounds awful and shakes and if i back off the gas at all or try to slip out the clutch or it just dies.
cleaning the carb with gumout did not necessarily help. engine has rough idle and no power now. once it gets above 1000rpm it feels smoother but still has no power and if i goose the gas it will hesitate for an instant before the tach jumps.
the venturi are both in there nice and tight.
helpful info: i replaced the timing belt before it got this bad habit of not starting. i am reluctant to suspect the timing because it started and revved up normal right after i replaced it. but then the next time i tried to start it half an hour later it wouldn't start.
i just replaced the plugs and wires but the plugs looked great.
i drove it around the block without the air cleaner on and it sounds normal but has no power. also it died and sounded like it backfired - sorta - not loud, just one of those "piff!" sounds, like it shot a spark plug or something (which it did not), then it ran sketchy the rest of the way around the block and wanted to die over and over.
also, for the first time it did the "rev up to speed" thing tonight without me touching the gas. granted, i had been trying to start it by flooring it for a couple minutes but this is new.
regarding running rich as has been suggested, the plugs looked great (no deposits or build-up) and i haven't noticed smoke when i start it. i'll check again but i don't remember it dieseling when i turn it off. i don't know if there's any other way to tell.