Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 13:49:50 -0400
Reply-To: William Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM>
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From: William Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Engine quite, restart after <>10 minutes
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Do you recall if you were able to see the tach when it quit? Did it drop instantly or still follow the engine speed?
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> On Aug 10, 2019, at 1:12 PM, Ray Brubaker <rayandmerle@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> thanks for the quick reply. I have considered the filter but wondered how
> it would be passing enough fuel for a high power run on the express way and
> then die at idle. And why would it then work again after 10 min? It seems
> to be temp related but I can't figure out how. I don't have a new filter
> handy, I may have an old one that was removed at an engine change that was
> still working. It is easy to change.
>
> Ray
>
>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 12:45 PM <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> First thought is fuel filter. And easy to swap out.
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:35 AM Ray Brubaker <rayandmerle@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Thanks for this great list. I have read it regularly for years but
>>> don't recall reading about what just happened to be me. I have a '89 Blue
>>> Star auto original 2.1. I drove to the airport, 25 mi, to pickup my son
>>> and family. Returning with a full load, 8 people, ( I modified to use the
>>> two seat slide in middle seat with one rear facing seat at the door)
>>> youngest grandchild is 15, and a full load of luggage. Had gotten off the
>>> express way after cruising at 70 for about 15 min. and was in stop and go
>>> traffic for another 15 min. when I stopped at a red light. The engine came
>>> to idle then sputtered a few times and quite. Cranking, it would sputter a
>>> few times but wouldn't start. Pushed it into a median. Unloaded the back,
>>> checked the engine, found nothing amiss, checked that the fuel pump was
>>> working normally, tank was 3/4 full (tank was new about a year ago). We
>>> were running with AC on, temp was in mid range, not overheated. After
>>> about
>>> 10 min. I was able to get it to start and got going again. Slipped it into
>>> neutral and kept it revved a little at every stop but it still quite the
>>> same way in about 10 min. This time I felt the fuel pump while my son
>>> cranked the engine and thought I felt and heard something that may have
>>> been cavitation. Again after about 10 min. it started and we drove home,
>>> about 15 min., with no incident ( I left the AC off). Yesterday I checked
>>> fuel pressure, 33 psi with vac connected, 39 with it disconnected, normal.
>>> Checked leak-down, normal, about 1 psi in a half hour.
>>>
>>> It seems like it is fuel related. To me it acted like vapor lock but that
>>> shouldn't happen to a running injected engine.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any thought on this problem,
>>>
>>> Ray
>>>
>>
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