Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 15:11:55 -0400
Reply-To: Ray Brubaker <rayandmerle@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Ray Brubaker <rayandmerle@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Engine quite, restart after <>10 minutes
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The tach followed the engine speed, it would flick when the engine would
sputter as it was dying but I was thinking it was because the speed
increased momentarily. Are you thinking coil or triggering of the coil?
Thanks
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 1:49 PM William Monk <billmonk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you recall if you were able to see the tach when it quit? Did it drop
> instantly or still follow the engine speed?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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