Ditch CIS?

[Kneale Brownson]

I thought the pump wouldn't run unless the electricals sense the engine 
turning?


At 12:29 AM 10/18/2000 -0400, Matthew Beaubien wrote:

>I think I'm at my all time hate level for CIS right now.
>
>It all started a couple of weeks ago.  I was driving home from work (~6 
>miles) and 2 blocks from home, the engine started running really bad.  I 
>had to use lots of throttle to do anything.  I would crawl along at WOT in 
>1st gear with the engine running at say 3000 RPM.  It wouldn't pull any higher.
>
>I stopped outside of my house and kept the engine running.  Eventually it 
>cleared up and seemed fine.  I couldn't get it to reproduce the 
>problem.  I drove the car the next day and it seemed fine.  Until I drove 
>home.  At almost exactly the same spot, it started to sputter again.
>
>I did some trouble shooting and it seemed that playing with the relay 
>board could make it run better.  My attention was then focused on the fuel 
>pump relay.  I bought a new relay and did some other trouble shooting, and 
>it seemed like the FP wasn't working.  I even hooked power up directly to 
>the connector and heard nothing until I tapped the assembly with a hammer 
>(this was all done while it was in the tank).
>
>Fine.  Looks like the fuel pump is dead.  Get a new pump, install it into 
>a tank that's full of fuel, and run the new FP relay.  No better.  Runs 
>like crap if I can get it started.  Sounds like it's missing most of the 
>time.  The I/C hits the front of the car when there's intake 
>backfires.  The plugs look quite rich, with the exception of #1 which 
>looks kinda lean.  Start pulling plug wires with the engine running and 
>find pulling #1 makes virtually no difference.  I verify there is spark 
>and compression is good on #1.