CIS Problem?

[Cody Forbes]

L DC wrote:
> Hi All!!
> CIS/fuel distributor problem?
> >
> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
> -Louis


First off, CIS = Problem.

Second off, somebody suggseted removing the rubber boot to lift the metering 
plate up. DO NOT DO THAT EVER! The boot is old and hard, and its the biggest 
pain in the ass to re-install that you have ever seen in your life. Undo the 
clips on the air filter box and then get your hand in there and push the 
plate up from the bottom side. You may just take the air filter box cover 
off completely and replace the filter while its out, I know yours is old.

When you go to do this you should insert a fuse into the top of your fuel 
pump relay. This will turn the pump on any time the key is in the run 
position. Then what you do is move the plate up by hand from underneath as I 
described above (with thepump running). You should feel some resistance, not 
alot, but it should take some effort to move it and you will hear the 
injectors spray - it sounds like a jet engine starting up as you lift the 
plate, and they are resonably loud, theres no mistaking it. If there is no 
resistance in the plate then you have either the fuel distibutor piston 
stuck all the way up (unlikely, you would hear the injectors going full bore 
at all times and the engine would hydrolock), or there is no "control 
pressure" meaning no fuel pressure being delivered to the top half of the 
fuel distributor.

If you don't have the 5ktq fuel pump relay with a fuse spot in the top of it 
then you can simply remove the cover off of the relay and have a buddy 
manually operate the relay even when the key is turned off. Theres only 1 
part on the relay that moves, push it towards the center of the relay and 
the pump turns on.

Try that test and get back to us, that will at least give me and hopefully 
others a better idea of whats going on.

-Cody Forbes
http://www.5000tq.com
'86 5ktq
'86 5k-t-q -Parts (made into parts car because of CIS problems!!!!)
'86 5k-t-q
'87 5ktq - Fast. (CIS thrown in garbage can nearly 3 years ago)