87 5kt intermittent no start

[Dave Yentema]

I know that the clamps are tight on it, and when i had it off i looked at it 
i couln't see any bad cracks in it

-Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Myers" <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
To: "Dave Yentema" <yentemad at rider.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: i87 5kt intermittent no start


>
> Check the MM hose again.  It sounds like it could be leaking.
>
> Bob
>
> At 07:17 PM 5/13/2008, you wrote:
>>Figures that when i finally get all of the right parts installed, my car 
>>doesn't want to run right. I took that plastic plug out that i had filling 
>>the hole for the idle screw, and installed the right one. Screwed it in 
>>until i heard the throttle switch click, then backed it off by about a 
>>half a turn. Car starts right up and runs like a champ, a little too high 
>>rpm, but was running very well. Shut it off, played with a few things like 
>>the isv, the throttle switch, etc and went to start the car again. It 
>>fired once but didn't catch and then didnt fire again until i turned the 
>>key off and back on again but still didn't catch. Went back out and played 
>>with some more things, took the MM hose off, cleaned the gunk off of the 
>>butterfly valve, backed the screw off a bit, etc. Tried it again, no luck. 
>>Tried one more time, but this time i punched the gas right as it fired and 
>>it caught and i held it at about 1500 for a bit and let off. It stumbled 
>>around for a bit but eventually started idling beautifully. On a quick 
>>test drive it ran amazing as well. Shut it off and went to start again, 
>>and its doing it again... I used this as an excuse to get some new spark 
>>plugs (NGK bp6et)and it runs a lot smoother, but still has this problem..
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>-Dave
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