i87 5kt intermittent no start

[LL - NY]

I'm actually beginning to wonder if the injectors have begun to leak down.
If it hot starts well (when the system fuel pressure is still good) and hard
starts (lots of cranking, and the fuel pump MUST start up to re-pressurize
the system) cold, I'd begin to suspect them. In a garaged car, the other
noticable thing is the distinct smell of fuel without a visible leak. The
"proper" way to test this is to put a pressure gauge on the fuel system post
fuel distributor to see how much pressure leaks down post shut down. Me,
thanks to the help of Smitty, I just replaced the injectors, and the hard
start issues went away.

LL - NY

On 5/13/08, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:
>
> dreaded ignition switch?
>
>
> On May 13, 2008, at 7:17 PM, Dave Yentema 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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