Re: Interesting Solution - 5kcstq warm start problem

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <19990226194401.3299.qmail@hotmail.com> "Richard Reed" writes:

> Initial diagnosis (confirmed on the list):
>
> She gets the vapors.
> Classic vapor lock symptoms.
> Crank the engine, pull the plugs, dry as a bone.
> Not leaky injectors. Probably leaky CSV, stuck check valve, or bad
> pressure accumulator.
>
> Dr. Audi says:
>
> Blood pressure's fine!  38/80  (38 psi residual/80 psi pumped)

Fine?  No, not really.  'Residual' should really be above 3 bar
(44psi).

> "Not vapor lock" I says?  "Fraid knot" says he.
> "The old girls got no spark when she's hot"  he goes on.
> "My official diagnosis - Hall unit's goin' south" he concludes.

Hmm.  Coil ground to inlet manifold would have been _my_ first guess.
A bad Hall sensor can be diagnosed unmistakably using the diagnostic
procedure on Scott Mockry's web pages.  Ain't seen one yet.

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