Hello guys
I have a 85 Se I’ve own for a few years and Im trying to get it back to road worthy again. Quick story I stopped driving it like 6 years ago , mainly cause engine would stall when coming to to a stop or deceleration . I did start the engine at least once a week and kept fuel fresh all that time, so no bad fuel . I started by replacing the bac and it help a lot, it would keep engine running but no perfect.. The car starts and idles but has a minor mis fire specially when lightly touching accelerator . I should also mention that another reason I stopped driving car was a fuel leak I discovered under throttle body. I proceeded to replace the fuel pump and filter and made no change, so replaced the injectors with professionally cleaned used ones oem and eliminated the fuel damper with Atkins bonjo bolt and no change. I also replaced the ngk plugs and wires, distributer cap and rotor as well as coils . Also replaced the maf sensor with a rebuilt oem unit . I want to say that car pulls good when you drive it hard and again problem is only when you barely depress the accelerator and under 3k mostly
I recently put a fuel pressure gauge at the hose going to engine from fire wall out hose ,,and it reads 32psi idle but when barely pressing accelerator the presure gauge needle fluctuates from 22psi to 30psi and engine hesitate and shakes a little but when I push accelerator all the way down it revs normal ? This brings me to the next problem the power steering. When reving the engine the power steering fluid seems to built pressure and begins to come out from reservoir top cap. I replaced cap iwith another used ones oem and it does he same. It doesn’t do it all the time either so its pretty strange

 

I wonder if the power steering pump is experiencing a clog. Slip the belt off on the power steering and see how it does. I don't have an SE so can't comment on the fuel pressure measurement you made.

 

On the power steering, I had a similar problem with mine. I tried bleeding it by the FSM, raising front end turning left or right, etc several times but mine kept overflowing too. Turns out air was being introduced through a bad o-ring. Mine was the oring between the reservoir and the pump housing. Once I replaced that and bled the system by the FSM, I haven’t had any problems.

 

Thank you for sharing your experience. Any chance you remember the part number and place where you bought it? I did some research and its not invluded in the power steering oring repair kit apparently.

 

Thanks I’ll give it try.

 

I got this kit from eBay https://ebay.us/m/UDLE8O
pretty sure it had the oring for the connection between pump and tank.

I did fight a small drip a little even after replacing the oring and took it back out, cleaned up again and reinstalled.

 

that’s super helpful. Thank you for the pics and info,