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Old 12-12-06, 09:21 PM
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Gsl-se Fuel Problems

Help. I Have Been Having Trouble With My Gsl-se. It Seems To Bog Out Between 3000 And 5000 Rpms. It Wil Be Fine For A While But If Im Low On Gas Or Going Up Hills It Wants To Bog Out. Almost Like It Is Just Running On 1 Rotor. My Timing Is Set I Have Cleaned All The Intake And Did A Seafoam Treatment, Changed Fuel Filter, Emtied Tank And Put Fresh Gas In, Adjusted Tps, And Some Other Things. My Ignition Is Good And I Have Full Compression. I'm Thinking Fuel Pump But Not Sure. Please Help Me Out If You Can. Thanks.
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Does it have the stock cats on it?
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Yes But I Took Them And The Thermal Reactor Off To See And The Cats Were Mostly Hollow The Reactor Was Clear. Exaust Is Fine And Freefloeing.
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fuel filter maybe???
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Originally Posted by 2713ddddavid
fuel filter maybe???
He just replaced it.

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My brain is pounding since I have been diagnosing with members for the past couple of hours.
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Check out the condition of the fuel pick-up tube in the tank. A small hole in it will suck air in the situations you describe. One member recently mentioned this.

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Good Idea Wich On Eis The Pickup Tube?
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Good Idea Wich One Is The Pickup Tube? My Fuel Pressure Is Fine. If This Was The Problem Wouldnt It Effect The Fuel Pressure? The In Jectors Are Clean And A Fairly New Pulsation Damper And Fuel Pressure Regulator.
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fuel injector going bad, maybe?
how old are your ignition wires?



EDIT: stepped away from the computer and didn't refresh so i didn't see that you got the injectors done already.
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New Plugs And Wires. All Ignition Seems To Be Good. Just Set Timing And Even Tried A 180' On The Distributor. I Thought It Was The Injectors At First But I Have Cleaned And Tested Them Both.
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My first thougt is fuel pump, a few years back my SE was doing the samething. It started getting fuel starvation between 4k-5k rpms, losing all power and sometimes stalling out. Car would start back up, sometimes ran fine all the way to redline other times I could continue to duplicate the condition. The condition started to get worse, starving out lower into the rpm range. Finally one night on my way home from work I had to keep it under 2k rpms just to be able to pull it into a gas station and walked the rest of the way home. At that point the pump was making so much noise I opened the door, stuck my head under the car and said to myself " so thats what's wrong with my car".
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Yep One Day It Was Making A Funny Sound. So My Next Question Is Where Do I Get One For A Reasonable Price, And Are They The Same For The 12a I Have An 81 Gs 12a I Might Use It If It Will Fit? If Not Where To Get One New? Is There Anything Else It Could Be?
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can't help you with price info, but the 12A pump is NOT the same.
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here ya be, knew this bookmark would come in handy https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...slse+fuel+pump
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Originally Posted by RW-7
Yep One Day It Was Making A Funny Sound. So My Next Question Is Where Do I Get One For A Reasonable Price, And Are They The Same For The 12a I Have An 81 Gs 12a I Might Use It If It Will Fit? If Not Where To Get One New? Is There Anything Else It Could Be?
I got my new one from Advance for something like $100. At the time it came with a lifetime warranty but has since gone to a one year deal. Good thing I keep my receipts.
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