Gsl-se won't run when warm
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Gsl-se won't run when warm
Car is an 85 Gsl-se. The car has been sitting for a few years and I'm attempting to get it running for a friend of mine. Car starts and runs and idles fine until it gets up to temp, then it will cut out if you give it any gas. I've already replaced plugs, cap, rotor, fuel filter, air filter, and have adjusted the tps. Any other ideas why it would be doing this?? Thanks.
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It takes throttle fine when it's cold. When it gets warm, if you give it any gas it will start to die and then will barely idle for a few seconds. I already drained the fuel tank and put new gas in it, then I ran the fuel pump with the hose by the intake off and it seemed to be getting plenty of fuel. The car was very hard to start the first time and it blew out a ton of white smoke, so I think it must have been flooded when I first started it up, so it must be getting plenty of gas. I also checked the door in the AFM and it checked out OK.
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Originally Posted by dstu
It takes throttle fine when it's cold. When it gets warm, if you give it any gas it will start to die and then will barely idle for a few seconds. I already drained the fuel tank and put new gas in it, then I ran the fuel pump with the hose by the intake off and it seemed to be getting plenty of fuel. The car was very hard to start the first time and it blew out a ton of white smoke, so I think it must have been flooded when I first started it up, so it must be getting plenty of gas. I also checked the door in the AFM and it checked out OK.
If it blew out lots of smoke(white), the injectors are probably leaking.
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Last week my 83GS 12A would start, as usual, in a half rev when cold, but started reluctantly when hot. I finally found that the plugs were too loose: apparently that allowed compression pressure to escape after the hot block expanded. No problem since I torqued the plugs down firmly.
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I had similar problems with my SE It turned out to be my fuel pump car even ran fine when cold and sometimes when at temp. I had it easy I had a donor car in the drive so I could swap known good parts. You said first time you started the car it blew smoke. Started after what the couple years of sitting. If it took you a while to start it probably was flooded thats all. I would check your pump.
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I had the same problem with my 85 GSL SE. I did all of the above and no luck. I finally found out that the screen on th einlet side of the Fuel pump was 3/4 full of junk. Check it and it may solve the problem
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