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1988 na rx7 hard to start and wont idle

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Old Sep 16, 2019 | 04:35 PM
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1988 na rx7 hard to start and wont idle

I am at the end of this project and its giving me some serious issues. I rinally got the car running and while the idle would hunt and was high it still drove ok. I put an after market coolant teno sensor in and got everything back together a few days ago. It was harder to start than normal but it is always hard to start after it sits for a few days. Once it finally started the idle seemed worse than before. I let it idle for a bit and then drove it probobly a mile to test if the guage was working. When I got back to my house to pull into my driveway I pushed the clutch in and it stalled. This is new. It wpuld start but only stay running if I kept giving it gas. I figured it might finally be time to give the vacuum system an overhaul so I spent all day today replacing pretty much all the lines. Tried to start it and its harder than ever to start, doesnt even think about idling, but will kindof run if i keep giving it gas. Any ideas? Ive been working on this project for almost a year and thought I might finally be done with the coolant sensor. Even my friends are getting mad lol
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Old Sep 16, 2019 | 04:37 PM
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Also while doing the lines today I switched the primaries and secondaries because it always ran good above 4k which madr me think the secondaries where good.
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Old Sep 16, 2019 | 05:13 PM
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One last update at risk of being a post *****, it runs good above 3k which makes me think that my primaries arent working but how could they just stop while driving? Unless thats what was causing my idle issues. I'm extra confused since I switched the injectors tho.
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Old Sep 18, 2019 | 06:33 PM
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is it possible that the pully with the timing marks was installed 90 degrees off? how can I check this?
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Old Sep 18, 2019 | 10:33 PM
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Test and adjust your TPS. You can find manuals here foxed.ca
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Old Sep 19, 2019 | 01:19 AM
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Already done. The car drove pretty good other tan the idle before this whole thing
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Old Sep 23, 2019 | 05:36 PM
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I Finally found out what it was. A massive vaccuum leak on a hose that was not hooked up properly. It still idles high and bounces but i will get it there
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Old Sep 24, 2019 | 10:36 PM
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Thanks for following up. Glad you got it fixed.
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