My cousin's 87 N/A FC has been acting VERY strange over the past few months and we have always noticed a STRONG smell of gasoline under the hood! Recently his tach stopped working and their is a constant series of 2 beeps and a pause when the car gets going. Also, when he makes a right turn while driving over a certain mph his car makes a buzz that sounds like the redline buzzer (this only happens when turning right but not left?). When I turn the key halfway without starting it, their is a very rapid clicking noise coming from around the fuel injection system area. I can visually see the fuel dripping right out of the FPD and the FPD is soaked in fuel (Noticed this today 3/23). When the car starts, it idles VERY high (3-4k?) and it starts to idle up and down when it warms up (after about 10-20min. of driving). I know that the harness runs under there and I was wondering if any of the harness wires could have gone bad because of the fuel drip and caused his tach to knock out? (I'm not sure which harness wires run under here but I'm pretty sure none of them have anything to do with the tach!?). The car is parked as of today until it can be fixed and I am VERY surprised that the car has not caught flames yet seeing how we race so much!

IF I CAN GET ANY HELP OR INPUT ON WHAT IS MAKING THIS CLICKING NOISE AND HIGH IDLE IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! I ALREADY KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THE FPD AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A MUST!

I REALLY WANT TO GET HIM BACK ON THE ROAD BECAUSE HERE IN ODESSA, TX THEIR ISN'T MANY ROTARIES BESIDES HIS N/A AND MY TII!

THANKS FOR ANY HELP RECIEVED!!!

 

Clicking is most likely the bac vibarating. Pull the plug off the bac and see if that stops it. I trust you have a couple of fire extinguishers handy because of the fuel leaking. Good insurance too? Clicking bac is because of the misadjusted tps in my opinion.

 

To make it stop buzzing when you turn, check the damn oil. It has to be at least 2.5 quarts low.

 

read the sticky about failing fuel pulsation dampener. if you have the thing soaked in fuel and it's dripping out and you still race... DUMBASS. no excuses for you or your friend when his car goes up in flames.

tow it to a shop and get the FPD replaced or do it yourself but don't drive it.

 

I barely found the leak yesterday, so as of today the car will NOT be driven until EVERYTHING is fixed! I'm just glad the car hasn't burned up yet. I will be looking for a Series 5 primary fuel rail and also will check the bac and oil pressure. Thanks guys for the help!!!