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Old 09-12-08, 05:21 PM
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help me my car starts and then dies

my car is a 87 non turbo 5 speed. it has a ankins engine and no emisions. it starts up and dies. if you gives it some gas as you start it , it will run till you let out. i need to get it started. the engine is 2 years old with no miles on it. please help chris.
Old 09-12-08, 05:57 PM
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sounds like a vacum leak double check everything.
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there is only one vacumm line now for the fuel pressure reg. and its a new line. thanks thought. i think its not getting fuel. it has a new fuel pump on it. a waber or something like that.
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Um, if you only have 1 vacume line on it, then that is your problem. You need to have ALL the vacume lines hooked up.

a Vacume leak is exactly what your problem sounds like.
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Yea how do you have one line? It would atleast be the one to the pressure sensor.
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There's more ways to have a vacuum leak then just a vacuum line. Gaskets between the TB and the UIM and between the UIM and LIM. Injector O rings and grommets can wear out and cause vac leaks. Start & die problems can usually be traced to faulty AFM connections or vacuum leaks.
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the car has all emissions removed. so there is no rasts nest and running premix gas. im going to look at the air flow meter next.
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when it starts how long does it run, just a few seconds? or does it die immediately
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You still need the boost sensor hooked up.

Also check the AFM, it could be unplugged as well.
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