TheDrumAndTheBass

OK, so here's the problem. My car, though 14 years old, runs like a champ. Rev's to redline when in neutral no problem. But if I'm in gear driving down the road, I'll be going along, and no matter how fast I'm acclerating, weather full blast, or barley on it, my engine stops reving at 4000RPM or so. And no matter what I do, it wont go any higher. Well first one of my friends told me it might be my timing. So I bought a timing light and everything seemed to be right on. But when I went to hook up the L1 wire, I got no signial through the timing light. Thought maybe it would might just be the wire, but wouldn't I still get some signial through it. So I was thinking maybe this is my problem. I tried hooking my timing light up to the three other plug wires, and they all lit up like they should. So A: would my L1 coil being bad cause my car not to rev any higher. and B: Is there anything I could do to check if it is just the wire? Also a friend of mine said it could be a clogged catilitic converter. Which I'm hoping it's not. But any other probs? (I've checked all the vaccum lines I could get to, and they all seem ok, so.........)
Ryan

O yeah, this is on a 88 N/A

Hollywood56

First of all check to see if your secondary injectors are coming on.Thats sometimes the problem.Hope this helps

yearrgh

Your secondary fuel injectors are not firing. When the car is under load and reaches 3800 rpms, the secondary fuel injectors activate and the primary put out half as much fuel because they are sharing the duty with the secondaries. Check and make sure they're plugged in and the terminals are clean.

Parastie

I believe this would fall under the lines of 3800 RPM hesitation. It's in the FAQ, but basically your 2nd injectors are not firing. More then likely it's because of a bad ground somewhere or the soldering points on the ECU broke. Both are relatively easy fixes and cheap ones if you do it yourself. Again, check the FAQ!!!

TheDrumAndTheBass

Actually, I did read that post, but it seemed quite vague to me. If anyone knows how to go about checking my seconday injectors I could use all the help here I can get. My haynes manual is'nt to clear on the procedure.
TIA
Ryan