Starting up not going to well
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Starting up not going to well
Well i just finished hooking up my rebuilt motor and am trying to get it started. It starts for mabye 3 seconds then the check engine light comes on and it stalls. I heard these motors are a bitch to start up so it might be normal but it doesnt seem to be improving at all. If anyone out there knows what might be causing this or where to look your help would be greatly aprretiated because i am very anxious to get this thing up and running again. Also i dont know if this would have anything to do with it but on the ignition coils, does L1 go to the front or rear housing? The manual only says that they should be marked to prevent mix up but unfortunatly i have no idea where they went before.
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Originally Posted by dirttracker64
Well i just finished hooking up my rebuilt motor and am trying to get it started. It starts for mabye 3 seconds then the check engine light comes on and it stalls. I heard these motors are a bitch to start up so it might be normal but it doesnt seem to be improving at all. If anyone out there knows what might be causing this or where to look your help would be greatly aprretiated because i am very anxious to get this thing up and running again. Also i dont know if this would have anything to do with it but on the ignition coils, does L1 go to the front or rear housing? The manual only says that they should be marked to prevent mix up but unfortunatly i have no idea where they went before.
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Originally Posted by Wayne88N/A
T1 is on top of front rotor housing
L1 is on bottom
T2 is on top of aft rotor housing
L2 on bottom
I can't make it much easier than that...
L1 is on bottom
T2 is on top of aft rotor housing
L2 on bottom
I can't make it much easier than that...
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Starts... then dies?? Have you tried starting it and throttling it a little to keep it running? If you throttle it to keep it running and you can slowly get it to keep and hold an idle.. I'd check the Water Thermo sensor (especially if it's cold where you're at). Maybe you forgot to plug the hose into the back of your Intake Piping? That'll cause the car to just die after it revs up on start...
Can't think of anything else off hand, just going from personal experience with start problems.
Can't think of anything else off hand, just going from personal experience with start problems.
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It might be a vacuum leak. I know when I had one I had to keep the revs up or it would stall pretty quick. Have you tried giving it gas on startup?
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