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Bogging down under load
Hello, I have a 1992 FD, just fixed an exhaust leak on the turbos and put everything back together. The car runs great - except around 3000-4000 rpm under load it bogs down. Idling the car revs up fine, but driving it bogs it down. I checked the vacuum line routing and put back all of the vacuum lines I had to remove according to the diagram in the workshop manual. I checked all of the fuses and they all have a good connection. I checked the secondary injectors, one of which was loose but I reconnected it and the car has the same issue. I talked to an rx7 shop over messages and gave this same description, and he said it could be overboosting. Has anyone had this issue before? If so what worked as a fix? Or does anyone have any other recommendations or anything else I can check or any possible solutions? Thank you!
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I had a somewhat similar issue a long time ago, and it turned out to be spark-plug wires with too high resistance. Fouled plugs could also give similar symptoms.
The rotary is so smooth the resultant misfires were not noticeable, and it felt like a loss of boost. |
Originally Posted by DaveW
(Post 12594171)
I had a somewhat similar issue a long time ago, and it turned out to be spark-plug wires with too high resistance. Fouled plugs could also give similar symptoms.
The rotary is so smooth the resultant misfires were not noticeable, and it felt like a loss of boost. |
Without some kind of data, you're just shooting in the dark and will be guessing until it's "fixed". A boost gauge or wideband will be the way to help diagnose this. Even a fuel pressure tester would help. You would install it and go for a drive with the gauge sitting on the windshield.
With a little digging there is a "hesitation fix" thats somewhat well documented. Although it's not always just a grounding issue. Do some diagnostics with some metrics and clues will manifest |
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