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Old May 9, 2011 | 04:17 PM
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hard starts continue after getting injectors cleaned

Knowing one of my injectors were leaking i thought getting them cleaned would solve my hard starting issues. A lot of white smoke would also come out from the exhaust signifying that it was flooding. After I got them cleaned and reconditioned the white smoke disappeared but the car still had trouble starting. I changed my spark plugs a year ago and barely drove the FC 1000 miles. It only has problems starting when its cold. I don't think one of the coils could be going bad because the car is really responsive.

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Old May 9, 2011 | 04:22 PM
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Check the signal from the water temp sensor at the ECU. If the plug is off, or you have a poor connection cold starts can become difficult. A failing sensor can cause similar results, since it is used to determine the cranking fuel amount. Some background here: https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/looking-car-has-hot-start-problems-499744/.
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Old May 12, 2011 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RotaryRocket88
Check the signal from the water temp sensor at the ECU. If the plug is off, or you have a poor connection cold starts can become difficult. A failing sensor can cause similar results, since it is used to determine the cranking fuel amount. Some background here: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=499744.
found out it was a loose wire on my water thermo temp. the plastic part that snaps into the sensor broke so the only thing keeping it together is the 2 clamp looking wires clamping onto the sensor. im pretty sure it gets loose when it vibrates but it never falls off. is soldering it a good idea?
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Old May 12, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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Try looking Online for an injector place.
They would have a Pigtail with that Connector piece that attaches to your Sender.
Buy that Pigtail,solder the two wires into your harness and you are Golden.
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Old May 13, 2011 | 12:20 AM
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An injector clip for a low impedance injector will be the same shape/size and have a centered groove for the tab. The BAC uses the same kind of plug too.
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Old May 13, 2011 | 07:23 AM
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Im about to buy the pigtail injector clips because when I was taking my engine out almost all my injector clips broke because they were so fragile
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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alright thanks guys! ill try that out.
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by RotaryRocket88
Check the signal from the water temp sensor at the ECU. If the plug is off, or you have a poor connection cold starts can become difficult. A failing sensor can cause similar results, since it is used to determine the cranking fuel amount. Some background here: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=499744.
ok i started the fc up again after not starting it for 2 days. took about 3 minutes to start. a lot of white smoke came out of it again then it cleared up.
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