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Strange MPS issue, Lew's car |
914itis |
Apr 15 2014, 04:22 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
I am helping Brian with Lew's car. As most of you may know, it is a 2056 with djet.
The car was running fine, he drive it to CT one day and when he came back he noticed that the MPS was hanging. The car starts to run on 3 cylinders with #4 not firing. We checked for spark and injectors they are all fine, but if you remove spark wire #4, it had no effect. The strange thing is if you elevate the mps about 6 inches up, it's all fine, even that 4th cyl works. All the electrical wires on the unit are fine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) ? Dies the 2056 uses 1.7 or 2.0 MPS? He would like to make it to Hershey. |
914_teener |
Apr 15 2014, 09:25 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,247 Joined: 31-August 08 From: So. Cal Member No.: 9,489 Region Association: Southern California |
I have always thought the two MPS bodies of the 1.7 and 2.0 liter are the same.....the only difference was in the calibration and adjustment of the diaphragm? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)
That looks like a Fuel Injection Corp rebuilt MPS. My bet is that the MPS came off the mounting bracket and cracked one of the harness wires. I would check those first. |
914itis |
Apr 15 2014, 09:40 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
I have always thought the two MPS bodies of the 1.7 and 2.0 liter are the same.....the only difference was in the calibration and adjustment of the diaphragm? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) That looks like a Fuel Injection Corp rebuilt MPS. My bet is that the MPS came off the mounting bracket and cracked one of the harness wires. I would check those first. Harness was checked and is intact. |
r_towle |
Apr 28 2014, 10:25 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,638 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
I have always thought the two MPS bodies of the 1.7 and 2.0 liter are the same.....the only difference was in the calibration and adjustment of the diaphragm? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) That looks like a Fuel Injection Corp rebuilt MPS. My bet is that the MPS came off the mounting bracket and cracked one of the harness wires. I would check those first. Harness was checked and is intact. in the end, it was not intact. Rich |
achman_73_2.0 |
Apr 28 2014, 02:41 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 28-October 13 From: NYC Member No.: 16,577 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I have always thought the two MPS bodies of the 1.7 and 2.0 liter are the same.....the only difference was in the calibration and adjustment of the diaphragm? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) That looks like a Fuel Injection Corp rebuilt MPS. My bet is that the MPS came off the mounting bracket and cracked one of the harness wires. I would check those first. Harness was checked and is intact. in the end, it was not intact. Rich We pulled the FI on the #4 cylinder, and unplugged the coil and tested it by cranking. The FI squirted fuel, so it appeared that the harness was intact. It was partially intact, as I found out. I am going to make a better repair on the wire, then try to set the timing, then maybe even attempt to adjust the valves, as I don't know when they were done last. Definitely might have to have some help on the last one. After doing timing and valves, I will re-evaluate the pinging. If it is still there, I will look into calibrating the 037. Thanks for everyone's help (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
914itis |
Apr 28 2014, 02:52 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
I have always thought the two MPS bodies of the 1.7 and 2.0 liter are the same.....the only difference was in the calibration and adjustment of the diaphragm? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) That looks like a Fuel Injection Corp rebuilt MPS. My bet is that the MPS came off the mounting bracket and cracked one of the harness wires. I would check those first. Harness was checked and is intact. in the end, it was not intact. Rich We pulled the FI on the #4 cylinder, and unplugged the coil and tested it by cranking. The FI squirted fuel, so it appeared that the harness was intact. It was partially intact, as I found out. I am going to make a better repair on the wire, then try to set the timing, then maybe even attempt to adjust the valves, as I don't know when they were done last. Definitely might have to have some help on the last one. After doing timing and valves, I will re-evaluate the pinging. If it is still there, I will look into calibrating the 037. Thanks for everyone's help (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) I will text you later. |
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