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> Fuel pressure and spark but won't run
Groosh
post Jun 5 2016, 01:24 PM
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Hi. I recently bought a '74 1.8 and am looking for help to get it running. It has the original fuel injection and ran late last year according the previous owner.

Here's what I know after reading many posts in the forum and working on it. Thanks to everybody who contributes, I couldn't have gotten this far without your help.

- The dual relay is bad I believe. After wiring it all back up, there is power from the ignition to both the start wire and run wire but no power to the fuel pump. I'm jumping the pump currently to test
- All relays in the board work
- Fuel pressure gauge shows 35psi on startup. I didn't install this gauge but seems to work ok
- Will fire with starting fluid

I'm thinking I must be pretty close and suspect the car isn't getting fuel but the gauge shows pressure?
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Groosh   Fuel pressure and spark but won't run   Jun 5 2016, 01:24 PM
The Cabinetmaker   An inline pressure gauge will show pressure in the...   Jun 5 2016, 01:28 PM
Groosh   An inline pressure gauge will show pressure in th...   Jun 5 2016, 01:30 PM
emoze   NO - if it fires on start fluid but won't run ...   Jun 5 2016, 05:16 PM
r_towle   Stick a pencil in the round intake end of the air-...   Jun 5 2016, 01:35 PM
Groosh   Stick a pencil in the round intake end of the air...   Jun 5 2016, 01:42 PM
Groosh   Stick a pencil in the round intake end of the air...   Jun 9 2016, 12:45 PM
timothy_nd28   Rich's test is a good one, it's testing if...   Jun 5 2016, 01:59 PM
Groosh   Rich's test is a good one, it's testing i...   Jun 5 2016, 02:10 PM
jim_hoyland   And the 6 pin connector is plugged into the AFM ?   Jun 5 2016, 02:08 PM
timothy_nd28   Hi. I recently bought a '74 1.8 and am lookin...   Jun 5 2016, 02:16 PM
Groosh   Hi. I recently bought a '74 1.8 and am looki...   Jun 5 2016, 05:23 PM
ejm   - Will fire with starting fluid Oh. There is one...   Jun 5 2016, 05:44 PM
timothy_nd28   I'm not sure if I can see the jumper from 88Y ...   Jun 5 2016, 06:24 PM
Groosh   I'm not sure if I can see the jumper from 88Y...   Jun 9 2016, 12:48 PM
Twonicks001   I know this sounds overly simplistic but it had me...   Jun 5 2016, 07:34 PM
motorvated   If the injectors are not firing, you might want to...   Jun 6 2016, 06:33 AM
Groosh   If the injectors are not firing, you might want t...   Jun 9 2016, 12:46 PM
r_towle   Without more accurate testing I would strongly sug...   Jun 9 2016, 12:53 PM
timothy_nd28   Adding new parts just confounds the problem. Remo...   Jun 9 2016, 01:01 PM
Groosh   Adding new parts just confounds the problem. Rem...   Jun 10 2016, 01:05 PM
timothy_nd28   Also if you don't already own these, run to Ra...   Jun 9 2016, 01:23 PM
timothy_nd28   Okay, use one of the jumper wires you just bought ...   Jun 10 2016, 04:05 PM
Groosh   Okay, use one of the jumper wires you just bought...   Jun 11 2016, 06:53 AM
timothy_nd28   Okay, jump pin 85 at the dual relay to the negativ...   Jun 11 2016, 07:15 AM
Groosh   Okay, jump pin 85 at the dual relay to the negati...   Jun 11 2016, 10:08 AM
timothy_nd28   What about pin 10 at the ECU?   Jun 11 2016, 11:54 AM
Groosh   What about pin 10 at the ECU? I'm not gettin...   Jun 11 2016, 12:14 PM
timothy_nd28   We need to make sure that you are indeed probing p...   Jun 11 2016, 01:30 PM
Groosh   We need to make sure that you are indeed probing ...   Jun 11 2016, 02:02 PM
timothy_nd28   We might as well check some other wires, I'm s...   Jun 11 2016, 02:22 PM
Groosh   We might as well check some other wires, I'm ...   Jun 12 2016, 11:24 AM
timothy_nd28   Pin 14 and 33 are two of the four injectors. Disc...   Jun 12 2016, 07:25 PM
timothy_nd28   The resistor pack should look similar to this: O...   Jun 12 2016, 07:43 PM
Groosh   The resistor pack should look similar to this: ...   Jun 13 2016, 07:02 AM
timothy_nd28   Old meters like that are awesome! Go ahead an...   Jun 13 2016, 10:13 AM
Groosh   Old meters like that are awesome! Go ahead a...   Jun 20 2016, 07:17 AM
timothy_nd28   For injectors 4 and 1, is this 12volts at the fuel...   Jun 20 2016, 08:18 AM
Groosh   For injectors 4 and 1, is this 12volts at the fue...   Jun 20 2016, 09:13 AM
timothy_nd28   Since the injectors all have continuity, the probl...   Jun 20 2016, 09:54 AM
Groosh   Since the injectors all have continuity, the prob...   Jun 23 2016, 08:17 AM
timothy_nd28   So you have 12volts on pins 14,15,32&33?   Jun 23 2016, 03:38 PM
Groosh   Thanks to all of Tim's work, I have a repaired...   Oct 5 2016, 05:26 PM
Groosh   Well, I started back at the beginning of our testi...   Oct 18 2016, 02:35 PM
timothy_nd28   Try deflecting the air flow meter flap with the ig...   Oct 18 2016, 03:59 PM
Groosh   Try deflecting the air flow meter flap with the i...   Oct 19 2016, 02:02 PM
timothy_nd28   Cool, much better results than last time.   Oct 19 2016, 07:58 PM
timothy_nd28   Car is almost ready to run. I would do one more te...   Oct 19 2016, 10:48 PM
Groosh   Car is almost ready to run. I would do one more t...   Oct 22 2016, 07:35 AM
timothy_nd28   Ok, I'm very glad that you did this test. Fir...   Oct 22 2016, 10:09 AM
Groosh   Ok, I'm very glad that you did this test. Fi...   Oct 22 2016, 11:53 AM
timothy_nd28   Cool, not sure what your issue was with the previo...   Oct 22 2016, 04:18 PM
Groosh   Cool, not sure what your issue was with the previ...   Oct 23 2016, 12:09 PM
timothy_nd28   The ECU uses the spark signal to fire the injector...   Oct 23 2016, 12:34 PM
Groosh   The ECU uses the spark signal to fire the injecto...   Oct 23 2016, 12:37 PM
timothy_nd28   Verify you do have 12 volts present at the positiv...   Oct 23 2016, 12:39 PM
Groosh   Verify you do have 12 volts present at the positi...   Oct 23 2016, 12:44 PM
timothy_nd28   Remove the distributor cap and rotor, and manually...   Oct 23 2016, 12:47 PM
Groosh   Remove the distributor cap and rotor, and manuall...   Oct 23 2016, 03:08 PM
timothy_nd28   Yah, time to replace them.   Oct 23 2016, 03:11 PM
Groosh   Yah, time to replace them. Happened to have a se...   Oct 23 2016, 03:50 PM
timothy_nd28   On the ignition coil, you should have 3 wires on t...   Oct 23 2016, 06:12 PM
Groosh   On the ignition coil, you should have 3 wires on ...   Oct 24 2016, 03:05 PM
timothy_nd28   Just to make sure, did you pull all the wires off ...   Oct 24 2016, 04:58 PM
Groosh   Just to make sure, did you pull all the wires off...   Oct 24 2016, 05:12 PM
timothy_nd28   That indicates that the coil is good. So, you have...   Oct 24 2016, 08:07 PM
timothy_nd28   After checking the ground strap, take your voltmet...   Oct 24 2016, 10:55 PM
Groosh   After checking the ground strap, take your voltme...   Oct 25 2016, 02:00 PM
timothy_nd28   Reattach wires to the ignition coil. Turn the eng...   Oct 25 2016, 02:17 PM
Groosh   Reattach wires to the ignition coil. Turn the en...   Oct 25 2016, 02:48 PM
timothy_nd28   Silly question, but are the points in the closed p...   Oct 25 2016, 02:52 PM
Groosh   Silly question, but are the points in the closed ...   Oct 25 2016, 03:24 PM
timothy_nd28   Yes. Now check the resistance between the negative...   Oct 25 2016, 04:10 PM
Groosh   Yes. Now check the resistance between the negativ...   Oct 25 2016, 04:32 PM
timothy_nd28   That's fine, thanks for telling me. Repeat th...   Oct 25 2016, 04:57 PM
Groosh   That's fine, thanks for telling me. Repeat t...   Oct 25 2016, 05:01 PM
timothy_nd28   Redo the test from the 2nd paragraph from post #69   Oct 25 2016, 06:19 PM
Groosh   So I've been working with Tim and he has been ...   Oct 26 2016, 04:29 PM
Frankvw   That is good to hear. Thanks for the update. Inter...   Oct 26 2016, 11:18 PM
Groosh   Since it's 60 degrees in Michigan, I've at...   Feb 24 2017, 11:17 AM
Groosh   Another warm day and another attempt. This time it...   Mar 24 2017, 12:32 PM
mark04usa   :Qarl: Glad to hear that you've had sucess. Th...   Mar 24 2017, 01:30 PM
timothy_nd28   I love happy endings. :beer2: It's be...   Mar 24 2017, 02:13 PM


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