[Shotimes] Leaky FI ~

[Jason Hartberger]

it's stumbly at idle? I'd suspect a dirty IAB... cleaning it can do wonders.

Jason

Paul Nimz wrote:

>When I add unmetered air the idle improves.  If the car was running lean it
>would stumble more with the additional air,  Or so I suppose.  If I open the
>throttle at all the stumbles go away too.  Plus this only happens on a cold
>motor.  Once the car has been driven and heated up it runs and starts fine.
>I'm thinking about adding a heavy dose of toluene.
>
>Paul
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>On 8/28/2005 1:58:08 PM, Leigh Smith (leighsm@comcast.net) wrote:
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>>Paul;
>>How do you know
>>it's running rich?
>>Mine also stumbles a few times when about halfway warmed up.
>>At half-throttle 2500 -3000 rpm it almost falls flat. I thought it was
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>lean.
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>>Goes away in 2 minutes.
>>I also thought it might be a leaking or clogged fuel injector.
>>Lee
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Paul Nimz" <pnimz@v8sho.com>
>>To: "`V6 SHOtimes" <SHOtimes@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:07 PM
>>Subject: [Shotimes] Leaky FI ~
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>>>Any way to pinpoint a leaky fuel injector?  I'm
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>>running really rich until
>>the
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>>>O2s heat up and the engine is really stumbling.  If I add unmetered air
>>>through the PCV system the idle improves.  Once the O2s are heated up
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>>all
>>is
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>>>well.  Any ideas?
>>>
>>>Paul
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