My wife thought she ran out of gas a couple of days ago. Put 5 gallons in and it still wouldn't start. Replaced the fuel filter, had gas flowing to that when the engine cranked, so I am assuming the fuel pump is good, but the van still wouldn't start. Replaced distributor cap, rotor, and spark plugs, van fired right up and idled fine. Went for a test drive, the van lost power when pressing the accelerator and died, and now it won't start again. I have new spark plug wires ordered, the first set I got were the wrong size. Any thoughts on what might be wrong with it would be greatly appreciated.
Check the air filter?
Testimonial: "I looked at the air filter last night, forgot to mention it, it wasreplaced about a month ago with the oil change and is still really clean."
I looked at the air filter last night, forgot to mention it. It was replaced a month ago when the oil got changed, it is still really clean.
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Sounds like your fuel injecters are plugged. Wouldn't do you any good to add fuel injecter cleaner to your gas if engine won't run, so you would need to remove your injectors and clean or replace them. Hope this helps: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/catalog/parts/partsShelf.jsp?displayName=Fuel+Injector¤tPage=1&categoryDisplayName=Fuel+Delivery&navValue=14900120&itemId=prod61264&parentId=cat30060
SOURCE: This Spring my 89 toyota
The
gas is going to evaporate in the bowl, especially when engine is hot. Your
problem is not that but rather fuel supply because the fuel in bowl should
be quickly replaced on startup. Check fuel pump, filter and maybe for a a
restriction or vacuum leak on suction side of fuel line slowing the draw
of fuel from tank. ---------- Possibly
there's a needle valve in the bottom of the bowl? A worn valve would
allow the gas to leak into the manifold. The gas should be visible in the
manifold. ---------- Also
it sounds like the accelerator pump is not working properly. It would be
a good time to get a carb kit and overhaul the carb. Be sure to clean the
passages and blow them out with compressed air. -------- A
bad accelerator pump diaphram or the accelerator pump jet plugged up as
the problem. ------- Also
check the the float gas level. ---------- Try
blowing through the accel pump passages with carb cleaner, the larger of the
two holes goes to the float chamber And the smaller hole (on the
left side) .Blow through the carb and out into the primary venturi.
If there's a check valve it should allow pressure to go through towards
the The
stiff diaphragm may depress and make a pump okay but the light spring may
not have holes. ------- Remove the accelerator pump diaphragm and blow through the
little hole. attach the little tube and squirt it through the little hole
and see where it comes out. Do those on top of the carb body too and see
where they go.Blow air through the atmospheric vent
holes located on the dome of each float bowl chamber. Air should exit via hoses
or brass nipples. Inspect the emulsion tubes and passageways (cast towers that
jets thread into) for discoloration and debris. Clean interior emulsion towers
with a soft bristle gun cleaning brush. Clean each Venturi (main carb
bore). --------- This should help.Thanks.Helpmech.
venturi.-----
enough oomph to return it back to position, if all the way .Find
a NAPA
and get THEIR aerosol carb cleaner, two bucks. Best cleaner. Try
from the top of the carb the same cleaning method on all the
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Also, when I tried to start it last night i could smell fuel, but could detect no leaks anywhere. I checked the ECU on the battery, no corrosion, also no error codes from the diagnostic computer under the front driver seat, just a steady blink with the oil level light flashing every 10th blink of the check engine light.
Update: the spark plugs have no spark again. They've got fuel on them though, and the fuel pump worked when I jumped the terminals on the diagnostic computer.
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