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Subject:Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
From:Kevin Duvernay
Date:Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:21:48 -0600

The temp and oil pressure sensors are brand new. The grounds are clean
because we cleaned them. The tps is adjusted perfect. The other parts we
swapped in one by one from my own 87 2.1 westy which runs perfect so we
know they are ''good"...

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> One of those "good" things is probably not so good.
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Kevin Duvernay <kduvey@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Trying to help a buddy out with a strange issue. His 87 2.1 westy wont
>> stay
>> running longer than a minute or two. It runs pretty good, then slowly
>> starts to hesitate and eventually die after a minute or two. We can then
>> immediately start it right back up and repeat. very strange, we are
>> stumped.
>>
>> What we have already tried:
>> Grounds are clean
>> Temp sensors and oil pressure sensors( new o2 sensor going in this
>> weekend)
>> entire ignition system is good (timing, coil, distributor, relays, etc.).
>> fuel pressure is good. All injectors appear to be functioning good.
>> AFM is good
>> throttle switch is adjusted good
>> idle control valve and module are both good
>> ECU is good
>> the purple and white vacuum lines appear to both be leak free
>>
>> With fuel and spark both good, it must be some kind of electronic issue or
>> air leak, yeah? We are stumped... looking for any ideas.
>> Kevin
>>
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