I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
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I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
Hello, I have a 1988 tbi firebird, and every day, I have to crank up to 5 seconds before the engine starts.
This happens in all the situations: hot and cold engine.
I have replaced the fuel pressure regulator and fuel filter but the problem has not been fixed.
I have tried with the search button w/o results...
Can you help me? I'd like my engine starts immediately...
This happens in all the situations: hot and cold engine.
I have replaced the fuel pressure regulator and fuel filter but the problem has not been fixed.
I have tried with the search button w/o results...
Can you help me? I'd like my engine starts immediately...
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
Yep need oil pressure. Like having no juice in the battery.
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
Thank you! Where is the oil pressure switch located? Is the one near the distributor or the other one above the oil filter?
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
I'd say the opposite, the oil pressure switch is good, while the fuel pump relay is not being activated. The relay and oil pressure switch are in parallel. So once oil pressure rises (from cranking) the switch closes and powers the fuel pump.
It is the fuel pump relay that is not being activated or is bad.
RBob.
It is the fuel pump relay that is not being activated or is bad.
RBob.
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
I'd say the opposite, the oil pressure switch is good, while the fuel pump relay is not being activated. The relay and oil pressure switch are in parallel. So once oil pressure rises (from cranking) the switch closes and powers the fuel pump.
It is the fuel pump relay that is not being activated or is bad.
RBob.
It is the fuel pump relay that is not being activated or is bad.
RBob.
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
Some troubleshooting tips. At key-on, engine-off the ECM supplies +12 volts to the fuel pump relay for 2 seconds. It is the GRN/WHT wire from ECM pin A1 to the relay terminal C.
To get the ECM to apply power to the relay again do a key-off for at least 10 seconds.
Be careful to not short this 12 volt source to ground. There is a small transistor in the ECM that will pop. Which may be the issue with the fuel pump relay as it is. If so it is easy to replace using a PN2907.
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To get the ECM to apply power to the relay again do a key-off for at least 10 seconds.
Be careful to not short this 12 volt source to ground. There is a small transistor in the ECM that will pop. Which may be the issue with the fuel pump relay as it is. If so it is easy to replace using a PN2907.
RBob.
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
Had a similar problem several years ago with mine. New fuel pump did the trick as my fuel pressure was also low.
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Course , if you have baskets of money to blow and don't care about spending hundreds to fix what may be a $20 or $30 relay , go right ahead , but for us mere financial mortals without baskets of bucks to aimlessly **** away , the troubleshooting method is really the only way to go .
I wish you luck , cause it sounds like that's what it's gonna take when using the "replace every part till it runs right" method .....
I'd say the opposite, the oil pressure switch is good, while the fuel pump relay is not being activated. The relay and oil pressure switch are in parallel. So once oil pressure rises (from cranking) the switch closes and powers the fuel pump.
It is the fuel pump relay that is not being activated or is bad.
RBob.
It is the fuel pump relay that is not being activated or is bad.
RBob.
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
OrangeBird, I have to replace my fuel pump for other reasons, so it is a good chance to see if it solves my problem or not.
Of course I am not going to waste my money replacing all the possible parts of the car...
This is a controversial problem because there are people for and people against to use a 60 psi fuel pump on a TBI system. As they are people who replace the fuel pump cutting the fuel lines and others that do it in the "standard" way...
Of course I am not going to waste my money replacing all the possible parts of the car...
This is a controversial problem because there are people for and people against to use a 60 psi fuel pump on a TBI system. As they are people who replace the fuel pump cutting the fuel lines and others that do it in the "standard" way...
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
OrangeBird, I have to replace my fuel pump for other reasons, so it is a good chance to see if it solves my problem or not.
Of course I am not going to waste my money replacing all the possible parts of the car...
This is a controversial problem because there are people for and people against to use a 60 psi fuel pump on a TBI system. As they are people who replace the fuel pump cutting the fuel lines and others that do it in the "standard" way...
Of course I am not going to waste my money replacing all the possible parts of the car...
This is a controversial problem because there are people for and people against to use a 60 psi fuel pump on a TBI system. As they are people who replace the fuel pump cutting the fuel lines and others that do it in the "standard" way...
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My 45-ish psi EP241 supplies a rock-solid 11.5 psi on my TBI K1500. The pressure regulator regulates the pressure, not the pump. (Unless the pump can't make enough pressure to pop the regulator, (system is below regulated pressure) or the pump supplies more volume than the regulator system can return. (System is above regulated pressure.))
There was a time that the EP241 was a "recommended" upgrade to the TBI fuel system. I think folks believed that it supplied more volume, (supported higher horsepower) in addition to being capable of more pressure. I am not sure that the "higher volume" claim is correct. I haven't done any actual testing to confirm or deny the volume claim; and I haven't seen any published data on GM in-tank fuel pump capacities.
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Re: I have to crank up to 5 seconds before it fires...
Given the same size of fuel line in both instances, would not the higher pressure pump deliver more volume? There are restrictions as pressure climbs, the regulator has to allow for greater pressure, etc., but all else being equal, you'd move more fuel (volume) at a higher pressure, right?
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Given the same size of fuel line in both instances, would not the higher pressure pump deliver more volume? There are restrictions as pressure climbs, the regulator has to allow for greater pressure, etc., but all else being equal, you'd move more fuel (volume) at a higher pressure, right?
In-tank electric pumps come in multiple designs--gearotor, turbine, vane, etc. In the end, it's about pump design along with the electric motor that powers the pump.
In other words, RPM x displacement (or turbine size, in the case of centrifugal pumps)
First Guess: There's going to be no definite answer to this question until someone buys a TBI pump and a TPI pump (and other pumps as desired) and flow-tests them at some realistic TBI pressure., and with the same voltage (considering vehicle-harness voltage drop.)
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