Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
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Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
So I put new injectors in. It starts now but will not run. Back fires and dies. I'm wondering if I put the injectors wiring on wrong for the ones right next to each other on both sides.
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
More details about what you are working on would help . If I remember corectly the TPI were batch fire so it would not matter. Sounds to me like retarded timing.
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
what other details are you needing? car is an 89 firebird 2.8l (listed on my profile as well). car turns over and starts and dies immediately after backfiring. only runs for like 3 seconds. Really not to sure what other way to describe that.
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
What all have been checked, so assuming it ran when parked.
timing shouldn’t I’ve moved but will it run off starting fluid ?
fuel pressure verified despite a new pump . Not sure if it’s possible to use a noid on a 2.8 which plenum on but 89 had vats on the 302 ecm. It’s obviously getting some fuel or could be over fueling. Try clear flood mode ? Plugs condition are dry ?
timing shouldn’t I’ve moved but will it run off starting fluid ?
fuel pressure verified despite a new pump . Not sure if it’s possible to use a noid on a 2.8 which plenum on but 89 had vats on the 302 ecm. It’s obviously getting some fuel or could be over fueling. Try clear flood mode ? Plugs condition are dry ?
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
What all have been checked, so assuming it ran when parked.
timing shouldn’t I’ve moved but will it run off starting fluid ?
fuel pressure verified despite a new pump . Not sure if it’s possible to use a noid on a 2.8 which plenum on but 89 had vats on the 302 ecm. It’s obviously getting some fuel or could be over fueling. Try clear flood mode ? Plugs condition are dry ?
timing shouldn’t I’ve moved but will it run off starting fluid ?
fuel pressure verified despite a new pump . Not sure if it’s possible to use a noid on a 2.8 which plenum on but 89 had vats on the 302 ecm. It’s obviously getting some fuel or could be over fueling. Try clear flood mode ? Plugs condition are dry ?
Spark has been verified, fuel is at the rail, fuses are good, relays are good
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Clear flood mode is holding the throttle all the way to the floor while cranking. This should shut off the injectors , so if you were over fueling or flooding it would help clear the flooding conition.
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
ah ok. i can try that in a bit. decided to go ahead and replace the plugs as well
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
no change. still cranks, starts, backfires, then dies. Going to try and throw some new plugs in and ill test again.
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We need to get focused on a few things. take plugs out and take a picture of the old ones and put it on here. You need a pressure gauge to check fuel pressure. New pump could be bad. Cap, rotor, wires. Have you pulled the distributor cap, Take a picture of the inside of cap and put it on here.
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I have never had a 2.8, but if I remember corectlly the 2.8 and TPI had high pressure pumps and the TBI had a lower pressure pump. Is there a chance that got a TBI pump by mistake ? One of the parts store may borrow you a pressure gauge.
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
well, i took the old plugs out and they had so much carbon on them they was black. placed new ones in it and it starts but is idling rough and has a slow throttle response.
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Here is how it's idling and throttle response delay it at the TB
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
what are you guys thinking? what should I look at or test???
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Were this mine to diagnose, I'd be checking into which cylinder(s) ain't firing, and then go and determine why. One quick way is to get a cheap infrared heat gauge as I've linked below, and check the exhaust manifolds, right at the cylinder heads to see which cylinder's exhaust is cold (or at least drastically colder than the others).
The standard disclaimer applies; I have no affiliation whatsoever with this link, it's just the first hit on a search of "cheap infrared thermometer"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/39331546614...3ABFBMvpbIhLli
Course, you could also get a good thick and well insulated glove and one by each unplug the spark plug wires and find which cylinder(s) make no difference with the skipping heard in your video. You will find some will cause it to die while at least one will have no reaction, that one is your dead cylinder.
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
Were this mine to diagnose, I'd be checking into which cylinder(s) ain't firing, and then go and determine why. One quick way is to get a cheap infrared heat gauge as I've linked below, and check the exhaust manifolds, right at the cylinder heads to see which cylinder's exhaust is cold (or at least drastically colder than the others).
The standard disclaimer applies; I have no affiliation whatsoever with this link, it's just the first hit on a search of "cheap infrared thermometer"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/39331546614...3ABFBMvpbIhLli
Course, you could also get a good thick and well insulated glove and one by each unplug the spark plug wires and find which cylinder(s) make no difference with the skipping heard in your video. You will find some will cause it to die while at least one will have no reaction, that one is your dead cylinder.
The standard disclaimer applies; I have no affiliation whatsoever with this link, it's just the first hit on a search of "cheap infrared thermometer"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/39331546614...3ABFBMvpbIhLli
Course, you could also get a good thick and well insulated glove and one by each unplug the spark plug wires and find which cylinder(s) make no difference with the skipping heard in your video. You will find some will cause it to die while at least one will have no reaction, that one is your dead cylinder.
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
So it looks like the drivers side is sitting at 230 to 245 deg. Pass side is 100 colder.
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Re: Backfire while starting. Will not stay running.
What would cause it to do that?
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Hi Grizz87, if one side is 100 degrees colder than the other, that right there is an indication of one (or more) cylinders on that side not firing. Start with the simple stuff, have you checked the fuses "inj 1" and "inj 2" in the fusebox under the dash to ensure that with the key on you have power on both sides of both fuses (use an automotive style test light). If those fuses are good next up will be a "noid light" test of the injector power on the side that's cold. If those don't show and faults next up would be a compression test, to see if all the cylinders actually have enough compression to operate properly.
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