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Old 08-29-2010, 01:21 PM
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Well, here's what I did...the car wasn't starting well like it had before so I did the 1/4 turn on the EHA. It did not appear to have any cracks in it and no fuel was leaking. Then, after I did that, it started better but was bogging down on acceleration so I cranked it back 1/8th of a turn. I had to mess with the air mixture to get it to idle right again. Still wasn't idling great after that. I can't remember when I started to notice the wetness around the plug area towards the front (going from front to back it gets drier on the plug side) so I removed the plugs I had in there and there was blackness around the thread end of the plug but not on the elctrode ceramic piece. I replaced with Bosch +2 irridium plugs and idle improved drastically. Two days later is when the car died. I took the plugs out and EVERYTHING on them was black this time. So, I went back on bought 1.99 copper plugs non-resistor. Started up and drove it home. Seems to be running fine now but that was only for 50 miles.
Now I know the starting issue may be my fuel accumulator because if I pressurize the system by turning the key 4-5 times but not crank until the 5th, it starts and idles beautifully! However, could I have done something to cause the fuel wetness? It probably does need the valve seals but not sure about EHA based on no leaks where it connects to the distributor. I do smell fuel though so it is getting too much somehow.
Oh, and all ignition components are brand new, including wires which I just replaced. I also may have had the lambda adjusted too rich. Could that cause the issue?
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