And the winner is - (ta dah) - Brad Wilson. Pulled the plugs out and
dried em up. Put em back, turned off the fuel pump at the inertial cut-off,
sprayed a shot of ether and zoom. I can keep it running by allowing the
fuel pump to run 1/4 second every 30-60 seconds. Either I have one or more
leaking injectors, no pressure relief at the pressure regulator or this
engine wants to be WAYYYYY more lean than the old one.
Thanks all for your comments and help.
Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum
http://www.altlaw.com/metro/jaltman.html 69-TR6 76-TR7 80-TR8 W4UCK
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
[mailto:owner-tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu]On Behalf Of Jack Levy
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 8:56 PM
To: TR8 List (E-mail); 'triumphs@autox. team. net' (E-mail); Jim Altman
Subject: Re: New engine bafflement
Stupid question Jim, but have you checked compression?
Jack Levy
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Jim Altman" <jaltman@altlaw.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:07:33 -0400
>The new engine is in the 8. First start went fine. Fired right up and ran
>for 20 minutes. Shut down and changed oil. Good oil pressure. Won't
>restart. Conventional wisdom says engine needs 3 things: Air, fuel, and
>spark. I have all three. Tests show the fuel pressure exists, the cold
>start injector spews fuel. New plugs, dizzy cap and rotor AFTER it
wouldn't
>start. Plug wires were new before first start. Timing light flashes on
all
>the plug wires, Compression in random cylinders is fine. Sprayed ether in
>the AFM, nothing. Not even a cough. Fuel pump runs, injectors go
>click-click. After some cranking you can smell unburnt gas by sniffing the
>exhaust pipe. Air is being sucked in, gas is flowing, spark is sparking,
>nothing is happening. Checked crankshaft to dizzy and plug wires are in
the
>right holes (could be 180 out I guess but it WAS running).
>
>Ideas?
>
>Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum
>http://www.altlaw.com/metro/jaltman.html 69-TR6 76-TR7 80-TR8 W4UCK
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