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Hi all,
[Please see latest post for updated symptoms, I was wrong previously] http://www.fordmods.com/post1171880.html#p1171880 <---- Latest post //--> As per the subject, I have an EL falcon duel fuel... and it has a weird stutter down low when idling on petrol, on gas I have not noticed anything but it's pretty bad on petrol.... I have since put a new tank of bp ultimate with an injector cleaner in it.. but it has made no difference.. disconnected the battery to start the learning of the ECU again.. likewise no difference. Once the revs go up a bit, the spluttering stops and it runs great.. it's just that 500rpm spot around the 1200-1800ish revs. It has reasonably new (6 months old) TopGun 10mm leads (300 series I think they are called) I can't find any vacuum leaks and I'm looking for some ideas. Any suggestions folks? rgds Frank Last edited by frankieh on Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:22 pm, edited 3 times in total. |
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| lee lee le bonk |
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I'd clean the throttle body and Idle Speed control motor to start off with.
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lee lee le bonk wrote: I'd clean the throttle body and Idle Speed control motor to start off with. I wouldn't. a dirty TB and ISC won't effect anything at the RPM he's talking about. First off, It seems to run fine on LPG, that would indicate the ignition system is not to blame. That leaves the injection side of things. How long has it been duel fuel? How often do you run it on petrol? How long since the injector have been removed and sonic cleaned? |
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| frankieh |
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The car has been dual fuel for years.... the trouble started a few weeks back... had a dodgy alternator and it cooked the battery with 18v. Replaced the alternator, but one day while trying to start it on gas with the cooked battery, it backfired and blew off all the vac hoses including the map sensor.... i put it all back on... but i have a stutter now as described.... car otherwise runs great, tis very odd.
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What are the symptoms of a stuffed map sensor?
Wondering if the same backfire that blew all the hoses off has damaged the map sensor??? cheers Frank |
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ECU could have been damaged. ? Try another one. symtoms of a map sensor fault would be rich running on light throttle. It would have black smoke pouring out the exhaust at idle. Would run like crap, unless under load.
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| frankieh |
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Turns out I was wrong... It isn't just that rev range, it is when you first push the accelerator that it starts stuttering and then picks up.. it happens at higher revs too, it just isn't as noticeable.
SYMPTOMS ---------------- - spluttering Happens only on Petrol upon sudden increase in revs. - Any sudden increase in throttle causes it at any rev range, but most noticeable down low.. - It slowly comes good after about 5 seconds of spluttering and takes off. It isn't the map sensor as I just changed it with an identical spare, just cos I had one handy. I had previously disconnected the ICS to smooth the idle, but I took it off and put a gasket without holes under it to block it and then hooked it back up.. no difference but I wasn't really expecting anything anyway. Also changed the plugs but again, no difference and wasn't really expecting any. The fact that it only does it on petrol and runs fine on gas makes me think it's fuel or line related but what would cause those symptoms, would crap in the fuel do it? or a blocked fuel filter? cheers and thanks Franki |
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| xcabbi |
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Could be any of the following:
Stale fuel Blocked fuel filter Blocked/leaking injectors Most cabs become like that from not being run on petrol long enough. Nothing to really worry about unless you are pedantic and expect perfect performance for both petrol and LPG. |
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would hazard a bet its the map. check all the vac hoses again + the fuel reg for a diaphragm blowout
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| frankieh |
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Tried a different map sensor.. made no diff.. I think xcabbi is right... I put some injector cleaner in the tank a couple of weeks ago.. I think that it loosened some crap in the tank which is now sitting in the filter.. will swap it out next weekend to see... till then will stay on gas... thanx guys.
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Id saay either fuel filter or fuel pump on its way out? Hopefully only fuel filter though and the crap in the tank hasn't stuffed the pump.
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well if it is the pump, I have a walbro 255lt pump here that was going in eventually when the supercharger did....
 might be an excuse to get the ball rolling.
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frankieh wrote: well if it is the pump, I have a walbro 255lt pump here that was going in eventually when the supercharger did.... might be an excuse to get the ball rolling.The pump would be whining all the time if it was about to die??????/
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It sounds like the injectors are not spraying right, but is that due to the injectors, or a clogged fuel filter, a dying fuel pump, fuel pump relay, or even the fpr, or even the fuel lines?
I have a hard starting issue on petrol, none on gas, stumbles around for a few seconds before it will idle, then it's ok. I'm going to swap my injectors for a set known to work ok, and see the results, when the weather is good enough for me to swap them over. Cheers ToranaGuy
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| frankieh |
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EL___Fairmont wrote: frankieh wrote: well if it is the pump, I have a walbro 255lt pump here that was going in eventually when the supercharger did.... might be an excuse to get the ball rolling.The pump would be whining all the time if it was about to die??????/ I really think its the filter, when my EA pump died, it didn't whine, I have a fuel reg with a guage inline so if changing the filter doesn't help, I'll put the reg inline and see what it shows for pressure. cheers Frank |
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