Owen Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Started up the car this weekend! After numerous fuel leak and oil problems.... Right at start up the car idles very rough and timing is very erratic. The problem is, the car won't idle long enough for me to get the timing set and turning the distributor has very little effect if at all. The longest I can get it to idle is approx. 10 seconds. I have a feeling that this is a problem with ignition timing settings in the Haltech, but the way it dies makes it sound like it suddenly lost fuel. 383 SBC TIPS Miniram2 EFI manifold Haltech E6K MSD 6AL Ignition initially set at 10deg BTDC 1/2 tank of gas Anyone here familiar with the E6K set-up???? I hope I'm not hurting my engine! Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 If I remember correctly, you have a fuel pressure gauge?! Are you getting constant fuel pressure? Tim PS...Cool that it has finally fired up after all the probs with the Haltech computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted December 17, 2001 Author Share Posted December 17, 2001 Yes it has a fuel pressure gauge and I'm getting constant pressure, even up until the engine dies. This gets the plugs all wet and then the pump shuts down...maybe I'm running way to rich and extinguishing the combustion? Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 stale gas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Owen you have it to rich... Back it down a few... Wet plugs are a bad thing... Before you go any further, check the dipstick for gas in the oil... You may have just flushed your rings... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted December 18, 2001 Author Share Posted December 18, 2001 By flushed, I hope you mean I just wet them down too much...and not ruined them I tried to lean it out but lost too much battery voltage, will have to recharge to be able to crank again! Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumo Posted December 22, 2001 Share Posted December 22, 2001 I had a friend with a similar problem, it just turned out to be a burnt rotor, it was brand new too and you two even have the same msd equiptment. So check rotor and the cap,even the distributor. Hopefully it helps. But you might want to do what mike said and check to see if your gas hasnt seeped down and contaminated the oil yet. good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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