Porsche - 944 :: 1987 - Won't Stay Running?
Jun 1, 2013
My car sometimes runs like a dream and then abruptly will lose power, act like it's not getting fuel, not respond to the accelerator and sputter and buck. My mechanic has rebuilt the fuel pump, cleaned fuel filter, cleaned out tank, replaced hoses. He's familiar with Porsche engines and I know he's not blowing smoke up my nose, so to speak. He's tried everything he can think of. I never know when it's going to act up. It will run smoothly, I will drive it hard, drive it slow and easy, corner hard, not hard, and it sometimes stays happy, sometimes decides it doesn't want to run. It improves when clutch is pushed in, acts like it wants to respond, then after I let the clutch out and apply gas, it starts to buck and there's no power. Haven't been able to get it out of first when it does that.
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I have a 87 gmc sierra with a 305 tbi motor, i drove it and parked it for a year and it was running fine, i went to go start it again it fired up and high idles for about 5 seconds then dies, I have put fresh gas in it and ran some seafoam threw it, changed fuel filter, rebuilt the tbi system with all new gaskets and seals, injectors seem to work as they should, i have replaced the distributor,and the cap and rotor, new plugs, IAC, coolant temp sensor, map sensor, egr valve, egr solenoid,, new oil and filter, and checked all vacuum lines, grounds,checked all the sensors with the ohmn meter and all getting the correct power, its pretty close on timing, i just cant seem to figure it out, it will idle high and sound good then fall on its face, the only way to keep it running is you have to pump the peddle, it wont rev up at all it just sputters and dies.
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The truck feels like its running on 3 cylinders and occasionally stalls. Motor has a pretty good shake to it while idling as well.
Recently replaced injectors, rotor, cap, wire, spark plugs. Timing belt was done approx 30k miles ago.
Put seafoam into it. Problem persists - where to go from here ?
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-Fuel pump runs when key is on
-Added gas, over 1/4 tank
-Checked engine fuses
-removed air filters and hoses
-removed mass air intake unit
-down to throttle body and such,
-to keep running by spraying gas directly into engine?
-removed fuel pump under seat
-checked mesh filter and connections
-clean no build up no visual problems with pump or filter
-checked cut off switch, not activated
-removed gas line from injector rail getting good "squirting" from rail
I have asked everyone and most think it is some kind of sensor but I have no light on and I have put it on the OBII and no error codes are found unless I un plug one of the many sensors, which i have done to a few to check them (air mass intake).
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