lt1 won't start 93 trans am bone stock with 45k The car had been sitting a bit so I drained the gas and changed the filter. Went to crank it and it turned over but it just sputtered. I checked for fuel pressure (had about 40lbs just primed and sat there for 2 hours while I was gone ) I then tried to start just for the hell of it and noticed one of the almost 20 year old wires was cracked so I had a set of plugs and wires from my other ta that I never used so I threw those on. I then just gave it another try for the hell of it and after a bit it fired and ran bad then it shut off and wouldn't restart. No it just stutters and backfires threw the intake it seems. Any ideas would be great thanks |
Ok got it to stay running but it revs pretty slow and misses down low. Opti going out maybe ? |
Got any codes? |
No it isn't throwing any codes now. Threw one for the map but I noticed it was just unpluged so I switched it for a known working map and plugged it back up . |
Possibly a corroded opti or lose opti rotor. How long has it sat? Why did it sit? Checked the plugs? |
Originally Posted by SS RRR
(Post 16282880)
Possibly a corroded opti or lose opti rotor. How long has it sat? Why did it sit? Checked the plugs? |
Didn't see you had changed out plugs. I dunno... if you have that kind of fuel pressure and it still not starting it is most likely ignition related. Before changing out opti you can try to change out ICM/coil if you have them handy? You did change the coil wire too? |
Originally Posted by SS RRR
(Post 16283379)
Didn't see you had changed out plugs. I dunno... if you have that kind of fuel pressure and it still not starting it is most likely ignition related. Before changing out opti you can try to change out ICM/coil if you have them handy? You did change the coil wire too? So far I've : Drained the tank and blew the lines out ( added 6 gallons of fresh stuff ) changed the fuel filter changed plugs and wires tested for spark and fuel pulled fuses all were good looked for any messed up wiring or something unpluged saw nothing Worst comes to worst I have a pretty new opti in the garage but damnit I'm lazy and don't want to change it heh |
Originally Posted by wllbndthrw
(Post 16281287)
Ok got it to stay running but it revs pretty slow and misses down low. Opti going out maybe ? |
Originally Posted by lt1-xjs
(Post 16283862)
Try running some injector cleaner through it. They stick sometimes after sitting for long periods of time. |
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