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Old Nov 5, 2018 | 12:19 PM
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Hey guys I have a 1990 Ef si hatch. Recently I was at a stop light at idle and the car died. After trying and trying it finally started back and I continued home ( 20 miles). I got home and cut the car off and tried to start it back and nothing. Then it tried to start and cut off and puffed a cloud of smoke out of the intake? So I let the car sit for a day, and tried to start it and the car started no problems and ran! The timing is on, so I ruled that out. The only thing I can think of is a injector or injectors are clogged. Any help would be greatly appreciated on here! Also I replaced the main fuel relay. It does click on and I also hear the fuel pump kick on as well!
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Old Nov 5, 2018 | 12:44 PM
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Hey guys I have a 1990 Ef si hatch. Recently I was at a stop light at idle and the car died. After trying and trying it finally started back and I continued home ( 20 miles). I got home and cut the car off and tried to start it back and nothing. Then it tried to start and cut off and puffed a cloud of smoke out of the intake? So I let the car sit for a day, and tried to start it and the car started no problems and ran! The timing is on, so I ruled that out. The only thing I can think of is a injector or injectors are clogged. Any help would be greatly appreciated on here! Also I replaced the main fuel relay. It does click on and I also hear the fuel pump kick on as well!
hey nick. First off, Is your car manual or auto? Also is it a stock d16a6 or swapped/modified? If modded, what have you got under there?
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Old Nov 5, 2018 | 08:29 PM
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CEL codes?
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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 11:48 AM
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Before this happened did you notice any spiking in RPM's or anything?
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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 12:03 PM
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Yes the car is manual with a stock motor. Car ran great until all of a sudden it took a poop.
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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 12:04 PM
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it is a manual stock motor
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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 12:55 PM
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Unplug your ECT sensor and try to drive it around a bit
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Old Nov 7, 2018 | 10:21 PM
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Did you replace the main relay with a new one or used?
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