Help!!!!!!!

[snypereb]

Hey guys having problems driving home today from phillip island and i have just git into cranbourne at home and going through cranbourne my car was shunting when i put my foot down on the throttle like it was going to conk out on me but if i only lightly put my foot down it took of ok just.

Can someone help me whats going on?

[EFFalcon]

check all your vacuum connections in the engine bay.

[snypereb]

They all seem to be intact mate. I dont know whats going on. Could i have got a bad batch of fuel only thing is it ran all good yesterday and last night could it be the heat?

[XRated]

When's the last time you replaced the plugs/leads?

[snypereb]

Not sure why? I think they are pretty old!

[XRated]

I had the same problem and it turned out to be the leads. Cheap, easy fix

[Windsor220]

Yeah agreed sounds like a lead problem

[snypereb]

ok boys just ran up the street got some ill put em in and see how we go

[snypereb]

hey boys its still doing it any suggestions?

[Rowy,xr6]

Coil, my brother just did one resently, he hed the same prob the car had no go at all and wanted to stall when he put his boot in.

[snypereb]

What coil where?

[Damo]

the coil is what the coil lead goes to bolted to the side of the motor under the intake manifold.

Another thing it could be is an exhaust blockage, I had that happen with my EA and the car would just die if you didn't take off with really light throttle, eventually it wouldn't start untill it had cooled down again. Had the exhaust and dizzy cap replaced and it was all good. I would try replacing the dizzy cap and rotor button before coil, also did you put in new plugs with the leads ?

[snypereb]

Yeah i replaced it all the dizzy cap rotor button leads and plugs my mechanic said that its either a coil or a map sensor can anyone come over for an hour or so tommorrow so i can switch a map sensor and see if its is it so i dont have to go by one if its not it

[carazy]

Run a diagnostic on your ECU before you replace any sensors.
You just need a piece of wire and a test light.
I'm sure someone would have posted the whole proceedure here some where, if not go get the Ford EB falcon book and follow the instructions. (like $25 for the book at $5 for a test lamp)

It's a great way to see whats going wrong.

[snypereb]

How do i go about that mate?

[carazy]

Originally Posted by carazy

I'm sure someone would have posted the whole proceedure here some where, if not go get the Ford EB falcon book and follow the instructions. (like $25 for the book at $5 for a test lamp)

Do that,
It's hard to describe the way to plug it all in without pictures and like I said, I'm sure a search would help.

[snypereb]

Ok cool ill try work it out?

[gthofan]

could it just be a dirty injector, what happens if u put the foot down in neutral, does it make chugging sounds, backfire, what happens????

[snypereb]

it still does the same in neutral but when you have some revs it revs up easy then when you let it drop to idol revs put your boot in and it chuggs!

[gthofan]

hmmmmmm.....
sounds like a dirty injector.
my dad has an ea wagon that did that, and we thought it did a petrol pump, got a new 1, $200, not the problem, new map sensor, not the problem.
have u tried disconnecting the map sensor and starting the car??
turned $400 later it turned out to be a dirty fuel injector!!!!

[snypereb]

yeah we tried a whole heaps of stuff witht the map sensor running it without it a chubby and konked how often do these things go? How do i clean the injectors?

[gthofan]

hmmmm
is it the cfi or mpefi???
if it is the cfi its a $50 fix, but the multi point may be more.
its easier just to put another injector in if that is the problem.

[gthofan]

but u can also throw in the throttle body, it could be dirty aswell, or dirty air filter, yeah check the throttle body and the air filter!!!
sometimes, it happened to my falcon- multipoint- some dirt got into my throttlebody, and the car had bugger all power, and it was running rough as hession undies, so the easyist way to clean it is to take the throttle body off the car, and clean it out with some carby cleaner, or wd-40, and spray some wd 40 on the moving parts around the throttlebody!!!

[snypereb]

its an eb series one it still has a carbi on top not injecters which part is the throttle body its all new to me?

[gthofan]

ok, its not a carbi, easy mistake. you have the big bowl on the engine, with the round air filter??
its a single point injector, aka, cfi (center point fuel injection), the throttle body on your falcon i think, (does the center look like a 2 barrel carbi,) that is the throttle body. if it is an injector its an easy fix from pick a part, 5 mins up the road from me, but alot further for u my fine feathered friend!!! your car only has 1 fuel injector, which is an easy fix, bout 15mins.

[snypereb]

Yeah massive bowl with an air filter in it. Getting a new filter tomorrow morning it was so stuffed when i pulled it out today!
ok cool so how do i go about it do i need a liquid or something else?

[gthofan]

the first thing u do is check to see if the petrol pump is working, ur straight petrol, or r u duel fuel??
turn the ignition on, but dont start the car, and listen to the back of the car. u should hear the petrol pump. its sort of a high pitched humming sound. for about a second then it stops. if u hear that mate, it means everything there is cool.
in a way. that means its somthin under the bonnet.
have u got a service manual for the car, like a haynes or a gregories manual???

[snypereb]

Na straight fuel mate dont have a manual though what should i do there?

[gthofan]

jees im not too confident in giving directions on what to do from here. weve got an eb and 2 ea's in my house and there all mpefi. so im not sure what im lookin at mate, to give u directions. um, im not sure how the throttle body is attached to the intake minifold or stuff like that.

[snypereb]

mmmm you busy tomorrow for an hour?