The info on this car is, that I reinstalled the air cleaner, the car would just crank. I took the air cleaner lid off, poured a little gas down the throttle plates, put lid back on, car started, ran for a second, and died. So it seems the problem is lack of fuel. Any and all suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated. Thank you, Ryan Walker ---- Original Message ---- From: dickb@xxxxxxxxx To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: IML: Please Welcome Ryan Walker Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:20:04 -0700 > >(This car is still EFI, folks. I invited Ryan to join us here, >where more >people are available to help. > >I know he has been working on it, and has made some measurements etc. >but >I'd like him to start over from the beginning so everyone knows the >background.) > >Please, to start with, undo anything you've done to it such as >bypassing the >ASDM, taking the lid off, etc. > >Now, please tell us more about what it does: Does it start and then >immediately stall, or does it not even start for a second? > >If it starts and stalls, check to make sure that the air cleaner lid >is on >tightly, and that the gaskets and clamp are all in good shape. (Even >a tiny >air leak will confuse the computer in these cars, and when it gets >confused, >it always does the same thing - shuts it down, right NOW!) > >If it does not even start for a second, loosen the wing nut in the >center of >the air cleaner temporarily, put 2 ounces of gas in the depression >and allow >it to run down the screw threads into the intake, then tighten the >wing nut >again. The car should start now, at least for a second or two. If it >does, >we know your problem is lack of fuel. If it doesn't, we know your >problem >is ignition related. If it starts and keeps running, the problem is >in the >initial purge cycle, which is a whole new subject; we need to cut >down the >number of things we have to talk about here. > >Do those things and get back to us, there are people here who want to >help >you, but they need information to go on - there are thousands of >possibilities - we need to narrow them down. > >Dick Benjamin > >-----Original Message----- >From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve B. >Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 5:10 PM >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: IML: Please Welcome Ryan Walker > >automated@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> New Subscriber(s): Ryan Walker >> Email Address is: walker@xxxxxxxxx >> Member Location: Northern Minnesota >> >> Car(s) owned: 1981 Imperial (silver with blue leather) >> >> Self-Introduction: My father-in-law bought an Imperial for my wife >when >she graduated High School. It had 14,000 miles and was in mint >condition. >> After driving it for the summer, it started to die while driving >and leave >you stranded. It was parked for 12 years, now I have it in my shop, >trying >to get it reliable again. It currently has 36,000 miles. >> >> >> > > > >----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > > > > >----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm