alltrac still no go :( Options

[MaskedMan]

Ok i have a dilema, i have not been able to sell my Alltrac, the best, and pretty much only offer i got was from this guy wanting to trade me his 92 miata for it. My Alltrac doesn't run and all, but do you think it would be a even or if anything a good idea to trade?

nonrunning this....


for running this....?


This post has been edited by MaskedMan: Sep 17, 2006 - 5:51 AM

[97sccelica]

ok, found out whats wrong

electrical problems.

i'll take a blown motor over electrical problems any day.

as for the trade, i honestly we go into the garage and test every single wire on the car before i give up. after that, swap out the ecu and injectors

This post has been edited by 97sccelica: Sep 1, 2006 - 12:18 AM

[MaskedMan]

whats wrong with the car?

Well let's see...

Car smokes a lot from exhuast, smells like fuel. Oil smells like fuel and i just changed the oil.

Car will start up fine but will not idle unless you give it throttle. New plugs, and i have an MSD high vibration coil installed. I know the car is getting spark, originally i thought it was a coil or igniter problem cuase i wasn't getting spark, but then found out it was just a grounding issue. I still think i have a grounding issue becuase for some reason when i have the distributor turned all the way advance and then i try to start the car, the thin ground that connects to the alternator will heat up and smoke. I am suspecting the ground behind the intake manifold to be the culprit but havent been able to check it out since its in such a tight space. With all the white smoke out of the exhuast i thought that it could have been burning coolant, so i suspected headgasket/low compression. But then i checked compression and it is 150psi on all 4 cylinders. This isn't PERFECT, but the car should still run fine. Sooo i pretty much narrowed it down to a fuel problem. It's just pouring it in there like there's no tomorrow. I could check for leaky injectors, and i have a whole nother set that i could try, but it's going to be some work to switch them since it's like way down there. And i dont think they are leaking, but something is activating them due to a short or something. There is a broken wire that looks like it connects to some sort of sensor, but i have posted pictures on Alltrac.net and i had a mechanic look at my car and no one was able to help me out on that or tell me what the sensor was or what it did. There is also another broken wire but it is a different color that the wire leading to that sensor so i do not believe they go together. I am getting check engine code #21 i believe, the one that says there's something about my AFM.