Starting problems

[scirocco25 at gmail.com (Eric Person)]

So it takes a long time for the air to get out of the system?  I guess 
I'll go try that tomorrow nite.  I took it apart tonite and messed with 
the airflow plate and it seems ok.  I guess when there is fuel pressure 
in the system, the plate should feel like that when you pull it up, 
since there is pressure on the metering plunger.  Ill try pulling the 
injectors and getting them to spray, and see if it helps.  Im pretty 
sure im getting no fuel out of them right now, and its only running on 
the fuel from the cold start valve.  I have no reason to suspect faulty 
injectors or a bad distributor, it was running perfectly before.  Only 
thing I can guess is that since I drained most of the fuel out of the 
dist. in the course of moving it around that it has air in it.

Thanks for the help,

Eric

Mark F. wrote:
> On 10/17/05, Gordy Stedman <ydrogs@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>I have had that happen before and found no fuel going out the 4 injectors
>>plus I knew I had spark. I pulled all of the fuel injectors and put them in
>>a jar, removed the intake boot off the fuel box, snapped a vice grip on top
>>of the air metering plate bolt, bridged the fuel pump and pulled up on the
>>plate till I heard the 4 bitches squeal like that hillbilly from the
>>deliverance. Also good time to make sure they are spraying correctly and not
>>dripping. Good luck.
> 
> 
> 
> I second this advice...  I had the same thing happen to me when I
> swapped fuel distributors.  I figured the system would "bleed" itself
> quickly, but I was surprised how long it took before all the injectors
> started to squeal...  I'd be weary of clamping a visegrip on the
> metering plate bolt head though - IIRC I used my
> extendo-magnet-dealie...
> 
> Later,
> 
> Mark.
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