By stepper motor I assume you mean the silver thing with the
2 hoses to it on top of the intake manifold
We call it the idle speed control motor in NA
Try pinching off one of these hoses with a needle nose vise grip
next time it won't start hot.
Have you tried completely flooring the accelerator pedal when trying
to start it when hot?
Bob
>Thanks Bruce
>
>Haven't checked the plugs.
>When I say hot, I mean normal operating temp not
>overheating.
>If I switch off the ignition and then try to start it
>again it wont until the motor has cooled.
>It will always start first go.
>
>Andreas
>
>--- Bob Bruce <bobbruce@canada.com> wrote:
>> >I'll finally be getting it back on the road next
>> week after 7
>> >months and want it to stay there, for a while
>> atleast haha.
>> >I've had the ignition module replaced but it didn't
>> help, i've
>> >been told the injectors could be faulty and
>> flooding the engine?
>>
>> Are the plugs soaking wet when you pull them after
>> trying to start it?
>>
>> >It cranks but will not fire and blows white smoke,
>> once cooled
>> >down
>>
>> I don't understand how it got hot??
>>
>> >it starts first go, it takes at least 10 mins
>> though.
>>
>> What takes 10 minutes if it starts first go?
>>
>> >My motor has been modified with different cams and
>> still uses the
>> >factory ecu, i've been told that shouldn't cause
>> the problem.
>> >I've had all of the breather pipes replaced and
>> also the stepper
>> >motor, any ideas?
>>
>> One of my 89 Mi16s got more and more difficult to
>> start
>> I'd spin it over it would flood I'd pull the fuel
>> pump fuse crank
>> till it fired then
>> put the fuse back in and then it would start and run
>> eventually it wouldn't
>> I cleaned all the grounds and fiddled for days
>> It always had enough spark to fire a timing light
>> AFTER I CHANGED THE COIL it ran fine till the ign
>> amplifier kacked
>> that took a couple minutes
>> to find and it is still running fine,
>> The 1989 coils (the square ones) were failure prone
>> Just because you have spark doesn't mean squat, you
>> can get spark checkers
>> really cheap if you look around.
>>
>> Bob Bruce
>>
>
>
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