Re: Failure means progress, right? XN6 no-start diagnosis help needed
From: pugNZ (pug-yahoo2@azorah.co.nz)
Date: Tue 27 May 2008 - 00:35:48 EDT
Re the fuel pump. Get a long length of twin strand wire and connect directly
from battery to fuel pump to make sure it is running and has a good power
supply. If the cars still stalls with the pump still running, you can be
fairly sure it is not a fuel supply issue (but could still be a fuel
pressure issue). In a no start state, try adding ether. If you have a spark
it should be able to run on ether.
It sounds as if the issue is electrical, check continuity from distributor,
through ignition module to coil. Find connectors, peel back rubber and check
continuity from one side to other, or better still from one end of the wire
to the other.
Perhaps a local sparky can check the coil for you?
My guess is that you have a bad connection somewhere in the low voltage
circuit. This would explain the intermittent fault. Some motors also had a
low oil pressure cut out - have you checked your oil level (although since
this was overriden by starter, should allow a start but stall once starter
is off)?
The US Workshop manual may have some trouble shooting diagrams.
On 5/27/08, zumkopf <martin.karo@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> My new (to me) '84 505 XN6, when I first got it last winter, behaved
> oddly in that it would run for about 20 minutes, then stop on its
> own, and would often not restart. It did not matter if it were being
> driven, or idling still: it would suddenly stop. Shortly, I couldn't
> get it to start at all. As it was winter and I have no garage, I
> left it alone. Fast forward to spring. On a lark, I tried to start
> it; after a few seconds of cranking, it caught and ran for about ten
> seconds. Then it died again, and would not restart.
>
> Battery is fine. Cranks strong. Fuel pump is running (buzzes fairly
> loudly). I tried loosening the connection at the fuel distributor to
> check for fuel flow, and fuel sprayed freely. So I'm guessing it's
> not fuel. I then checked for spark, as suggested by Haynes (is this
> the right way to do it?): I pulled a plug lead, placed it near a
> ground (intake manifold) and had my son crank the motor; no spark. I
> did the same with the main lead from the coil; again no spark.
>
> What next? What's the method for checking the coil? Haynes is
> pretty obscure on the topic. Would a bad coil explain the previous
> problem, running for a while and then dying? How does one check the
> ECU? What else could it be? Was my spark check method incorrect,
> and could it still be fuel?
>
> I appreciate any advice on this. I'd love to get the car running,
> what with diesel at $4.50 a gallon.
>
> Marty
> '85 505 STI TD Auto
> '84 505 STI XN6 5 speed (motionless)
>
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