Help 1.8L fuel problems

eric_ciampa · 07-03-2002, 08:27 PM

Ok...here's the deal. Wile driving to the gas station with a 1/4 of a tank my car started cutting out and loosing power. (basically doing everything consistant with running out of gas) so i pulled over and just figured that my gauge must be off and i would just put that on my to-do list. BUT that wans't the problem. Put new gas in and no help. I checked all me lines and i can't find any bad connections. I figured it was my fuel filter and i worked on that and no go. checked my air fliter and box. My fuel pump turns on.
I think my fuel pump is the problem. maybe clogged. something. I need help. When i start it (if it starts) it runs unevenly and eventually cuts out. it you even TOUCH the throttle it cuts out.

I am new to the 914 world (about 2 months now) and need some help. I have already had countless problems so far and i need help with my newest delema.

sking · sking's Garage

check and make sure none of your lines are bent,even under the gas tank.i had a similar problem and my lines under the tank were bent in have.

scotty914 · 07-04-2002, 07:17 AM

try this pull the return line in the engine compartment and see if it spitts gas out and try blowing the line to the tank out

mine was clogged with rust on the supply side i could blow it out and drive for ten mins before it died again

had to change tank to fix

eric_ciampa · 07-04-2002, 01:02 PM

I can't see any bent lines... I will try pulling those line and see what i can do. Thanks guys, keep the suggestions comming. right now she is my daliy driver so i am in a bind. keep up the good work

eric_ciampa · 07-04-2002, 01:14 PM

ok i cant see any bent lines anywere. I will try pulling those lines you told me about and see what that does. By the way i looked at my charcol Canister and i don't have the smaller hose that should run to my gas tank expansion chamber. I have the one from my fan and one to me air cleaner but not the third little one. is this a real problem. besides not much air seems to be going through it anyways. thanks

mejulihn · mejulihn's Garage

Eric,
If the charcoal cannister is located in the engine bay, look for a small plastic line coming up below the battery area. You may just be missing the vacuum-type hose that attaches this line to the small nipple on the cannister.

Dave Bell · 07-04-2002, 02:35 PM

Trace through the fuel pump electrical circuit and try cleaning all connections. That one has bit me a couple times on different cars.

- Dave

eric_ciampa · 07-04-2002, 05:30 PM

thanks guys i fixed the problem. Not exactly sure what i did but i guess a line was bent somewhere. (thanks sking) anyways i played with things for a few hours and started her up and she is purring just fine. thanks lots. I still have not found the line that goes to my charchol canister. The line from my fuel expansion champer is there and it runs down under the car. but i lose the line after that and then can't find it on the other side. but i can work on that. thanks again.

rfoulds · rfoulds's Garage

I have the same car, with the same problems. I none year I have:
installed new injectors,
replaced fuel pump,
replaced fuel pump relay,
relocated fuel pump
cleaned gas tank and lines
fixed or replaced every vacuum line
replaced distributor, wires, plugs, coil,
replaced Head temp sensor twice!

The head temp sensor was the latest fault. Which had the same symptom as the bad fuel pump relay, the dirty tank, the dirty lines, the vapor lock,

The hardest part is having the same difficulty over and over but a different cause each time.

Many times I wanted to give up and sell the thing, or at elast switch to carbs. But now I know the carbs would not have fixed the problem, (I thought it was the ECU) and now that it all works, it is GREAT to drive!

eric_ciampa · 07-05-2002, 11:24 PM

thanks guyus...I thought she was running good but not quite. Now when i start her up she has problems. Not verry responsive to throttle, backfiring. Can barely idle and does die eventually. if im patient for about five min. she seems to do ok. when you drive her, for the most part she does ok but she loses power momentarrly and after warm she still wont idle. I replaced some lines near the fuel pump and rearranged things to get to this point. Oh yah and a new fuel filter. Should i keep replacing lines. maybe a Fuel pressure problem? any ideas