mattwebb80
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I'm having an issue with a 1994 Mazda B4000 that I'm trying to get back on the road.
After sitting for a few years, I've put the following items on it:
New battery
New Fuel Pump
New Fuel Filter
I can get the truck to start.. sometimes. The reason it was parked was a few years ago you could be out driving it, stop at the post office for example and not be able to start it again for as much as an hour.
Well, we got it started yesterday. We had already flushed all the old gas and put in new. It ran for approximately 20 minutes, didn't hesitate, took the fuel and purred like a kitten. Then we tested the ability to restart it. Nada.
We took the air cleaner off and tried spraying it with a little starting fluid. Nada.
After a bit, we were able to get it started again. Again, it ran for 20+ minutes and we tried the restart test. Same results. The engine would not restart.
It would crank and act like it was trying to start on occasion, but it would never actually start.
It is throwing a CEL, but I do not have a tester and do not know what the code is yet.
We thought perhaps the Fuel Pressure Regulator had gone bad so we put a pressure gauge on it. When we turn the key on, the pressure popped up to 20psi and then slowly climbed to 38 where it stopped.
When we tried cranking it, it began to bounce back and forth between 38 and 40.
We could not get it running to test and see what the pressure was while it was running.
After some thought however, I was wondering, since we tried starting fluid, what are the changes that it is not sparking properly?
Does anyone have ANY ideas? I need to get this back on the road ASAP.
Thanks so much for your help!
After sitting for a few years, I've put the following items on it:
New battery
New Fuel Pump
New Fuel Filter
I can get the truck to start.. sometimes. The reason it was parked was a few years ago you could be out driving it, stop at the post office for example and not be able to start it again for as much as an hour.
Well, we got it started yesterday. We had already flushed all the old gas and put in new. It ran for approximately 20 minutes, didn't hesitate, took the fuel and purred like a kitten. Then we tested the ability to restart it. Nada.
We took the air cleaner off and tried spraying it with a little starting fluid. Nada.
After a bit, we were able to get it started again. Again, it ran for 20+ minutes and we tried the restart test. Same results. The engine would not restart.
It would crank and act like it was trying to start on occasion, but it would never actually start.
It is throwing a CEL, but I do not have a tester and do not know what the code is yet.
We thought perhaps the Fuel Pressure Regulator had gone bad so we put a pressure gauge on it. When we turn the key on, the pressure popped up to 20psi and then slowly climbed to 38 where it stopped.
When we tried cranking it, it began to bounce back and forth between 38 and 40.
We could not get it running to test and see what the pressure was while it was running.
After some thought however, I was wondering, since we tried starting fluid, what are the changes that it is not sparking properly?
Does anyone have ANY ideas? I need to get this back on the road ASAP.
Thanks so much for your help!