Coil or Module on Power Logger?

[Just a Six?]

Well I still haven't spent any time on the car except new plugs with oil & filter. The car has always run rich & idle exhaust is always a bit gassy smelling but now it's causing issues. When the car is cold it starts fine but after a drive with normal engine temps & it's parked for 20-30 mins it's a bit hard to start & sounds like it's running on less than all 6 cylinders for 10-15 secs.

If I hook up power Logger what should I look at when it runs rough for that 10-15 secs. Thanks    [size=78%]  [/size]

[Steve Wood]

take a lot and post it...sounds to me like it's got a sticky leaky injector or something...gu ess we should look at the maf numbers when it is idling as well

[Just a Six?]

Thanks Steve I'll try & see if I can post it up.

[Steve Wood]

when you turn the key off, check to see if your fuel pressure falls immediately

[Just a Six?]

Good one I didn't think of that.

[Just a Six?]

Forgot I can't cut & paste

[Just a Six?]

Forgot I can't cut & paste 


Anyways I went for a good hiway cruise & car was acting good all Sunday so let's see if it continues & I'll post up my entire info next time
I had it all done up but I'm not doing it again right now.

[Steve Wood]

So basically, what did you find?

[Just a Six?]

Steve I'm not really sure because it seemed ok on Sunday but after starting it definitely likes a small throttle blip to clear it's throat & it's fine. [size=78%]I gotta say that it was only one day with two hot starts so maybe it went away or I just got lucky? I found a mechanic who's older & has just one bay with a lift & very reasonable hourly rate & I'm welcome to get my hands dirty if i get the urge so when I have time I'm going there to give it a good once over & throw in a fuel filter since it's been a while then see where that leads me. I'll take a box of spare parts & see what trouble we can get into? Thinking I'll redo my compression numbers then throw in my bottle of Engine Restore & see what happens at seasons end. I'll keep you posted if this idle comes back again. [/size]

Why is this Shrinking?? On my screen the letters started getting smaller??

[Scoobum]

Dave if you can't post a PL file on here, send it to my e-mail and I'll post it. PM you my e-mail.

[Just a Six?]

Thanks for the offer Brad when I finally get some time next week I'll hook up PL & see if I can get a few files recorded of the 1st 10 secs after startup. Although it didn't seem to be as rough on Sunday as it was before so maybe I hit something under the hood when I was looking for obvious wires off etc. I really just need some time with the car & to get motivated next week.


Brad I got your email info thanks  [size=78%] [/size]

[Just a Six?]

Well today I was thinking how the car has been running pretty decent (still a bit gassy) & of course 2 mins into my drive it sounds & smells like I have a cylinder down with fuel smelling strong out the pipes. I go home to get PL & by the time I remember how to get it working while at idle in the parking lot the car seems somewhat ok again? I take a short drive (I don't know why I waited so long to hit record) but when I finally did I was close to home on a side street no more than 2K RPM & I don't see anything? I know it's a bad sample to try to get info but I was feeling a bit pissed at the car & came home thinking I'm going to test & maybe swap out my coil pac & module. My brain keeps pulling me to the coil & module?


Problem with PL is it's on my old IBM ThinkPad so I can't post it up & I failed at loading it on my Dell laptop I'm on now.
I'll try to load it up on my Dell again otherwise I can't pass info to Brad or post it here.
Yes I'm a bit Frustrated with it at the moment so I don't think I'll make much headway today. Now I'm looking for instructions on how to use this coil tester because altho I've used it many years ago at Norbs place I could use a quick refresher.
I'll post when I have some results of some kind. Ok I'm done Venting for the day.

[earlbrown]

Save the file to a USB drive and move it to your dell.

[Just a Six?]

Earl I'm not very knowledgeable with computers but I'm guessing you mean like a memory stick like I store photo's & documents? If not I'm not sure what you mean? Since I was able to load it on my IBM years ago I should be able to get it on this Dell with patience.[size=78%]  [/size]

I had to go down to the garage just now so I started the car & damn thing ran just fine?? 

[Scoobum]

Memory stick.