ok i have checked everything. i think i have figured it out. i was talking to one of the techs at work today picking his brain. tols him about everything.(im a painter) i spent some time with the car last night and notice that after it ran a few minutes when reved up black smoke came out of the tail pipes. the techs at work agreed that the coolant temp sensor was going bad so i bought one and headed home. when i got home i found that the wires going into the sensor plug were bare and touching each other. so i will be getting a new connectore and wiring harness tomorrow . to me it makes sense that this caused all the problem because if the sensor is bad it shows the computer that the car is -30 degrees hence dumping fuel into the motor trying to warm it up and when already warm driving down the road it wont run. and who knows how muh they would touch partially causing the computer to change everything and back confusing the heck out of everything. the fuel pressure seems to be fine now will be putting the adjustable back on tomorrow. and the pump is a walbro pump and the regulator came from brenspeed since there less then thrity min from my house. this is all in theroy but i hope its right. i will fix the wiring tomorrow and let you all know what i find.
94 gt help! runs for a min and then dies after intake swap
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ok i have checked everything. i think i have figured it out. i was talking to one of the techs at work today picking his brain. tols him about everything.(im a painter) i spent some time with the car last night and notice that after it ran a few minutes when reved up black smoke came out of the tail pipes. the techs at work agreed that the coolant temp sensor was going bad so i bought one and headed home. when i got home i found that the wires going into the sensor plug were bare and touching each other. so i will be getting a new connectore and wiring harness tomorrow . to me it makes sense that this caused all the problem because if the sensor is bad it shows the computer that the car is -30 degrees hence dumping fuel into the motor trying to warm it up and when already warm driving down the road it wont run. and who knows how muh they would touch partially causing the computer to change everything and back confusing the heck out of everything. the fuel pressure seems to be fine now will be putting the adjustable back on tomorrow. and the pump is a walbro pump and the regulator came from brenspeed since there less then thrity min from my house. this is all in theroy but i hope its right. i will fix the wiring tomorrow and let you all know what i find. i shoulda thought of this since the car came from phoenix and all the plastic wire loom fell apart when touched from the heat of arizona making it brital. did the same to the wiring. i just hope this doesnt happen other places
99FiveOh
15 Year Member
Yup. The fact that the dizzy was disturbed while installing the intake points right to it. It's funny how so many of us have had issues with the PIP and yet folks won't listen until the bitter end and viola!
ok well i guess ill through a new distibuter in it. and if i remeber right the distibuter in the 93 is different so i cant put the spare i have for the 93 in just to check. the coolant sensor made sense and was cheap with my discount from work at the local napa and the connector had to be fixed either way since the wires were bare so no harm there i guess. should i just get a stock replacement distibuter from napa or shouldi upgrade while were having to replace it?
99FiveOh
15 Year Member
try and find a "brand new" unit, not rebuilt. There is a fine piece made by a company called "Richporter" and it is made of all new parts, nothing rebuilt. And get this, it's cheaper than the reman'd units and has NO CORE!
Buy Richporter Distributor FD22 at Advance Auto Parts
Buy Richporter Distributor FD22 at Advance Auto Parts
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