hey guys, i have a question i'm sure someone here can help me with. i just swapped the 87 5.0 and AOD into my rx-7, and it ran. ran nicely. i've only had the car running for about 15 seconds at a time(either the belt kept getting thrown off, which i fixed, or the leak in the upper radiator hose, which i also fixed, or just running it for a few seconds so one of my buddies can hear it over the phone).
but now, my car will start, but it keeps dying. it will stay on in neutral if i work the gas pedel, but if i let off, it ussually dies in a couple of seconds. also dies if i try and put it in gear. i figured it might be out of gas, since the none of the gauges are working, i wasnt sure. so i went and got about 3 gallons of gas and put it in, and the same thing. it starts but keeps dying. my father in law, thinks that maybe since the car has been sitting for such a long time, there might be bad gas, and it might be messing with my injectors. he told me to drain all the gas, put fresh gas in, and put in fuel injector cleaner in. i was thinking of using that seafoam stuff. i heard it works great. i'm going to try this, but i would like any suggestions you guys have as to what might be causing this.
thanks guys,
~Steve
but now, my car will start, but it keeps dying. it will stay on in neutral if i work the gas pedel, but if i let off, it ussually dies in a couple of seconds. also dies if i try and put it in gear. i figured it might be out of gas, since the none of the gauges are working, i wasnt sure. so i went and got about 3 gallons of gas and put it in, and the same thing. it starts but keeps dying. my father in law, thinks that maybe since the car has been sitting for such a long time, there might be bad gas, and it might be messing with my injectors. he told me to drain all the gas, put fresh gas in, and put in fuel injector cleaner in. i was thinking of using that seafoam stuff. i heard it works great. i'm going to try this, but i would like any suggestions you guys have as to what might be causing this.
thanks guys,
~Steve