[peteandliz]

as the title says i have a lwb 92 vitara efi and when i got back from a wheel i decided to give it a bath as it was dirty and since i gave it a bath it starts when it wants but dies strait away


can any one help i have changed the dizzy cap leads plugs and still have problem

[SSSIERA]

check for spark, pull a plug, and hold it against the engine block whilst its pluged to the lead and see if its making spark.

(prety sure i answered this a few days ago cant remember were but)

[peteandliz]

yea have done that and yes it does it will start then it dies

[SSSIERA]

water in the airfilter?

sorry about tha ive answered b4 thing i was searching for the thread i did the writing in b4, cant find it. i was slack and didnt think anyone else would be up at this hour to reply b4 i added a link.
cant find it now anyways. and im to tired to search any more. haha sorry

[SSSIERA]

water in the fuel???? pull a line of and run the fuel for a bit see what it comes out like. half a litre of metho in the fuel tank will sort that out! pullen the air filter of will sort the air out but other than that idk

[peteandliz]

air filter is dry fuel seems fine i undid the injector rail and pumped some out and it was just fuel

[pyrohamish]

Water in the spark plug hole, that seemed to cause trouble to mine.
Needed to get the engine hot then pull the plugs out n let it dry.

[peteandliz]

nah no water i have changed the plugs when they were removed found no sighn of water

[sideways]

Drop your exhaust off and see if that fixes it.

[2stroker]

Now that this has had overnight to dry out is it running ??

[christover1]

High pressure water in engine bay is a bad idea, IMHO.
You can knock plugs/wires and sensors off, or loose.
A sensor could be wet, giving computer a bad signal.
Theres important fuses uinder bonnet, as well as inside.
Time in sun and wind with everything open may help.

[stocker]

have a look round the back of the motor and make sure the vacum hose to the Fuel Press. Regulator hasn't been knocked off or something... also have a look at the Airflow meter and make sure there's not a couple of beads of water on it. (if there is clean it with Contact cleaner )

[peteandliz]

engine was washed with just a normal hose with a lil pressure every thing is connected and dry as this happend nearly 2 weeks ago so i think if any had water it would be dry

[buzbox]

Have you checked the distributor cap and rotor button? How worn are they? do they need a little hit with emery cloth to clean them up? Also check the spark leads for any cracks and crap.

[peteandliz]

new dizzy cap rottor button was cleaned leads are good plugs are new

and still got my problem

[2stroker]

What suburb are you in mate, maybe a second set of eyes over it might pick something up that you have missed

[peteandliz]

woodridge on the south side
would be more than happy for a second set of eyes

[peteandliz]

any 1 got any more ideas

[alien]

if you start it and rev it, does it keep running or still die? as in - is it just not idling, or is it not running at all?

[SSSIERA]

imobislier problem?
if its not air and its not fuel it must be vacume or electrical?
coil out put?

[joel]

wow this is a doozy,
coil?

[peteandliz]

it will start but wont idle and dies if i put my foot on the accelarator asweel

i have spark right to my plugs so every thing to do with getting spark is working it is getting fuel to the injector rail

when it starts it sounds normal then it just stops

[peteandliz]

SSSIERA wrote:

imobislier problem?
if its not air and its not fuel it must be vacume or electrical?
coil out put?

there is no imobiliser but what vacume lines would be come a problem if they were off just so i can double check as i havnt found anything that is suppose to be connected disconnected

[SSSIERA]

if it dies when u stomp it or after idling it sounds like a fuel air problem????

any broken wires...

do efi engines have chokes?

[peteandliz]

no broken wires

and not to sure

[SSSIERA]

have you tried running it without the airfilter on? (dust free environment)check your earths

if its getting air freely and still dying it might be dirty fuel maybee you picked some mud up when u were wheeling, fuel filters, other than that idk, maybee PM steaky

[peteandliz]

have tryed with air filter off and no differance will drop tank and replace fuel filter aswell and see if that works

[sstteevvee]

Sounds similar to the problem the guy with the blue jimny was having. Might wanna get a gauge to check fuel pressure

[slowsierra]

have you got it running yet? i am not a mechanic but i have very basic mechanical skills i am happy to offer my help if you want. i am at slacks creek so not far away.

greg

[peteandliz]

i finaly got it running today was a partialy blocked fuel filter charged the battery and she started like it was brand new


so thank you to all the suggestions that were given to me