Llama is back and has an 88l4 with issues. (Page 1/1)
Myke FEB 28, 04:41 PM
Hello you lovely people. Been a while.

I would like some ideas to check. This is a new to me car, and I want to run down the usual suspects and make this reliable(ish) until I drop a 3800, 3.6, ls, or something else in the rear.

So I have another 88 l4 that is stumble starting, like that v6 in the other post, but mine is a "hot" condition where I drive, shut it down, go in the bank, rob it, and get back to the fiero and it just cranks. If I hold they key it starts to spin up to 600 rpms, and if I feather the gas it will stumble to start, running like a one legged cheeta (stubles all the way). Cold, it fires right up like normal, but who wants to pull up to a bank and wait an hour before robbing it.

Some details, I don't rob banks. The throttle plate is moist (leaky injector?) And there is a code. I have not had an obd1 vehicle in...... a while. What pins do I short? Either way, I will pull the code later. Very heavy fuel smell as it drives, rich I am not but the car runs like it is. Then again, this is a cat delete exhaust. Rough idle, sure it has to do with the code.

Trying to upload a vid. Hope it worked. Hit me with thoughts! Loading the parts cannon!

Myke

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Myke

PAST: 88 L4 5spd, 84 L4 auto, 88 L4 5spd, 87 L4 auto, 84 L4 4spd, 86 SE auto, 85 se v6 Muncie

Current: 88 5sp isuzu yellow... with a pearl that makes it look faded.

Present: 88 L4 5spd

Patrick FEB 28, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by Myke:

And there is a code. I have not had an obd1 vehicle in...... a while. What pins do I short?



Trouble Codes


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Originally posted by Myke:

Trying to upload a vid. Hope it worked.



It didn't.

Upload the video to YouTube, then link to it here.
jelly2m8 FEB 29, 02:20 AM
those model throttle bodies are known for the O-Rings around the injector leaking. A wet throttle plate is a sign of that. Next time it's hot and no start, Hold the Throttle to the floor, it should fire up in a few seconds if it is infact flooding it's self.
Myke FEB 29, 12:01 PM

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Originally posted by jelly2m8:

those model throttle bodies are known for the O-Rings around the injector leaking. A wet throttle plate is a sign of that. Next time it's hot and no start, Hold the Throttle to the floor, it should fire up in a few seconds if it is infact flooding it's self.



You are correct, sir. Is this a Rodney dickman thing, fiero store, or can I get this at any parts place?

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Myke

PAST: 88 L4 5spd, 84 L4 auto, 88 L4 5spd, 87 L4 auto, 84 L4 4spd, 86 SE auto, 85 se v6 Muncie, 88 L4 5spd

Current: 88 5sp isuzu yellow... with a pearl that makes it look faded.

jelly2m8 FEB 29, 02:35 PM
I would go to Rockauto and get a Throttle body repair kit, you will get every gasket and seal needed and a new Fuel pressure regulator, it's pretty cheap there.