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78 280z died and won't start back up

Pochie45566
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well bad news friends. I drained some of the gas from the fuel lines and let it settle. No water in the gas. What next? Efi diagnostic?
 

 

2 hours ago, Pochie45566 said:

well bad news friends. I drained some of the gas from the fuel lines and let it settle. No water in the gas. What next? Efi diagnostic?
 

The lumpy idle and surging is a sure sign it was running lean as something in the EFI was failing.

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problem solved! I guess my spark just wasn't strong enough. I did test for spark and it was there but it mustve been weak. I pulled the distributer cap to find a small amount of moisture and the points had been corroded. Cleaned em off with a file and she started right up. 

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    Good find.  I assume that you meant the electrodes in the cap, not points.  The moisture is probably what killed the spark.

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    4 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

    Good find.  I assume that you meant the electrodes in the cap, not points.  The moisture is probably what killed the spark.

    Yup! thanks for the help guys!

     

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