Tech / General Engine Is your car making a strange sound or won't start? Thinking of adding power with a new combination? Need other technical information or engine specific advice? Don't see another board for your problem? Post it here!

'92 305 TPI runs for 2-3 seconds then dies

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 02-16-2016, 12:01 AM
  #1  
Supreme Member

Thread Starter
iTrader: (13)
 
Night rider327's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Bowdon, GA.
Posts: 2,535
Likes: 0
Received 16 Likes on 14 Posts
Car: 1988 Camaro
Engine: 355, 10.34:1, 249/252 @.050", IK200
Transmission: TH-400, 3500 stall 9.5" converter
Axle/Gears: Ford 9", detroit locker, 3.89 gears
'92 305 TPI runs for 2-3 seconds then dies

Ok guys, need some help here. I have not messed with the TPI stuff much so I'm alittle lost.

I have a '92 Z28 with a 305 TPI engine. It will crank and run for 2-3 seconds then die. Oil pressure gauge reads 30 psi when it's running.

I do not have a high press. fuel gauge, but I pushed the schrader valve with a screwdriver and it squirted fuel out.

I put a funnel in the throttle body and dripped fuel in and it will run as long as I drip fuel into it. I let it run for about 2 min. this away.

Seems like the injectors are not giving engine any fuel..

Now the kicker is this is a hacked up car. Engine, and all is un touched but they lost the key punched out the locks, ripped wire out under the dash, and shorting starter with a push button.

I'm thinking VATS system may be stopping the power to injectors, but I jumped the orange and pink wire from main harness under hood together and still the same thing. I heard you can jump those to wires together to bypass the vats.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
MantyZ28
Interior Parts for Sale
28
04-02-2019 09:27 AM
gresmi
TPI
18
01-25-2016 05:40 PM
86_firebirdTA
TPI
2
01-21-2016 08:46 PM
Ryder249
Engine/Drivetrain/Suspension Parts for Sale
0
01-19-2016 03:39 PM



Quick Reply: '92 305 TPI runs for 2-3 seconds then dies



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:53 AM.