starts fine. runs briefly and shuts off. no idle

rx7 FC TII · 10-30-2008, 06:34 PM

haha 3 different forums 3 different ideas of the problem.

ive ordered an ecu and im gonna get some help saturday to check for leaks.

ah after 3 years of working on this car and i still feel like a newb.

what would cause the ecu to get fried like that? just old condition?

DBXJ · 10-31-2008, 09:24 PM

Mine did the same thing right after the new motor go put in it turned out that one of the plastic barbs on the vacuum splitter for the OMP lines broke. would start run for about 5 sec and shut down even if i give it gas

10-30-2008, 06:34 PM	#1
rx7 FC TII Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hoover Posts: 161 Rep Power: 18	haha 3 different forums 3 different ideas of the problem. ive ordered an ecu and im gonna get some help saturday to check for leaks. ah after 3 years of working on this car and i still feel like a newb. what would cause the ecu to get fried like that? just old condition? Last edited by rx7 FC TII; 10-30-2008 at 09:50 PM.

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10-31-2008, 09:24 PM	#2
DBXJ The Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: reno NV Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Mine did the same thing right after the new motor go put in it turned out that one of the plastic barbs on the vacuum splitter for the OMP lines broke. would start run for about 5 sec and shut down even if i give it gas