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89fiji

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About 89fiji

  • Birthday 01/22/1982

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  • Location
    Northern Virginia
  • Gender
    Male

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  • Zip Code
    22180
  • Model
    Conquest
  • Type
    TSI
  • Model Year
    1989
  • Transmission Type
    Manual
  • Factory Color
    Fiji Blue
  • Interior Color
    Black
  • Status
    Restoring

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  1. Super huge thanks to importwarrior on this one. Car had been sitting almost 4 years and is back on the road again. Now to fix all the other little things that are wrong with it from sitting for so long.
  2. Still no progress here, anybody got any other ideas? or an ecu I can borrow for test purposes, lol?
  3. Still the same symptoms. Starts when cold, runs for a bit and dies. Just seems to be getting worse. Also haven't had an entire day to go through everything yet.
  4. So now that its a bit warmer out, I've had a little bit of time to check out the car again. Got a little 194 bulb and two wires hooked up to the primary and it appears to just turn the bulb on as opposed to pulsing. Addtionally I can't really keep the car running now. The bulb brightens and dims as the car goes up and down in rpm. Not sure what this is indicating.
  5. Hey Thanks for all the responses, looks like I have some work to do. WIll get back to everybody after checking all these things. Quick answer, yes lots of black smoke, like it's running really rich.
  6. Hey guys, quick question, possibly dumb noob mistake . Has anyone ever hooked up the battery cables to the incorrect terminals, or hooked up a charger to the battery with the cables switched. If so what would happen? Fry the ecu? or something else? I'm thinking I may have absentmindedly done this at one point and fried something. Would be the dumbest mistake I've made yet, but if these symptoms I'm seeing are indicative of a fried ecu/eci system then it would explain a lot. Thanks
  7. Replaced the timing chain, still same problem.... Pretty sure I'm missing something really stupid at this point. Car has great fuel pressure, idles fine, is timed correctly, now has new timing chain and sprockets. Fresh spark plugs, wires and distributor cap are good. I'm at a loss here
  8. Went ahead and got the timing chain set for replacement. Anybody know all the gaskets I'll need to replace the timing chain?
  9. Fuel filters and fuel lines are also great. no clogs or anything. There is a bit of sediment in the tank but I didn't think it was enough to cause an issue.
  10. Here's the fuel pressure when the car dies. Pic is kinda hard to see, but looks like it's around 38-39psi.
  11. Would you be willing to part with just the 83 Hood?
  12. Any other thoughts before I attempt to tear into the front end of my engine?
  13. It's pretty stretched though, takes about 5degrees maybe more of crank rotation before the distributor even starts to move.
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