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ZetecVan

posted on 2/8/06 at 12:45 PM Reply With Quote
Flooding my engine

A couple of times now my van engine has cut out. Once at low speed but accellerating and once at a constant 65mph. I'd had a theory that the plugs were getting wet, and when it happened again today I whipped them out and sure enough they were.

I've recently fitted a decent pump (pressure set to 3 bar) and some 214cc/min injectors (down from 380). I've adjusted the fuelling accordingly on megasquirt and it does drive fine otherwise.

Has anyone else experienced their engine flooding when everything looks fine? Do you think reducing the pressure a tad may help?

Oh, it's a Zetec 1.8 and Jenvey TBs

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RazMan

posted on 2/8/06 at 01:55 PM Reply With Quote
3 bar sounds a bit high for normal use and you might find 2 bar will settle everything down worth a try imo





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Raz

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BKLOCO

posted on 2/8/06 at 02:01 PM Reply With Quote
Have you tried running the datalogger to see whats happening?

It is just possible that the MagaSquirt is resetting.





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ZetecVan

posted on 2/8/06 at 02:48 PM Reply With Quote
I'll reduce to 2 and see what happens. It's set at 3 because that's what the injector flow rate is at.

It's a bit of a random problem. It did it on Wednesday night last week and today, but it's been fine in between. I've run the logger between those times, but it's never done it while I've been logging.

Hmm. Today and last wednesday... There's a link...

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