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Hard Starting 89 Bronco 300ci Efi
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Guest_drgracdad_*
, Jan 26 2004 07:23 AM
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Guest_drgracdad_*
Posted 26 January 2004 - 07:23 AM
Hello All have a small prob with the Bronc. When it is cold and has sit for a while it turns over numerous time before it starts. If I hit the throtle a few times it starts up. Could I have a few pressure reg problem or is the reg , pump or injectors bleeding off ?
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Guest_Rick DeWitt_*
Posted 19 February 2004 - 07:39 AM
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=7] This sounds an awful lot like the problem I had with my '88 351. It all started with a bad pressure reg. , which dumped the stock hi pressure fuel pump. I didn't know about the regulator, so I just replaced the pump with a NAPA brand (good parts). That worked just fine until the fuel pump was pressurizing the fuel system to over a hundred pounds. That leads to leaky injectors. Fortunately, the guys down at the wrecking yard sold me an entire intake with fuel rails and injectors that didn't leak for $75 bucks. The lowest price I found for new injectors was $70 each. To make a long story short. It is worth the $40 to buy a fuel injection pressure gauge and see exactly what your fuel pressure is doing. Key on it should pressurize to about 35#. I think there is a timer for that function. Then start, it should maintain about 35# at all rpm's. It might flucuate a little but I think +/- 10 % is probably O.K.
Hope it helps,
Rick
Hope it helps,
Rick
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