Re: Starting problems

["John Hervey" <dherv10@xxxx>]

Chris, Have you confirmed that you have fire to the plugs even while 
it's dieing after it starts. Take one of the plugs wires off and have 
a friend confirm fire to them while it's dieing. It should still 
crank on 5 cyl. Have you taken the rpm relay out to see if the 
contacts need adjusting and cleaning. As a safety, the rpm relay 
senses the pulse coil out put in the distributor while it's turning 
and allows the relay to close which in turn turns on the fuel pump. 
DMCJoe or someone else may tell you how often the pulse coils goes 
out in the distributor, but mine went out last week. Symptoms were, 
it would run for a while and when the impulse coil wire heated up the 
car would die. Let it cool down and it would start up again and run 
just fine. After you have confirmed you have fire to the plugs, then 
Maby you should also direct wire the fuel pump by taking the 
white/purple out of the relay socket and clip jumping it to a known 
hot wire Normally brown. When you have cliped it to a hot wire you 
will hear the fuel pump running. Then try to start the car. Process 
of elimination.
Good luck
John

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "chris " <chris@xxxx> wrote:
> I am having problems starting my car, it does the same if its cold 
or 
> hot. I start the car with the gas pedal depressed 1/4, the car 
starts 
> revs up to 2,000 then go back down to 0 no mater what i do to the 
gas 
> pedal. It take 2 or 3 goes to get the car to run. Also the cat is 
> still glowing red, it back fires sometimes, i think its in the 
intake 
> manifold. The plugs are sooted black. I am assmuing the CO2 mixture 
> needs adjusting? 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Chris S
> Vin 16327