snowdemon

Yup, the engines have coolant in them - the blue gl didn't start on the morning when it was 30 below but the red gl did start (it died the next day) - both engines are getting spark, and I made sure that the fuel pumps are working and fuel is getting into the intake manifold. They were both running fine one day and *poof* the next day they wouldn't. I will double check the fuses thou, and ty for the advice.

I was looking at one of those "quality japanese engine" web sites and they showed two versions of the EA82, a one port job (for 1985-94 gl, dl, brat, xt coupe using carb or single port FI) and a two port job (for 1985-94 xt coupe, loyale). There was a seperate listing for the EA82T. What i'm wondering is, how can I tell which I have in my '88 gl? does anyone know what model year a switchover was made? Any differences in hp? Any preference? I don't know much about the difference and am curious to learn a bit about it. Thanks!

What an excellent site, BTW... I have two '88 gl SW that won't start. Both ran until about 15 months ago and i'm finally getting around to trying to figure out why they won't start. My blue gl wouldn't start on a -30 below morning after running fine the day before, the second (red) gl started up that morning but refused to do so the next day, which had warmed up to about 10 above zero. I know the blue gl's engine had some power problems although the compression was checked within 2k miles and had 120 psi on all cylinders. The red gl would make valve slapping sounds on start up. Both are getting spark and fuel. I finally got around to getting the timing belt covers off the blue gl and the belts look fine. After looking around at this site I now know I should read the codes to look for additional problems. Let's say that the codes don't show any probs (or maybe you know the answer anyway), what else could be wrong? any suggestions would be appreciated... Cheers from Colorado