Any ideas. Its getting bad just full tune up. Ran and drove fine. Then sputter sputter die. Now it wont start at all. I'm getting spark to the coil wire and fuel in the Carb. But wont fire over. Really weird seeing is how an hour ago I was sliding in the snow and It was runnnig perfect

Edited January 12, 201115 yr by HATCHY

Info about the car would help... year, engine, stuff like that.

87 hatchback ea81

Any ideas. Its getting bad just full tune up. Ran and drove fine. Then sputter sputter die. Now it wont start at all. I'm getting spark to the coil wire and fuel in the Carb. But wont fire over. Really weird seeing is how an hour ago I was sliding in the snow and It was runnnig perfect

I should have assumed EA81 from your screen name, but I get in trouble every time I assume...

 

So, pretty simple engine... Is this the same one that you were changing the fuel filter on? Did you ever get the real filter (as opposed to the vapor separator in the engine compartment) replaced? If not, good place to start.

 

In your tune-up, did you replace the distributor rotor? If so, does yours use that annoying screw to hold the rotor on?

 

You say that it is getting gas... if you look down the carburetor throat and work the throttle cable, do you see gas squirting into the carb?

 

When it was running, did the tach jump around at odd times? (Indicating worn distributor bearings.)

Yes. I did both fuel filters. cap, rotor, plugs, wires, . I dont have a tach in my car, because I have a std hatch. barebones, not even a rear defrost , and yes i see fuel squirting in the carb and coil wire has spark just wont fire up.. I have had a disty pop on me before, and it ran rough then died. and never started up again. I let the car cool down last night and tried to fire it up, it staRTED FOR A SECOND THEN DIED, THEN NO MORE. Really weird..,, I just went out to fire it up. boom fires right up but dies wont stay running smells really rich

Edited January 12, 201115 yr by HATCHY

I had a disty that went out like yours. it would start up and run fine, but then got worse and no start...

 

I'd replace the disty if you have a spare, or just replace the module...

The only other thing i can think of besides my distributor, is float is out of wack, because when it does run it runs rich and burns tons of fuel.. . and two weeks ago i was geting about 28 a gallon. Or a clog in the gas tank. maybe a splash of atf

 

Thanks

 

anybody in the area have a spare denso distributor, ill give ya 50 bucks for it

Edited January 12, 201115 yr by HATCHY

Check the fuel level in the carby sight glass.

Keep it simple..

U said an hour before that you were our sliding it around in the snow?

could be water moisture under distributor cap...

You said spark at coil wire.but needs to get out of cap to spark plug.check for spark at plug end...

just dried my brother s cap...no more skipping ....!!!!!!!!

I found what was wrong i think, The fuel pump finally quit, both filters dry now, fuel pump wont stay on, so now i have to hot wire the thing to my alraedy hotwired fan switch, damn electrical in these subarus sometimes gives you gruff.