July 7, 200520 yr I have an 87 GL wagon with the 1800 no turbo. It died while sitting at a light and wouldnt start back up. I replaced the spark plugs and wires, as well as the distributor cap and rotor. no good. then i tryed the fuel filter. no good. I checked the timing belt and they're fine. When I try to start it i smell gas so it's not the fuel pump. Anyone have any clue as to what's wrong?
July 7, 200520 yr Author where is the second. The hanes manual only lists one. Unless you mean the small one inside the carb?
July 7, 200520 yr Do you have spark? how did you check the timing belts? They commonly strip teeth, so they'll look fine through the tiny holes, but won't work. Pop the disty cap off and crank the engine over and see if the rotor spins. If it does not spin, it's a timing belt. If it does spin, we'll have to look elsewhere.
July 7, 200520 yr Author i had new timingbelts put in two months ago. I poped th distributor cap and turned it over, and the rotor spins
July 7, 200520 yr Author me and a couple of friends have searched the engine compartment and i can't find it. I changed the one near the fuel pump. Does it look the same as the back one?
July 7, 200520 yr Author the book I have says there is a fuel filter either in the engine compartment or the back by the fuel pump not both. on the car the fuel line comes out of the firewall and straight to the carb.
July 7, 200520 yr Author i don't think I have one cause there is one fuel line that connects to the carb and it goes straight into the firewall and i can't get to it behind that.
July 8, 200520 yr My Brat did the exact same thing. It ended up that the voltage regulator was overcharging and completely killed the battery and messed up the alternator. Died in the middle of the intersection. Had to replace all three. Luckily the battery was still warranteed and free.
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