Urabus-84HBDR Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 ok... i know ive posted on this car a few times but still no real answers or results. porblem- ecs light under the rpm gauge is on, i havent taken off the cover and read the codes, but will tomorow... and post it. the car has a bad exhaust leak- kinda fixed- but not. i put a heli-coil in the stripped hole... still a little noisy. first q? has anyone ever had a problem with their exhaust flanges being warped? i have brand new exhaust gaskets, still leaks... anyone ever put on donuts? im sure someone has- lets hear it! im thinking of it... the car drives smooth, idles fine, and starts most of the time... sometimes i crank for a while and have to hold it to the floor but.... it starts.?! no one has actually gave a true and blatent answer to what ECS stands for? Electronic Computer System? thats my guess... my manual is out in the shed. ill be reading up there as well, and have spent hours on here reading, searching..... any advice and input is appreciated... thanks... i have more questions coming too reguarding the wagon.... any ever find that when ************ hits the fan it all goes!!! wtf! for those who dont know the car is a 84 gl hatch, ea81, 4 speed d/r...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 ECS is "emissions control system", or "electronic control system " if you like. Either one will do. You have an EA81 feedback Hitachi. Pull your codes - it's likely to be a coolant temperature sensor, O2 sensor, or possibly something more sinister. But no telling till you pull the codes. Pain in the rear the feedback's are - I sugest you remove it in favor of a standard Hitachi, a Weber, or do the SPFI conversion. Here's the link to my write up on SPFI for the EA81: http://home.comcast.net/~trilinear/EA81_SPFI.html GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urabus-84HBDR Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 i am going to get the codes... tonite maybe- its like 14 degrees out and... needless to say I lack the luxury of a garage so... maybe when its light out. i have a weber, and an intake that it fits on... going to look at that a little more in depth this weekend.... see what all is needed and what i have. more on that soon. more questions for the wagon- 83 GL ea81 4 s. d/r okay, first it just kinda died while driving down the hwy on the way to work... pull over, sit like a minute or five, starts back up... weird. ok im a little late to work so i push on. it has little power compared to the usual wagon i drive- its gutless...(its the same one but not) use to rap out like 3-5 grand and now it has a hard time going over 4. weird. i get to the bottom of the mtn hill, and kinda dies out but sputters and spits... pull over... checked the disty cap and it had some moisture in it- not sure what is alot so... lets say it was a bit. visually see beads of moisture/water... used a rag- yes it was clean- and wiped it out good. and made sure that all the wires matched the correct pattern, 1,3,2,4. the wires matched up with the cap... started right up and made it to work, back home with no more problems...weird! the next day it does similiar acts... spits sputters, and dies. checked the cap, no moisture in it this time... but the cap and rotor are pretty caked with carbon... probly not a good sign huh? well scraped the contacts to get the carbon off, in efforts of my job i try to make it to work... its 37 miles one way. so not too far. i made it to the bottom of the hill... dies. then nothing... open the disty up and theres a few bearings, just like 5-8 ball bearings. and the two plastic peices, that cover the openings in the disty, not sure of the purpose, just covers i guess. their in it too.... pull it out, the bearings too. scraped the contacts, made it home fine after that... since there was bearings coming out of it it cant be good... got home, got disty out of parts bin- good thing i have lots of parts- and went into town and got a cap and rotor, installed it. first put the motor on tdc, put the flywheel on 0, and made sure the rotor pointed to #1 spark plug wire, where it would sit with the cap on. pulled old disty, put new one in, started up... ran until warm then died... wont start, seems its not getting gas now, i changed out the fule filter with a new one. nothing still. now it wont start... it has spark at all spots, coil, wires and plugs. so its got good spark, tried a different coil... not sure why but did?!. nothing. tried putting a small amount of gas in the carb and it fires right up, but dies after it burns off... havent been able to check the fuel pump, it was 9 degrees this morning. bbrrr.. im lost where to start on this thing this time... thanks guys- GD. ECS is "emissions control system", or "electronic control system " if you like. Either one will do. You have an EA81 feedback Hitachi. Pull your codes - it's likely to be a coolant temperature sensor, O2 sensor, or possibly something more sinister. But no telling till you pull the codes. Pain in the rear the feedback's are - I sugest you remove it in favor of a standard Hitachi, a Weber, or do the SPFI conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Time to yank that carb off and rebuild it. Probably a bad gasket between the top and bottom of the carb. But.... You changed which filter? There's two - one near the fuel pump under the car, and one in the engine bay. The one in the engine bay is usually pretty clean, and doesn't function only as a filter, but rather it's mostly there to trap vapor in the lines and route it to the carbon canistor. Hitachi's are a pain in the butt - but the power loss, and the hill thing - leads me to suspect the under car fuel filter in your case. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urabus-84HBDR Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 ...the rear fuel filter is already off. never put one back one, so maybe thats part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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