Topic: Cross Fire Injection- Bad Idle
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Dave I told you as soon as I got my car running right I'd let you know what they did. We went through all the things above .What it turned out to be was adjusting idle - tect drive and accel ignition module .I've driven it for two weeks and it seems to have fixed it.
P.S. oh yea and $400.00 too.
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Hey guys,
Here's my experience with both "cease-fire" and another symptom, no idle:
I was experiencing bouts of "cease-fire," leaving me on the road dead even from the hammer lane. I bought another computer, but it came without the prom, so I swapped the prom into the new computer. Everything was good until one day it wouldn't idle. I had to keep pumping the pedal at lights in neutral all the way home. After making certain of the symptom, I reasoned that it was the computer's fault once again. Having no thrid computer, I put the oiginal one back in. I haven't had a problem, even a hiccup ever since.
I believe that by moving the prom from one socket to another I inadvertantly made better contact for some critical pin or another. I cleaned the socket with contact cleaner while it was on the bench, but I am now thinking that "cease-fire" is the result of perhaps a bad contact between the socket and the +5volt pin or the ground pin on the prom, and the no-idle bug was the result of a bad contact for the idle circuit, if there is such a thing.
That's my story and I'm stickin to it.
Steve
You guys keep making me happy about getting rid of my Cross-Fire. But I do feel bad for you guys, beleave me I know what your going thru.
Dave
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This may be the final post on this chapter.
Many times we blame the CFI when it has nothing to do with it.
When I was at Bowling Green, KY for the NCM Caravan, I had more problems. The engine would die while coasting down a hill (at 65mph) or sometimes when I was stopped at a light.
After much discussion I decided to put in a new fuel pump. Got one at Advance Auto, took it back to the motel, pulled out the old one and put in the new one, with a new strainer on the end.
Ran much better.
It did quit on me one time at a light, but not since then.
Knock on wood, but she has never run better since I bought it 5 years ago.
Wish me good luck.
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Did ya change the fuel filter at the same time? If not, ya might wanna do that...
Glas ya did something that made it better, anyway...
Adams' Apple 2009-09-24 09:50:53
Glas ya did something that made it better, anyway...
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Not yet. I bought one the same day, but wanted to do it one step at a time.
Before I put her to bed for the winter, I'll do it.
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I knew I shuda knocked on wood. My problem is back.
Coasting down a hill she died.
Stopped at a light, she died.
Sitting in bumper to bumper traffic, she died.
Almost always started right up again.
But a couple of time it was as if I had no connection to the starter motor.
I may have two different problems. One being feul delivery and the other electrical.
I did replace the fuel filter yesterday, but I have not had her out on the road yet.
I don't think there was anything wrong with the filter that I took out.
I'll get to the root problem sometime.
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You MAY have either a fuse-link by the starter that is failing, or a loose connection at the starter...that could cause ALL of the symptoms....
I had a similar problem a few years ago on my 'Burban. It actually stranded us in Arkansas once.
Eventually(a few months later...I'm lazy...), I found the problem was a fuse link by the starter. It looked OK, but tugging on the wire showed it would stretch...not a good thing! I simply cut the link out and butt-connected it back together to get me home that day. Been like that ever since, and the truck has not died or failed to start since then. 
Adams' Apple 2009-10-09 10:51:56
I had a similar problem a few years ago on my 'Burban. It actually stranded us in Arkansas once.
Eventually(a few months later...I'm lazy...), I found the problem was a fuse link by the starter. It looked OK, but tugging on the wire showed it would stretch...not a good thing! I simply cut the link out and butt-connected it back together to get me home that day. Been like that ever since, and the truck has not died or failed to start since then. Joel Adams
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Dave, sorry to here you are still chasing the problem. It does sound to me more like an electrical issue then a fuel issue.
Good luck with it.
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