91 9000 idle and starting help needed

Hi. We have a friend who's 9000 "will start right up first thing in the
morning but after it warms up it will not idle. I give it gas and it clears
up. If I turn it off it will start right up, but if I turn it off and let it
sit for 15 minutes or longer I think the engine is flooded. I have noticed
that I am getting poor gas mileage, per tank full. I don't know if there is
a cold start injector or if there is a fuel regulator in the fuel system."
Any suggestions from the group? Thanks...

Keyser Soze wrote:

Hi. We have a friend who's 9000 "will start right up first thing in the
morning but after it warms up it will not idle. I give it gas and it clears
up. If I turn it off it will start right up, but if I turn it off and let it
sit for 15 minutes or longer I think the engine is flooded. I have noticed
that I am getting poor gas mileage, per tank full. I don't know if there is
a cold start injector or if there is a fuel regulator in the fuel system."
Any suggestions from the group? Thanks...

With such poor running there should be a 'check engine' diagnostics
output. I suspect the ignition cassette, but it could be many things.

Keyser Soze wrote:

Hi. We have a friend who's 9000 "will start right up first thing in the
morning but after it warms up it will not idle. I give it gas and it
clears
up. If I turn it off it will start right up, but if I turn it off and let
it
sit for 15 minutes or longer I think the engine is flooded. I have
noticed
that I am getting poor gas mileage, per tank full. I don't know if there
is
a cold start injector or if there is a fuel regulator in the fuel
system."
Any suggestions from the group? Thanks...

My 1991 9000 Turbo started acting oddly also. No "check engine" light, but
it would always stall about a mile away from my house. It turned out to be
a weak temperature sensor for the fuel injection system - about US$5 and
readily available at most car parts stores. It is on the firewall side of
the engine and a bit obscured. The temperature sensor on your friend's car
might be malfunctioning in the opposite mode, which would cause the fuel
injection to run rich (in keeping with the flooding and poor fuel economy)
because it thinks the engine is cold. Keep in mind that this is a separate
sensor than the easy to access one for the instrument panel temperature
gage, and these sensors have different part numbers and electrical
connectors. Good luck.

"Walt Kienzle" <wkienzle (AT) core (DOT) com> wrote

Keyser Soze wrote:

Hi. We have a friend who's 9000 "will start right up first thing in the
morning but after it warms up it will not idle. I give it gas and it
clears
up. If I turn it off it will start right up, but if I turn it off and
let it
sit for 15 minutes or longer I think the engine is flooded. I have
noticed
that I am getting poor gas mileage, per tank full. I don't know if there
is
a cold start injector or if there is a fuel regulator in the fuel
system."
Any suggestions from the group? Thanks...

My 1991 9000 Turbo started acting oddly also. No "check engine" light,
but it would always stall about a mile away from my house. It turned out
to be a weak temperature sensor for the fuel injection system - about US$5
and readily available at most car parts stores. It is on the firewall
side of the engine and a bit obscured. The temperature sensor on your
friend's car might be malfunctioning in the opposite mode, which would
cause the fuel injection to run rich (in keeping with the flooding and
poor fuel economy) because it thinks the engine is cold. Keep in mind
that this is a separate sensor than the easy to access one for the
instrument panel temperature gage, and these sensors have different part
numbers and electrical connectors. Good luck.
Thank for your input.